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Premiere: Versari release chilling, mysterious and enigmatic video for the epic track ‘Brûle’
Versari put on display their cool and arctic nature with the brilliant new video for the track ‘Brûle’, one which we are proud to premiere here on Backseat Mafia today. A clever remix of ‘Brûle’ was recently released in an EP of the same name, premiered by Backseat Mafia recently, and the original track comes …
Track: Melbourne’s Snowy Band release the gorgeously atmospheric track ‘Whatever You Want’ and announce new album ‘Alternative Endings’
The quiet, reflective and reverberated voice of Liam “Snowy” Halliwell glides over the gentle guitars in Snowy Band‘s beautiful new single ‘Whatever You Want’. There is a luminescent glow to the track: burnished by the glorious backing vocals and the guitar lines that follow the melody like a glove. There a yearning dream pop reverie …
Track: The Band Repent – Unbreachable
Thrash metallers The Band Repent are sharing a new track, ‘Unbreachable’. The band have been in the studio after having their live shows halted due to Covid. This comes ahead of the bands EP which is due later this year. Jeremy Amack comments: “The song Unbreachable is a Biblical story of utter destruction, where the …
Track: The Mighty One – Burden
Written over 20 years ago by frontman Tim Steinruck, guitarist Scott Enns and their close friend and drummer Jeff Worobec, ‘Burden’ only saw the light of day with the album release of Torch Of Rock and Roll earlier in 2020,after Worobec tragically passed away from cancer in 2016. Tim Steinruck explains: “Raw, upfront, and personal. …
Track: The Goa Express take the ‘Overpass’: a frenetic no-holds barred romp, and announce UK tour
‘Overpass’ is the ‘B’ Side to The Goa Express‘ single ‘Second Time’ (reviewed by me here). While the latter was a classic shimmering slice of indie pie, ‘Overpass’ releases the brakes, takes down the roof and tilts forward at a breakneck speed with the lights on high beam. Whip smart, attitude-laden and imbued with a …
Premiere: Anatomy Class put up a ‘Reflector Shield’ – a powerful, jangling force of sparkling positivity in one track
We are very honoured to premiere ‘Reflector Shield’ – a classical indie pop anthem replete with undulating waves of sparkling guitars, a thundering percussion and passionate vocals burnished with some gorgeous harmonies. The responsible culprits, Anatomy Class, have been here before, of course – read my review of their earlier single ‘Welcome to the Ages’ …
Track: Kingbeast – Straps Of Wrath
The Nuremberg groove thrash metallers Kingbeast have shared the lyric video for the track ‘Straps Of Wrath’. The band is already working on the follow-up album and have also expanded the line-up for this purpose. The former trio is now and in the future a quartet so that guitarist Heiko can concentrate more on guitar …
Track: Twisted Illusion – Excite The Light
Twisted Illusion are preparing to deliver a trilogy of albums, under the umbrella of ‘Excite The Light’. First album in the series is due 19th November, with the subsequent albums following in 2022. The band have shared the title track from the first album as a single. Frontman Matt Jones discusses the backstory to the series: …
Premiere: Magnetic Heads release the glorious, shimmering single ‘What You See Is What You Get’ off their forthcoming album ‘Moral Outage’
We are very honoured to premiere the new single ‘What You See Is What You Get’ from Sydney’s brilliant Magnetic Heads: a gloriously rich synth-injected eighties-influenced motorik blast. Singer/songwriter Des Miller has the velvet rich, deep and resonant vocals of Ian Curtis, David Bowie or Iggy Pop, and the band has the syncopated rhythms and …
Track: The Bug reveals first track from up coming album Fire; Clash ft Logan
The Bug, aka Kevin Martin, is back for his first solo full-length album in seven years, Fire, out on August 27th via the ever brilliant Ninja Tune label. Featuring Martin’s beats and a plethora of MC’s, including longtime collaborators such as Flowdan, Roger Robinson, Moor Mother,Manga Saint Hilare, Irah & Daddy Freddy alongside relatively new names to the Bug stable like Logan, Nazamba …