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Exclusive: Out of the Woods – I remember you (in session)
Ditte Grube, aka Out Of The Woods is a Danish singer-songwriter who is gearing up for the release of her debut album Birds and Beast, and has done of the the songs from the album exclusively for us her at Backseat Mafia, shot in and around her garden in Aarhus. She found music, or her …
Premiere: Score – Modern Wreck exclusive album stream, plus track by track
Score, aka Chris Tate of dance / electronica group d_rradio, is back with a new album Modern Wreck, out this Friday (5th June) on Cruel Nature Records through Bandcamp as a stream and as a limited Cassette. We’re delighted to be able to premiere the release exclusively ahead of its release here today on Backseat …
Premiere: Les Nuby – Never Falling Away
We’re delighted here on Backseat Mafia for Les Nuby’s single ‘Never Falling Away’, taken from his debut solo album ‘Clouded’, out July 10th via Cornelius Chapel Records. If you’re not familiar with Nuby’s CV, it’s extensive. Starting out as a drummer in the 90s indie rock power house Verbana, he’s a one time touring member …
Exclusive: Mrisi – West Baby (acoustic)
We’re delighted here at Backseat Mafia to premiere an acoustic version of the recent single from Mrisi. Brighton based but with his roots in South Africa, Mrisi levels hip-hop and spoken word with consciousness and thought. Of the track he says “This track is a juxtaposition of the protagonist’s identity – partly from the West, …
Premiere: DIVE INDEX releases new video for ‘Waving at Airplanes’
Out today via Neutral Music is Waving At Airplanes, the fifth full length release from electronic composer/producer Will Thomas, aka DIVE INDEX. We’re absolutely delighted to premiere the video for the title track right here on Backseat Mafia today. The track, featuring Natalie Walker of trip-hop collective Daughter Darling, is this beautifully hazy slice of …
Premiere: Sang Froid reveal new video for Lachrymose
Leeds art-rockers Sang Froid have returned with the second of three singles they’ve recently recorded, Lachrymose, and we’re delighted to be premiering the accompanying video right here on Backseat Mafia today. Of the track, Ais- the bands vocalist/keys player, says “This song is a simple mirroring of what I hear in my head all day, …
Exclusive: Yaglander – The Straight and Narrow (At Home Session)
Earlier this month we premiered the new video from North London’s Yaglander’s Straight and Narrow, and we were so taken with his laconic Mark E Smith vs Cate Le Bon thing, we asked him to record the song in lockdown session style, and he’s come up with the goods and only gone and done it. …
Premiere: King Shoji – Untitled [8], plus interview
Prolific Detroit electronic artist King Shoji keeps his incredibly creative and prolific streak up with a new album on Muzai Records, Vortex. Which drops on May 29th. It’s a nine track ‘Suite’ of tracks, crafted in these lockdown times, it’s supposed to be listened to as a whole, rather than in parts, but despite that, …
Premiere: Atticus Reveal new video for ‘Tony’
We’re delighted to premiere the video for the new single ‘Tony’ from Irish alt-rockers Atticus right here on Backseat Mafia. The band went into a studio for the first time with this recording, something they say “is a step into a more focused direction for us, following a sound that has been teased in our …
Premiere: The Milltown Brothers – F.I.L.A.
Hot off the press and ahead of their new album Stockholm, out at the end of the month, we’re delighted to be premiering the new track F.I.L.A. (Falling in love again) from The Milltown Brothers right here on Backseat Mafia today, ahead of its release on a streaming platform near you tomorrow. We adored the …