Electronic
Track: Wild Palms – Temper Gold
Things are getting busy with Wild Palms following their mammoth five year hiatus. A second single, Temper Gold, comes out through One Little India on 4th March, produced by Liam Howe (Lana Del Rey, FKA Twigs) and the band’s bassist Gareth Jones. It eases its way in, stripped back with these tentative synth lines just …
Album Review : NZCA Lines : Infinite Summer
It is the far future, a dying sun pushes the planet ever closer to extinction. In the mega-city of Cairo-Athens, earth embraces the coming destruction with a non-stop party in the ever-increasing warmth. It’s not a new Young Adult sci-fi trilogy, it’s the concept behind the Infinite Summer album, from NZCA Lines. Opening with a …
See: Gary Numan in his studio creating a brand new track
Gary Numan is back in the studio with plans to release a new album this coming October, and he wants your help. Numan has launched a pledge campaign which will reward contributors not only with a brand new album, but will also offer a unique insight into the whole creative process. Through a combination of …
Track: Wildhart – Fantasy
It’s been a bit of a wait for those people who loved Gothenburg trio Wildhart’s debut single ‘Stuck in a Second’, release petty much exactly a year ago. But now their back with a refined sound (one that’s been soaked in fellow countrymen Niki & the Dove and Little Dragon and a new single Fantasy, …
Track: Web Sheldon – Ranch House On A Hill
Sheffield born singer-songwriter Web Sheldon has paid his dues. Now London based, he has spent the last few years playing pubs and smaller venues, both on his own, and in a brief stint with former band Bilame. Last year he put his DJing skills to the test, with a guest-mix for us here at Backseat …
Track: Bibio – Feeling, plus new album news
Stephen Wilkinson, aka Bibio is preparing to release his seventh album ‘A mineral love’ on April 1st through the ever brilliant Warp Records. He’s gone to the trouble of explaining the album quite fully, so who are we to get in the way of his own thoughts and ideas. “This album celebrates the sacred and …
See: Madeaux releases new video for Kill For Me
Not only is A-Trak a stellar producer, seems he ain’t half bad at recognising talent either. LA producer Madeaux was spotted by him, and was signed to Fools Gold following conversations via Twitter DMs. Kill For Me is full of sweeping electronics and slightly menacing vocals emploring the recipient to, well, you know. It veers …
Track: Greg Hvnsen – What would you have me do
West Palm Beach’s Greg Hvnsen shares some of the undoubted sun with, well, just about everybody with his new track ‘What would you have me do’. Despite his slightly melancholic vocal, it trips along, sweetened by some rather lovely vocal harmonies as he asks What would you have me do?/Where would you have me go? …
Track: Saje – Raspberry
Paris chillwave/RnB duo Saje are releasing a single, Raspberry, the second release taken from their debut EP Freefallin’ Dreams with comes out on January 15th via Roche Musique. It opens with this smoky jazz lick over these icy but static synths. It isn’t long though, before the beat comes in and the lick is given …
Track: Emmy The Great – Dance w Me
Ahead of Second Love, the new album from Emmy the Great (aka Emma-Lee Moss) is a preview track Dance w Me. Following on from this year’s S EP with more warm Synths and soft vocals, this track feels like a particularly intense conversation. Chatter drifts over the verses, while Emmy challenges you to pay attention …