indie tracks
Track: Running Into You- The Cribs’ new single, plus video and new album details
After Cribs fans endured a hefty wait from 2017’s 24/7 Rock Star Shit, and many more were tantalised for new music by their lockdown performance of Be Safe, they have today shared new track Running Into You. The band had fans in uproar yesterday after changing their social media profile pictures, in addition to revealing …
Track: beabadoobee reveals details of debut album, plus new single ‘Sorry’
After releasing massive single Care, which subsequently gathered upwards of a million streams, beabadoobee has released new track Sorry. This new single is as contemplative and provocative as her last, and her rich discography, but also wholly and refreshingly different. Beginning with a subdued section of Bea’s confessional words accompanied only by her guitar and …
Track: The Rills – The Angler
‘The Angler’ is Lincoln trio The Rills first release of 2020 so far, and sets the tone for their debut EP release due later this year Based on the waning typecast of weekend-moshers they’ve met growing-up, lead singer Mitch Spencer describes how the protagonist in ‘The Angler’ is a facade; lacking honesty, integrity, and self-awareness: “He …
See: Are We Static release new video for The Godfather
Ahead of the release of their sophomore album, Accepting The Universe, out in the Autumn on Vibrant Sky Records, Wigan’s Are We Static have released a new video for recent single ‘The Godfather’. Wearing influences such as Longview, Idlewild and Embrace if not in their sleeves, at least their collars and cuffs and mixing it …
Track: Gardening release second single, Second Sight
The London quartet Gardening have released their second single ‘Second Sight’, out now in the Lable Fandango, following in from thei pr debut – the self released Taste Invader, released as Mirror Shot. Wanting to distance themselves from another new band of that name, they’ve adopted their moniker for this follow up. Taking from the …
Track: Death Bells – Heavenly Bodies
At the core of Death Bells are an Australian duo who relocated to Los Angeles in 2018 and after an initial EP, signed on to Dais Records. They have just released the magnificent single ‘Heavenly Bodies’ in anticipation of their new album, ‘New Signs of Life’ due on 25 September 2020. There is detectable a …
Track: Matt Berry – Take a Bow
The latest track to feature upon upcoming album Phantom Birds alongside previous single Something In My Eye, is a brilliantly jovial ode to Berry’s greatest loves. A brisk and vibrant rhythm guitar buoys the track along, while Berry recites his myriad passions, the titular “Take a Bow” following each one as a delightfully warming refrain. …
Backseat Downunder: A Summary of Recent Australian and New Zealand Releases
This is a new section of Backseat Mafia that provides a quick rundown of recent releases from the shores of Australia and New Zealand. Kylie Minogue, the Australian national icon, assumed a mantle of coolness when she collaborated with Manic Street Preachers and Nick Cave and associated with Michael Hutchence from INXS, and it cannot …
Track: Dana Gavanski reveals her take on Chic’s ‘At Last I Am Free’
Taken from her forthcoming covers EP ‘Wind Songs’, out via Flemish Eye on August 14th, Dana Gavanski has shared her version of Chic’s ‘At Last I Am Free’, often known by the brilliant cover from Robert Wyatt I only discovered this brilliant song within the last year. Written by Bernard Edwards and Nile Rodgers and …
See: James Dean Bradfield – The Boy From The Plantation
With the announcement of Bradfield’s second solo album due August 14th via Montyray/The Orchard we are presented with the video for the third track – ‘The Boy From The Plantation’ Directed by longtime Manic Street Preachers collaborator Kieran Evans, the video features James in Wales alongside archive footage sourced specifically for the video. Kieran Evans: says of the …