dream pop
News: Greta Stanley announces her second album ‘Real Love In Real Life’ through Double Drummer, and unveils shimmering new track ‘Red Earth Dirt’ in anticipation.
We’ve been huge fans of Greta Stanley for a number of years now and it has been fascinating to watch the development of this artist hailing from the far north of Queensland. Her debut album ‘Full Grown’ was released back in late 2017 and this was followed by an EP ‘Sun In My Eyes’ in …
News: Melbourne’s Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever announce new album and unveil superb hyperkinetic single ‘The Way It Shatters’
In very exciting news, Melbourne’s Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever (RBCF) have today announced the release of their third album, ‘Endless Rooms’ – out Friday, 6 May 2022 through Ivy League Records and Sub Pop. Of course this a welcome return following the magnificent album ‘Sideways to the New Italy‘ which made Backseat Mafia’s top 50 albums for 2020 …
Meet: We chat with Josh Mehrtens from New Zealand’s dream pop exponents Mild Orange about the new album ‘Looking For Space’, travel, escape, influences and guilty pleasures (of the musical variety).
Hailing from the world centre of music creativity, Dunedin in the South Island of New Zealand, Mild Orange have built a world reputation with their brand of exquisitely dreamy pop (but don’t mention shoegaze). Here at the antipodean offices of Backseat Mafia, the band has caught our attention over the last 12 months with a …
Track: New Zealand dream pop exponents Mild Orange unveil the ethereal ‘Oh Yeah’ as anticipation builds for their album ‘Looking For Space’ and European tour
The shimmering glow of the music being released by New Zealand’s Mild Orange augers well for their new album ‘Looking For Space’ due out on 10 February 2022, and the new single ‘Oh Year’ adds further fuel to the fire. ‘Oh Yeah’ has a quiet, reflective and smooth flow with sinuous guitars weaving in and …
News: Brisbane’s dream pop weaver Hatchie announces new album ‘Giving The World Away’, an Australian/ North American tour and casts a spell with her new single ‘Quicksand’.
The sun always shines brighter when Brisbane dream pop shoegaze queen Hatchie releases another sonic gemstone, and she strikes again with new single ‘Quicksand’. Hatchie, the moniker of Harriette Pilbeam, having signed with US label Secretly Canadian, also has announced the release of her second album, ‘Giving The World Away’ on Friday, 22 April 2022 …
Album Review: Pretty City sign out for now with a magnificent and brilliant album ‘Out The Inside’
Years of touring and personal demons rent Melbourne band Pretty City and tore them apart, but despite the trauma and challenges, the band collectively agreed to release their final collection of recordings in ‘Out The Inside’ as an epitaph. And what a momento mori it is. ‘Out The Inside’ is a vibrant collection of steely …
Track: Revolution Above Disorder unveil ‘Scream Quietly’: a haunting, enigmatic cover of the ethereal Television Personalities track.
Revolution Above Disorder is the work of Dubliner Stephen Nicholas White (The Orange Kyte, House of Dolls, The Subterranean Satellite Band, Magic Shoppe), who is currently based in Vancouver. We reviewed his deliciously cool shoegaze track ‘Illuminate’ last year and are pleased to present his new single ‘Scream Quietly’. A cover of the Television Personalities song, …
Track: Barrie is vulnerable, reckless perfection on new single ‘Quarry’: Album ‘Barbara’ out 25 March on Winspear
American songwriter and producer, Barrie, has shared her latest single Quarry with the announcement of new album Barbara, due out on 25 March. The strength of ‘Quarry’ is in its softness – Barrie’s romantic, delicate vocals match the pace of pulsating drums, synths and bass. A veritable showcase of the artist’s fearless new sound, the …
Track: Norðir release the epic and shimmering track ‘How To Sail Your Ship 2077’.
‘How To Sail Your Ship 2077’ is the new single from Germany-based duo Norðir: a slow burning sparkling track that has a crystalline guitar riff and deep sonorous vocals that are enigmatic and Bowie-esque. According to Viktor Norðir, the track is part of a wider project which, …revolves around the concept of time traveling, so …
Album Review: Overland Inn’s ‘Proxima’ is a sensual, liquid melange of bubbling electronic delights.
The liquidity of movement and sensual overload in French Czech-based duo Overland Inn‘s new album ‘Proxima’ is nothing short of magnificent. Heralded by a series of delectable amuse-bouches over the last 12 months following their signing to the brilliant Brisbane label False Peak Records, Overland Inn have perfected an electronic based dream pop oeuvre that has …