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Track: The Wednesday Night – The Perfect Scene
There’s been an awful lot of good stuff coming out recently – maybe it’s something to do with the age of isolation – but the new single ‘The Perfect Scene’ by Sydney’s The Wednesday Night has ever so gently nudged its way forward to take its place as one of my favourite releases of the …
See: Yellow Days release new video for ‘Treat You Right’
The music video for recent single “Treat You Right”, opens with a solitary “Yellow Days” (George Van Den Broek) playing the song’s infectious organ ditty upon a rocky planet. The video depicts a space-centred romantic escapade, rich with as much melancholy as the track itself. Not only the video, but also the music itself, reinforces …
Track: Roly Witherow – Lord Franklin
despite being best known as a successful film and television composer, Roly Witherow has moved the goalposts for his first solo release and recorded an album of traditional folk tunes. The album, Ballads and Yarns is out now and from it he’s released his version of Lord Franklin, perhaps best known in its Pentangle version. …
Track: The Berries – Ancient Steel
“I’ve always been attracted to pop sensibilities and I was interested in making music that leaned more towards that instead of volume and distortion,” said Matt Berry, of The Berries about their last album. The former Big Bite and Happy Diving member and his band have released a new stand along single ‘Ancient Steel’, via …
See: Glass Ocean release video for ‘Beyond Us’
One of Australia’s most prominent up and coming rock acts, Glass Oceans, have released’Beyond Us,’ the first single from their upcoming debut album. The musicianship in this is truly superb. It’s an incredibly well crafted song, combining dreamy ethereals with sudden abrupt changes. Prog rock guitar solos, a hint of heavy and a strangely engrossing pop vibe …
See: The Stroppies reveal new video for ‘Look Alive’
Melbourne tunesmiths ‘The Stroppies’ offer up a third taster ‘Look Alive’, the title track from their forthcoming mini album on the ever energetic Tough Love Records. ‘Look Alive’ has all the ingredients that make The Stroppies such an intriguing prospect – the loving jangle, the rhythmic chug, the slacker melody plus in-built surprise keyboard fills …
See: Le Ren releases new video for ‘Love can’t be the only reason to stay’
Le Ren, aka Montreal folk artist Lauren Spear is newly signed to the Secretly Canadian label, and has released a new video for her first recording on the label, ‘Love can’t be the only reason to stay’. The song is this dark, intimate waltz, with nothing but Spears rich vocal, subtle harmonies and a chiming …
Track: Kidsmoke – The Bluest You
With a spectral guitar intro and the yearning vocals, Kidsmoke’s new single ‘The Bluest You’ is a dreamy smooth pleasure of the highest degree. There is a celestial shimmer to the song – it shines and sparkles while simultaneously creating an air of pastoral melancholia. An air that clearly reflects its lyrical themes, of which …
Track: The Ghost Inside – Pressure Point
The ghost Inside release their second single to be taken from their forthcoming self-titled record out June 5 via Epitaph. This will be the first release since the tragic accident the band suffered back in 2015. We reported on the fundraising here on Backseat Mafia. Pressure Point is a brutal track from the start. The …
Track: Coastal elite – Runaway
Essentially a collective stemming from Sydneys Personal Best label, Coastal Elite have released a new track, runaway, which this time features Moody Beach and ex-Porsches frontman Carl Fox. Like an indie comfort blanket, Runaway, with its glorious double bass lines, eases itself into your mind with its earworm melody, chiming synths and vocal harmonies, nodding …