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Premiere: NYC’s London Plane exclusively unveil the epic and anthemic title track to their forthcoming album ‘Bright Black’.
NYC’s London Plane have exclusively unveiled to Backseat Mafia the scaling, anthemic title track to their forthcoming album ‘Bight Black’, out through Declared Goods on 17 June 2022. The track, available on Wednesday, 20 April 2022, is an exciting post-punk, new wave influenced slice of gothic-tinged pie, replete with scything, mountainous guitars and a thunderous, …
PREMIERE: Piers Thibault streams compelling debut EP ‘Ire’
Having put himself on the Backseat Mafia radar last month with the devastatingly beautiful debut single ‘Dusk’, Piers Thibault’s forthcoming EP has been the subject of repeated listening when we’ve been in search of some gorgeous piano-driven instrumental music to take us out of ourselves for 15 minutes or so. It’s very good at that. …
Exclusive: Kyle Morgan records Deer In The Pines live in session for Backseat Mafia
In wake wake of the release of his new album ’Younger at most everything’, Queens based singer-songwriter has released a liver version of one of the stand out tracks from the album, Deer in the pines for us her at Backseat Mafia. Taking his usual stripped down acoustic Americana – with a little bit of …
Premiere: The Wedding Present reveal live new video for the gorgeous, aching melancholy of Monochrome
Excitement reigns here at Backseat Mafia offices (i.e. my kitchen table) as we get to premiere the new video from the legendary boy Gedge and his Wedding Present co-conspirators – masters in the dark arts of making drop dead gorgeous indie gems, and they’ve cast another here in the shape of the melancholy Monochrome. Part …
Premiere: Bristol Jazz Collective Al Swainger’s Pointless Beauty Share New Single ‘The Shrug’
We’re pleased to be running the premiere for the new single ‘The Shrug’ from jazz collective Al Swainger’s Pointless Beauty. Taken from the upcoming album ‘Hearts Full Of Grace’, ‘The Shrug’ see’s Swainger showcase his abilities as a composer with a gentle, melancholic soundscape packed with beautiful instrumentation, courtesy of his extremely talented five-piece band. …
Premier: A.J. Holmes – A Good Year for the Mushrooms
A.J. Holmes (aka Vanishing Breed) is a musician, field recordist and founder of band A.J. Holmes and The Hackney Empire. His new solo album ‘A Better Standard of Ordinariness’ is due 22nd April via Onomatopoeia Records. This is the first album that A.J. Holmes has recorded entirely alone, playing all instruments. It was recorded between January – …
Premiere: Berlin-based new wave synth queen Novaa releases the breezy alt pop of ‘School Friends’.
We are very pleased to premiere the new track ‘School Friends’ from Berlin based alt pop chanteuse Novaa. ‘School Friends’ has a sparse melodic beat with wry observational lyrics that are louche and laid back, capturing the social anxieties of interaction with peers. Novaa has captured a sense of vulnerability in her expression, wrapped up …
Premiere: New Zealand’s Voodoo Bloo unveil thrilling video for their explosive track ‘Small’ and announce new album ‘The Blessed Ghost’.
We are huge fans of New Zealand outfit Voodoo Bloo and we are honoured to premiere the exciting video for their new single ‘Small’. Voodoo Bloo started off as a project of Rory McDonald – a native of Sheffield in the UK but now based in Wellington New Zealand – and we covered the dynamic …
Premiere: Bellwether gives Backseat Mafia a sneaky listen to their debut hyperkinetic EP ‘Impermanence’.
Bellwether have been releasing a stream of invigorating, effervescent punk pop finery over the last year: celestial, thundering pieces of shimmering melody cloaking a barbed-wire spine, and we are honoured to bring you an early listen to the EP ‘Impermanence’ ahead of its release tomorrow. Based in Sydney, the band has grown from a number …
Premiere: Amine Mesnaoui and Labelle release new visuals for Bleu Noir; watch it here first
Taken from their forthcoming album African Prayers, out April 1st on the Lo Recordings imprint, is the new single Blue Noir from Berlin and Réunion based duo Amine Mesnaoui and Labelle, and we’re delighted to be able to premiere the Stephen Talneau directed video right here on Backseat Mafia today. The LP its taken from …