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Track: Sophie Hunger – Everything is Good
Everything is Good is the name of a David Shrigley design, owned by Swiss multi-lingual singer-songwriter Sophie Hunger. It’s also the name of her new single, taken from her forthcoming album Halluzinationen, out on August 28th via Caroline International. Drawing comparisons to the likes of Sharon Van Etten is understandable when you listen to Everything …
Track: LVRA – Wall
20 year old singer songwriter LVRA follows up her recent single ‘Girl Like Me’, which attracted the attention of Huw Stephens, with the follow up ‘Wall’, both of which are taken from her upcoming debut EP ‘LVCID’ which is out in May 29th. Of the track, she says “I had sacrificed my own happiness for …
EP: Sans release self-titled EP
Bristol’s noise merchants SANS are releasing their new self-titled EP via Breakfast Records on the 22nd May. Sans have emerged from Bristol’s more avant-garde scene as one of the more hard-edged yet versatile bands. A mix of post-punk, experimental noise and hardcore. Their EP carries on this love of noise making with three tracks of unhinged …
Track: Big Black Delta – Lord Only Knows
The Venezuelan singer/multi-instrumentalist Jonathon Bates who goes under the pseudonym Big Black Delta has announced the release of his newest LP, ‘4’, out July 10th. With this announcement, Bates also shared the latest video-single off of the LP, “Lord Only Knows.” On the track Bates describes, “The first song written for ‘4’ was quite fitting given that lofty goal. …
See: Minimal Animal release new video for Don’t Even
Former Screaming Maldini main man Nick Cox is always welcome here on Backseat Mafia. Until their untimely split in 2014, they were almost universally accepted amongst our writers as our favourite band, which made it virtually unimaginable why they were everyone’s favourite band. He’s carried on making music in various ways and guises since, and …
Track: Katie Von Schleicher – Brutality
Out on May 22nd via the ever brilliant Full Time Hobby label is the new album, titled Consummation, from NYC guitarist and songwriter Katie Von Schleicher. From it, she’s just shared a new track, Brutality, available for streaming right now. It comes off the back of her recent singles ‘Wheel’, ‘Caged Sleep’ and ‘Nowhere’. Slow …
Video: Honey Lung release new video for Big
Taken from their forthcoming ‘Post Modern Motorcade Music EP, out via Big Scary Monsters, big is the new tune from London shoegazers Honey Lung, and the follow up to recent singles ‘Be My Friend’ and ‘Juggle’. If you like your indie rock with chiming guitars and left field chord changes, but irresistable melodies, at lets …
See: Berwyn releases new video for Glory
We ran into Berwyn before, on the recently released Everything is Recorded album, and now the Trinidad-born, Romford raised rapper, singer, producer has released his own debut single, Glory. Deeply autobiographical and built over this heart stopping piano riff and soulful sung chorus, Berwyn lays it on the line with his sharply observed family/self circumstances. …
Track: TV Coma – Boomerang
St. Albans rock band TV Coma have released a new song, Boomerang, from their forthcoming debut album Wuss’, out on Wiretrap Records latest on in the year. It’s about the boomerang generation of people back home living with their parents after leaving university. It’s a little gem of a pop punk track, razor sharp lyrics …
Track: Owen – A New Muse
American Football’s Mike Kinsella is gearing up for the release of a new album, The Avalanche in his Owen guise on June 19th. Recorded with producer Sean Carey (Bon Iver, Peter Gabriel) and engineer Zach Hanson (The Tallest Man on Earth, Waxahatchee), he’s also shared a new track ‘A New Muse’, available to stream right …