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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 …
Track: Meadow Meadow – Bonzo
Meadow Meadow are a collaborative project between Peter Darlington and James Green, split between Manchester and London. They’ve released their debut single Bonzo, via Practise Music. Peter says of the track Peter on the track: “Bonzo was the first song we wrote together that we felt captured the direction of where we wanted to go creatively. …
See: Covet release new video for Parachute
Out on June 5th via Triple Crown Records is the new long player from Bay Area instrumental prog-pop/rock band Covet – aka Yvette Young (guitar), David Adamiak on bass and drummer Forrest Rice. For the first time the band have broken the mould and included lyrics in new a new track to be taken from …
See: As I Lay Dying release new video for Torn Between, plus US tour dates
San Diego quintet AS I LAY DYING have released a video for the single ‘Torn Between’, taken from their new album ‘Shaped By Fire’, out now via Nuclear Blast. The track lets the ominous beginning build the tension for the inevitable release, and the band go in big with these throaty vocals and big riffs laid over the …
See: Goo goo dolls release new video for ‘Fearless’
Multi-platiunium selling rock band Goo Goo Dolls have released a new video for their single ‘Fearless’, one of the stand out tracks from last years much lauded ‘Miracle Pill’, album. Emotive and melodic and euphoric from the off, Fearless has all the songwriting that years in the business brings, and all the sheen of still …
Track: Naipia – Lonely
The new single from Brighton’s Naipia is a pure indie pop gem filled with yearning and emotion. ‘Lonely’ is undoubtably classic anthemic indie rock that is differentiated by its thoughtful structure and inherent stadium-filling presence. Celestial choruses, melodies, thoughtful lyrics and driving guitars all combine to make this a fantastic debut. The accompanying video captures …
Track: Asking Alexandria – House On Fire
‘House On Fire’ will be the sixth track released from Asking Alexandria’s new album – ‘Like A House On Fire’ this Friday May 15th on Sumerian Records The delicate intro only last a few seconds before the onslaught begins with Lead singer Danny Worsnop screaming, “like a house on fire”. That aggression quickly stops for a …