alt-pop
Premiere: LMNL release new single Outliar
LMNL, aka Oxford’s Simon Batten, has released a new single ‘Outliar’ taken from his upcoming debut eponymous EP, out today via Upcycled Sounds, and we’re delighted to premiere it right here on Backseat Mafia. Of the song, Batten explains: “It’s not really a spoiler to say that this song speaks about social anxiety, and how …
EP REVIEW: Hanya – ‘Sea Shoes’
BRIGHTON’S small but perfectedly formed indie label Austerity Records, the brainchild of industry gentlemen and label co-owners Garry Saunders and Jamie Windless, has gone all chromium oxide on us with the launch of its C60 Club. A reel-to-reel move across from the singles club, Austerity launches its new venture thus: “A lot of us grew …
SEE: bathed in black and red: Tally Spear’s new single, ‘Already Gone’
LONDON-based darkpop songstress Tally Spear has released the video for her third single, “Already Gone”, the footage for which was entirely self-shot and edited during the current lockdown. None-more 2020 pristine alt.pop with a sprinkling of goth imagery, the video is drenched in Tally’s signature colours of blood red and piercing black. It journeys through …
Track: HAIM – I Know Alone
Californian sisters HAIM are gearing up for the release of their forthcoming album ‘Woman In Music Pt.III’, out on June 26th via Polydor Records. From it the band have released a new single ‘I know alone’. “’I Know Alone’ was always going to be the next song we released, but it feels eerily appropriate given …
See: NIIKA shares new video for The Cage
Chicago art-pop artist NIIKA has shared a new video for her single The Cage, at the time news is out that her album ‘Close But Not Too Close’ has been put back until May 15th. It’s a kick back and relax sort of a tune, the hypnotising accompaniments in the verses constasting with NIIKA’s intoxicating …
Track: Deep City – Joyride
Out right now is Joyride, the new single form Cambridgeshire Indie / Electronic / Alt-Pop band Deep City. Written in their home studio and self-produced by the bands Alex – they say of it “We wanted to go for a clean, choppy sound that was Prince-esqe.. Joyride is a more guitar driven track, and astep …
Track: Katie Von Scheicher – Nowhere
Ahead of her album Consumation, out via Full Time Hobby on May 22nd, Katie Von Scheicher has released a new single, Nowhere following on from previous insight in the album ‘Caged Sleep’. Katie herself says of the track “‘Nowhere’ is about the close and tight feeling of being alone. It can be a hard spell …
See: Gunnar the Fifth reveal new video for ‘Hide from the world’
‘Hide from the world’ by Oslo based Icelandic alt-pop act Gunnar the Fifth, aka world famous tattooist Gunnar Valdimarsson. Taken from the debut EP, out later in the spring, Gunnar says of the track, “[it was] Originally written about wanting to hide from the world due to a break up and other personal issues. Now ever …
Track: Max Pope – The Operator
Operator is the new single from 20 year old Brighton singer-songwriter Max Pope, and is the follow up to his single Rollercoaster, that dropped earlier in the year. Pop says of the single ” The Operator is about the fear of being controlled by an evil despot. It started as a horror fantasy, but has …
See: Ardyn release video for EP title track “The Valley”
Ardyn, aka brother and sister duo Rob and Katy Pearson have just (yesterday) released their new Mike Crossey (Foals, The 1975) produced EP, and to celebrate they’ve gone and streamed a new video for the title track. Taking about the track, the pair say “The Valley was written whilst retreating to the countryside to stay …