Desperate Journalist Archives

Live Review: Desperate Journalist – Lafayette, King’s Cross 19.02.2022

For a moment the only Desperate Journalist was me – stranded on a lethargic rail-replacement bus somewhere in the Essex hinterland. Like the title of the latest Desperate Journalist album – Maximum…

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Black and white photo of the band Desperate Journalist

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See: Desperate Journalist – ‘Fault’

Desperate Journalist return with the brutal beauty of new single ‘Fault’. London-based quartet Desperate Journalist (Jo Bevan, Simon Drowner, Rob Hardy and Caz Hellbent) have announced the release of their…

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Desperate Journalist on stage at Nice N Sleazy, Glasgow, 31 March 2017

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Live Review: Desperate Journalist – Nice N Sleazy Glasgow 31.3.2017 Plus Gallery

Exhilarating, epic and exceptional – Desperate Journalist enthral with a grown up, but still fierce, performance at Glasgow’s Nice N Sleazy. After local band Life Model have dragged the crowd…

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Desperate Journalist Grow Up Album artwork

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Album Review: Desperate Journalist – Grow Up

Desperate Journalist come of age with their most powerful and refined music to date on new album ‘Grow Up’. We, at Backseat Mafia, have often professed our love for Desperate…

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Promo image of Desperate Journalist band for Resolution single

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Track / Video

Track: Desperate Journalist – Resolution

Desperate Journalist release their timely new single ‘Resolution’ and get 2017 off to an explosive start. The North London four-piece have followed up their comeback show at London’s Kamio in…

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Feature: Top 20 albums of the year – Backseat Mafia staff pick

How do you judge what were the best albums of the year? Well, here at Backseat Mafia its a collaborative affair, where everyone that writes for us has as much…

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Music

Track: Desperate Journalist “Perfect Health” Plus tour dates

Desperate Journalist continue to impress and rise above the current indie scene with their latest offering, 5 track EP ‘Good Luck’. Indicating a slight change of perspective for the band,…

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Live Review: Tramlines 2015, Desperate Journalist – Crystal, 26.7.15 plus Gallery

You’ll know if you read Backseat Mafia regularly, that Desperate Journalist are one of our favourite bands right now. On the back of their debut album, which we awarded 9.9/10…

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Live Review: Desperate Journalist – Rocking Chair, Sheffield 27.5.15

Tonight we are in the relatively small cellar of The Rocking Chair to bear witness to one of the most adept indie bands to have emerged on to the scene…

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Meet: Desperate Journalist interview

It didn’t take long for us to fall in love with Desperate Journalist. Pick any of their tracks, and within the first few bars, you are immediately whisked away to…

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