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See: In Flames share lyric video for re-recorded track ‘Clayman’
After announcing news of the release of 20th anniversary of their seminal, critically acclaimed album Clayman, see here. Sweden’s heavy metal giants In Flames share a lyric video for the albums title track ‘Clayman’. Unlike Bullet Ride the band have lightened this track up. The catchy riff is still present but its joined with synths and the drum …
TRACK: Andy Cooper – ‘The Man’: dizzying delivery from Ugly Duckling wordsmith; LP to follow
ANDY COOPER, the Californian wordsmith who was one-third of old-skool rhymers Ugly Duckling, is back. He’s got third solo LP ‘L.I.S.T.E.N.’ (Lyrical Innovation Supplying The Ear’s Need),Supplying The Ear’s Need), locked and loaded; it’ll be with you digitally on September 25th, with the wax bringing up the rear on December 11th (trust us; it’s murder out …
TRACK: A Lily – ‘Endless Jasmine’: bewitching minimalism laments troubled times
A LILY, the harmonious experimental project of artist James Vella (save, of course, his 2011, Japan-only dive towards a wonky pure pop form, Thunder Ate The Iron Tree) is set to release its fifth album, Sleep Through The Storm, on October 16th. It’ll be his first to be curated by London-Dorset imprint Bytes, who recently …
Track: Bitter Defeat – The Light That Shines
Bitter Defeat hails from Kirikiriroa/Hamilton in the North Island of New Zealand and their debut single ‘The Light That Shines’ is an effervescent slice of classic New Zealand indie pop mixed with a Buzzcocks swagger and a rousing chorus. Bitter Defeat consists of Rob Shirlow (Guitar, Vocals), Ben Manning(Guitar, Backing vocals), Kathryn Thompson (Drums), Ian …
Track: EWAH and the Vision of Paradise – Vultures
EWAH and the Vision of Paradise have the dubious honour of being the last band to be reviewed live on Backseat Mafia before the global lockdown, so it’s nice to return to the band when things are slowly – ever so slowly – returning to normal. ‘Vultures’ is their new single and it is a …
Track: Young Knives release ‘Swarm’, opening track from forthcoming album
Brothers Henry Dartnall and the House of Lords (one can’t help feeling one of the guys is operating under an alias), are back with another slice of their forthcoming album Barbarians – Out on September 18th via Gadzook Records, this time in the shape of opening track ‘Swarm’. Of the track, Henry says Swarm is …
See: Faithless reveal first new album in a decade and release new video for first single – Synthesizer
Ten years after their previous long player, the legendary Faithless have returned with a new album All Blessed, out on October 23rd and from it the band have released a new video for the track Synthesizer, taken from the record. Of the album, the band say “In this troubled and increasingly violent world, lyrically the …
Track: Thundercat reveals new remix of ‘Dragonball Durag’ feat. Smino and Guapdad 4000
In the wake of his monumental ‘It is what it is’, which we roundly adored upon its release in the spring, Thundercat has returned with a new remix of one of the records standout tracks – Dragonball Durag, featuring friends Smino and Guapdad 4000. Rapper and vocalist Smino co-founded the lauded Zero Failure collective alongside …
SEE: The beautiful noir diary of The Last Dinosaur’s ‘In The Belly Of The Whale’
A FEW weeks ago, yr humble scribe bet the farm a little bit while completely enraptured by The Last Dinosaur’s “Wholeness & The Implicate Order” (and anyway, isn’t this what we want from music? To transport us, elevate us, make us throw normal order to the wind?). The writer – and by the writer, I …
SEE: Francis of Delirium’s ‘Equality Song’: a righteous roar for parity
ONE of the bands of 2020 who’ve really got fire in their collective belly, Canadian-American duo Francis of Delirium have blazed back with a dance-your-Docs off plea that we need gender equality; like, right frickin’ now. The twosome, who call Luxembourg home, set out their stall with their debut release back in January, “Quit Fucking …