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Say Psych: Video: Whyte Horses – Empty Words
Manchester’s Whyte Horses exude psychedelic pop at its finest, and no more so than in their latest track ‘Empty Words’ which received its First Play on Lauren Laverne’s 6 Music show. ‘Empty Words’ is from the band’s forthcoming second LP of the same name out on CRC Records on the 9th March. Pre-order: https://kontraband.store/crcmusic/
Say Psych: Track Review: MIEN – Earth Moon
MIEN are a new power quartet comprised of The Black Angels’ Alex Maas, The Horrors’ Tom Furse, Elephant Stone’s Rishi Dhir and The Earlies’ John-Mark Lapham. They are set to release their debut self-titled LP on Rocket Recordings on 6th April. ‘Earth Moon’ follows on from the debut track to be pulled from the LP, …
Track: Noah Cyrus – We are…
Noah Cyrus has begun 2018 with a new track, We Are Fucked, featuring MØ and produced by Max Martin. She’s been on an upward trajectory since her debut single, last years Make Me (Cry) with Labrinth, went to #1 on Spotify’s Viral Global Chart within hours of release, and has since surpassed 420 million global …
See: Belako reveal new video for Lungs
Basque country post-punk/synth-rock band Belako are on the cusp of releasing their new album ‘Render Me Numb, Trivial Violence’ via Primavera Sound’s in-house label El Segell on 23rd February. They’ve already released a couple of singles from it Render me Numb and Over the Edge, and they can add a third to that with their …
Track: The Vaccines release new track “Nightclub” ahead of new album and tour
The Vaccines have released “Nightclub”, a track from their forthcoming album Combat Sports, released on March 30th. It’s an energetic, catchy romp through 80s pop and early 00s guitar music in the band’s usual style. The band have also announced a 9 date UK tour kicking off in Bristol on the 3rd April 2018, and ending on …
Track: Erasure – It’s Still Not Over (rework)
In LGBT+ History month Erasure celebrate their role in the struggle with a classical reworking of ‘It’s Still Not Over.’ I don’t know when it began, but there has been an epidemic of classical versions of pop songs recently. Even so, it is very unusual to do it with an obscure album less than a …
See: We are Scientists reveal new video for One In, One Out, plus UK tour dates
Back with their sixth album, New York power pop duo We Are Scientists have released a new video for single One In One Out, and announced a whole run of Uk tour dates. Synth lines immediately mix things up with the bands sound, but its not long before the guitars start to permeate the sound, …
Album Review: The Orielles – Silver Dollar Moment
Backseat Mafia recently interviewed Halifax band The Orielles following the release of a couple excellent singles in anticipation of their debut album, “Silver Dollar Moment” due out on 16 February 2018. We’ve had a listen to the album and it really is an extraordinary debut. Sweet harmonies over a scuzzy layer of instruments is not …
See: Titus Andronicus reveal new video for ‘Above the Bodega (Local Business)’
Titus Andronicus have announced the release of their forthcoming album A Productive Cough, which is out March 2nd on Merge Records, and from it they’ve released a new track ‘Above the Bodega (Local Business)’. Of the track (and the album in general) mainman Patrick Stickles explains) “All the songs on [A Productive Cough] deal with …
Track: Death By Unga Bunga – Soldier
Norwegian rockers Death By Unga Bunga have announced their new album, ‘So Far, So Good, So Cool’ is out on April 6th via Jansen, and they’ve released the a single taken from it, Solider. The track is this captivating, pulsating slice of power pop, that could have come from New York in the 70s/80s. The …