indie exclusives
Premiere: Omar Addis – Easy
21 year old Cardiff producer / songwriter Omar Addis releases his new single ‘Easy’ on 29th June, and we’re delighted to premiere it right here on Backseat Mafia this morning. Of the track, Omar told us “Easy is a tune that I have been working on for almost two years now. It started off sounding …
Exclusive: Karima Francis – Orange Rose (In Session)
Blackpool singer-songwriter Karima Francis returned recently with the gorgeous Orange Rose. It’s a song about how mental health can send shockwaves through even the most intimate and entwined relationships. Of the track, she says, “In a world where we sometimes feel we can’t speak out, we tend to take it the worst out on people …
Premiere: The Brothers Landau – Haven’t Got A Name
Los Angeles based The Brothers Landau, aka David and Daniel Landau are releasing their new EP on August 28th. Ahead of that they’re releasing the rather lovely indie-folk of ‘Haven’t Got A Name’ on June 23rd, and we’re delighted to be premiering it here today on Backseat Mafia. Of the track, the brothers told us …
Premiere: The Know reveal new video for Dreamlike State
We’ve already waxed lyrical about The Know, husband and wife duo Daniel Knowles and Jennifer Farmer and their EP WeAreTheKnow. Bringing to bear his previous experience with shoegazers Amusement Parks on Fire, they make sweeping, attractive indie rock, with a certain scuffed shoegaze sound. Such was the case with the track who’s video we’re premiering right …
Premiere: Lucy Dreams release Know my Number track / video
We’re delighted to premiere the new single from Lucy Dreams – Know My Number this morning here on Backseat Mafia, and equally delighted that they are currently recording an At Home Session for us, which will be live on our YouTube channel in the coming weeks. Please support the channel and subscribe if you can. …
Exclusive: James Holt records a three track session for Backseat Mafia
We were very taken with Bolton singer-songwriter James Holt’s recent single ‘Pendulum’, so we we’re absolutely delighted that he agreed to record an At Home Session for us here at Backseat Mafia. He’s recorded three tracks – Pendulum and recent single Mystery Girl bookend a lovely version of Albert Hammond’s It never rains in Southern …
Premiere: PUBLIKA release new track / video – Falling
We’re delighted to premiere ‘Falling’, the new track from Romanian band PUBLIKA. Although its their first foray into the UK market, they’re very much a fixture at home, appearing on the biggest TV shows and working with multiple labels. Sitting somewhere between Keane and Depeche Mode, Falling has this electro-rock feel about it, with winding …
Premiere: Groan Room – Get Off
We’re absolutely delighted here on Backseat Mafia to premiere to the track from Groan Room, called Get Off. If the sort of track that wraps it’s way around you and squeezes out any resistance you might have had. Guitars that struggle to stay leashed, tension that built and released and this sort of sweet slacker …
Premiere: Fake Turins – Legs
Fake Turins is the 10 piece North London audio-visual collective led by Dominic Rose. Their new single is out tomorrow (June 10th) and ahead of it we are delighted to premiere it right here on Backseat Mafia. Legs is a commentary on the movement our bodies make, despite what might be going on in our …
Premiere: Les Nuby – Never Falling Away
We’re delighted here on Backseat Mafia for Les Nuby’s single ‘Never Falling Away’, taken from his debut solo album ‘Clouded’, out July 10th via Cornelius Chapel Records. If you’re not familiar with Nuby’s CV, it’s extensive. Starting out as a drummer in the 90s indie rock power house Verbana, he’s a one time touring member …