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Track: Maceo Parker – Cross the Track, plus new album news
Funk legend Maceo Parker has announced his first new studio album in eight years – ‘Soul Food – Cooking with Maceo’ will be out on June 26th via the Mascot Label Groups new imprint, The Funk Garage. First up from the album is a re-recorded version of his own CrosS the Track, one of two …
See: Psycho Comedy reveal new video for I’m Numb
Liverpool collective have revealed a new video fir their single ‘I’m numb, taken from their acclaimed debut album ‘Performance Space Number One’. On the track, frontman Shaun Powell says it’s “A late night early / morning memoir. Laced with a sinister tone and black comedy, I’m Numb is an unapologetic confession of one’s debauched mindset…. …
Track: The Big Moon – Why, plus Autumn headline shows
Taken from their recent Top 20 album, Walking Like We Do, The Big Moon have revealed a new single, Why. It comes at a busy time for the band, who’ve released the first part of their new podcast, discussing the origins and creation of each album track. Listen to Track x Track 1– It’s Easy …
Track: Nicolas Bougaïeff – Thalassophobia
Berlin-based producer Nicolas Bougaïeff has revealed his new album will be a debut for the legendary Mute Records label. Out on July 24th and called The Ulward Spiral, he’s also revealed the first track to be taken from the record – Thalassophobia. On the track, Bougaïeff had this to say “It’s about looking inwards. It’s …
See: Squid release new video for Sludge
Squid’s “Sludge” is perhaps the perfect isolation soundtrack (American Football’s “Stay Home” a close second). The band, in collaboration with visual artist Ali Amiri, have unveiled an intimate look of fans’ lockdown settings: set against the raucous noise of “Sludge”. The video’s settings change minutely, from desolate farm to desolate suburbs. Squid summarise this one …
Track: Paul Weller – The Village
Paul Weller’s discography of the past decade has glided across new territories, from the synth-laden, Amorphous Androgenous-enlisting experimentation of “Saturn’s Patterns”(2015), to the primal heartbeat of acoustic record “True Meanings” (2018). 2020’s “On Sunset” looks to be a continuation of this, but with Weller sourcing as much from the past as the future, with new release “The Village” presenting a hazy wall of joy. Even more recently, Weller has invited fans …
Track: Hayfitz – I want
Out on May 29th is the new album from NYC-based indie folk artist Hayfitz, Capsules, is released and ahead of that he’s shared a new single ‘I want’, taken from it that encapsulates the indie-folk sound of Jónsi, Jose Gonzales, Kings of Convenience and the like. Light and ethereal, I want takes you somewhere quiet …
Droppin’ Knowledge: Preservation Releases New Video Single from Upcoming Album, Featuring Navy Blue
DJ Preservation, one half of Dr. Yen Lo with Brownsville wordsmith Ka, and a producer of the moment, releases his new album, Eastern Medicine, Western Illness, on Nature Sounds, May 29th. Preservation has worked with Mach-Hommy, Your Old Droog, Navy Blue, billy woods, and Roc Marciano, among others. He has also been the tour DJ …
Track: Permanent Collection -Point of no return
Permanent Collection, the moniker of Jason Hendardy, has released a new single -Point of no return, taken from his forthcoming album Nothing Good Is Normal, our in June 19th via Strangeway Studio. It’s a follow up to his Blurring the Lines track that we loved here on Backseat Mafia. harking back to the likes of …
See: Chuck Prophet Releases new video for Nixonland
Chuck Prophet, formally of cult 80s new-psych outfit Green On Red, has just released a new single and accompanying video for ‘Nixonland’, taken from his latest album ‘The land that time forgot’, which has been recently pushed back until August 21st via Yep Roc Records. The album will be his 15 solo record, and for …