dream pop
Premiere: Brisbane’s cool Dänmark unveil elegiac, anthemic single ‘The Ten Days it Takes to Plan a Funeral’ – another treat in False Peak Records’ enchanting Advent Calendar.
We are utterly thrilled to premiere today the new single from the ultra chic, ultra enigmatic Dänmark entitled ‘The Ten Days it Takes to Plan a Funeral’. As the title suggests, this is an elegy for a departed friend – and befittingly anthemic and cinematic. The band says of the track: It evokes a sense …
Premiere: Stellar electro goth maestros Lunar Twin exclusively unveil the atmosphere, brooding video for track ‘Android Dreams’.
An electronic pulse throbs its way through the atmospheric track ‘Android Dreams’ by the inestimable Lunar Twin, and we are very honoured to present to you the premiere of the cinematic video that breathes life into the animatronic thrub. ‘Android Dreams’ has a statuesque presence with its motorik heartbeat and quiet understated drive that snakes …
Track: Shoegaze/dream pop exponents the Know are back with new single ‘Used To Be’ and all is right in the world.
It’s been over two years since husband and wife duo the Know released their shimmering EP ‘wearetheknow’ (see my review here), and as a sign that things can only get better, they have retuned with their signature cotton wool-wrapped shimmering sonic style in the new single ‘Used To Be’. The Know are Daniel Knowles and …
Premiere: Joshua Murphy’s haunting and atmospheric track ‘The Fault Was Lain There Too’ gains a chilling black-laced gothic video, released ahead of debut EP ‘Lowlands’.
We are very pleased to premiere the video for the track ‘The Fault Was Lain There Too’ from Australian-born Berlin resident, the multi-Instrumentalist and songwriter Joshua Murphy. The track is a dark gothic tale with a velvet soft delivery and a haunting refrain. Like compatriot Nick Cave, the tone is that of a southern preacher, …
Track: It’s all ‘Magic’ as NZ indie giants Voom return with a blistering anthemic track, featuring Fazerdaze.
New Zealand’s legendary Voom make a spectacular return after a break since 2006 with the dreampop elegance of ‘Magic’, featuring the dulcet tones of Fazerdaze (Amelia Murray). The sparring vocals of Murray and Buzz Moller create a wonderful contrast – Moller’s distinct soft rasp against Murray’s ethereal angelic vocals. The vocals surf over a wave …
Track: The glorious Summer Flake have ‘One Less Thing’ to worry about in an atmospheric and ethereal track, on news of new album and launch date.
Following up their single ‘Stranger In The Mirror‘, Naarm/Melbourne trio Summer Flake have released another dreamy, jangling and ethereal track ‘One Less Thing’ that positively shimmers in the firmament. Title track to their newly announced fourth album, this is a glowing track filled with a simmering vitality. Gliding over a sparse and enigmatic sound with …
Track: Tasty Brisbane quartet Babaganouj want to know ‘What Planet Do You Come From?’ – a zesty, tangy aperitif to their newly announced debut album.
It has been a while since we’ve heard from the terrific Brisbane quartet Babaganouj and the wait has been rewarded by the release today of their new single ‘What Planet Do You Come From?’, along with news of their debut album ‘Jumbo Pets’ due for release in early 2023. In the intervening time, bass player/vocalist …
News: Underground Lovers release remastered vinyl of their 1992 classic ‘Leaves Me Blind’
You really can’t get much better than ‘Leaves Me Blind’, the 1992 magnum opus from the seminal Underground Lovers – their second album. Lead single ‘Your Eyes’ remains on my personal list of favourite songs ever with its hypnotic bass and dreamy ethereal fugue. The entire album positively shimmers and glows and has the collective …
Track: Ōtautahi/Christchurch resident T.G. Shand returns with the shoegaze shimmer of WAWO ahead of EP release.
The irrepressible dream pop/shoegaze queen T.G. Shand is back with another shimmering masterclass in fuzzy pop with ‘WAWO’. T.G. Shand is the moniker of Ōtautahi/Christchurch resident Annemarie Duff, formerly of the legendary Melbourne shoegaze band Miniatures (on the iconic Saint Marie Records label). We here at Backseat Mafia have been transfixed by her stream of jangling, sparkling singles over …
Track: Hatchie takes a ‘Nosedive’ into a darker, frenetic world as new US and Australian tour dates are announced.
Brisbane’s Harriette Pilbeam – as Hatchie – has just unveiled a new, darker slice of shoegaze dream pop in new track ‘Nosedive’, in the midst of her US tour. Out through label Secretly Canadian, ‘Nosedive’ pulls on a hoodie and pogoes with a degree of gothic-fringed menace and aggression – stabbing fragmented instrumentation drives through …