indie exclusives
Premiere: Délage releases the indie / synth-pop of Shopping Mall
Out today on Field Mates Records (Jimmy Whispers, Yuko Yuko..) is the new single from Délage, led by Amsterdam based Till Hormann. It’s taken from his forthcoming second album ‘Twist And Doubt’, out in September 18th, and we’re delighted to be able to premiere it right here today on Backseat Mafia. Starting like some of …
Premiere: Annie Taylor – ‘The Grass is Greener’: classy fuzz-psych shimmer
LET’S set the record straight from the start: Annie Taylor isn’t a solo artiste, it’s a band. And let’s add to that: Annie Taylor, hailing from Switzerland, is a very fine and classy fuzzpop psych prospect indeed. They formed back in 2017, releasing two now-scarce singles and taking themselves out on tour across their home …
Premiere: Bloody Your Hands release new track, Insincere Apologies
New York indie punks Bloody Your Hands have announced their sophomore album, Sunday Scaries, is out on August 28th, and they’ve followed up first single Weird Winter with a new track ‘Insincere Apologies’, which we’re delighted to premiere here on Backseat Mafia today. Of the track, the band say “This is a song about relationships …
Exclusive: Emma Kupa records ‘Nothing at All’ live in session for Backseat Mafia
We’ve long been in the thrall of Emma Kupa, through all of her incarnations and all the collaborators she’s worked with over the years. Pretty much the first thing we ever wrote on the site for a long lost and forgotten series was something on Sheffield indie darlings Standard Fare, but since then she’s gone …
Premiere: Polyhymns release the beautiful alt-folk of ‘JK’
Sheffield trio Polyhymns are gearing up for the release of their debut EP ‘Hybrid Sunday’, available on Limited Edition 10” Lathe Cut Vinyl with Sheffield’s Do It Thissen Record Label, and deliberately scheduled to fit in with Bamdcamps first Friday of the month offers – do yourselves a favour, right? From the EP we’re delighted to …
Premiere: Oxford’s Enjoyable Listens release new single ‘The Key of Innocence’
Oxford’s one man indie band Enjoyable Listens have been building a bit of a buzz in and around his home town of late – his last single, released on Oxford label All Will Be Well, sold out of both of its runs within a couple of days. Now he’ back with a new single ‘ …
Exclusive: Lindsay Munroe records ‘Split’ live in session for Backseat Mafia
Manchester singer-songwriter Lindsay Munroe recently released her debut EP ‘Our Heaviness‘, which caught the ear of, amongst others, Sharon Van Etten, while we loved River taken from EP. We were delighted that Lindsay agreed to record one of the other stand out tracks from the EP – Split, live in session for us here at …
Exclusive: Fake Turin’s record At Home Session of ‘Legs’ for Backseat Mafia
A while ago we premiered Leg’s, Fake Turins latest single. We were enamoured by the indie rock of the backing over this intelligent spoken word poetry over the top, and so we were delighted when Fake Turins agreed to do a session version of the song for us. Although a collective of audio visual artists …
Premiere: Moon Attendant release the indie psych of Hot Power
Taken from Brighton indie psych collective Moon Attendant’s forthcoming album ‘One Last Summer’, out 28th August via Big Potato Music, we’re delighted to premiere ‘Hot Power’ today right here on Backseat Mafia. The band includes some old friends making new music. Brother Blewett and Holton from Black Hearted Brother are on vocals/guitar and synth/production. Label …
Premiere: Stiletto Feels – I wanna break it
Stiletto Feels was initially an experimental project formed by Austin based Geoff Earle, who brought in studio musician to improvise over demo tracks after a single listen, Stiletto Feels have evolved and grown. The outcome of those initial sessions was a debut album ‘The Big Fist’ caused a stir in the Texas scene and led …