Indie
Track: Julien baker – Red Door/Conversation Piece
Two tracks that were previously only available on a Record Store Day limited 7″ have now finally been released onto all good (and probably otherwise) streaming services. Slightly biased here but I can’t help it. I love Julien Baker and she can do no wrong. She has that ability to stop time and grab all …
Track: Bubblegum Lemonade – Heaven With You
Bubblegum Lemonade – Heaven With You EP ‘Heaven With You’ is the second single from Bubblegum Lemonade’s smash new album ‘Desperately Seeking Sunshine’. It is a radio hit featuring a chiming Byrds-like guitar intro, an infectious hi hat, glockenspiel, and backing vocals from Sandra of fellow Scottish band Strawberry Whiplash (another great band worth checking …
Premiere: Gus Ring – Will I be alone for the rest of my life?
Ahead of the release of his new album ‘For us Lonely Souls’, out early 2020, we’re delighted here at Backseat Mafia to premiere the new single and video from Gus Ring, entitled “Will I Be Alone For The Rest Of My Life?”. Following his albums Boredomtapes (2015) and Hypnoseas (2017), the new single shows that he’s delving into …
Track: Whitney – Giving Up, plus new album news
Chicago-based Whitney will release their sophomore album ‘Forever Turned Around’, on August 30th via Secretly Canadian. On the follow up to their much-beloved debut, 2016’s ‘Light Upon the Lake’, Ehrlich and Kakacek grapple with the anxiety and acceptance that time is limited and navigate questions of mortality, doubt, love, and friendship. Lead single ‘Giving Up’ …
Track: Boy & Bear return with new single ‘Hold Your Nerve’, plus tour news
Boy & Bear set their fanbase abuzz last month after teasing brand new music. Now, the wait is over with the band returning with a triumphant new single, Hold Your Nerve, their first new music since the release of 2015’s Limit of Love. After the most tumultuous period of the band’s lives both personally and …
Album Review: Wovoka Gentle – Start Clanging Cymbals
“We felt we wanted a really hard-hitting intro track that makes you go, ‘woah, what is this record?’” says Imogen Mason of Wovoka Gentle, who along with twin sister Ellie and her husband Will Stokes who make up the band, before adding “It feels to us like a declarative statement about what the album is …
See: Lakes reveal new video for Constance
Watford based alternative sextet Lakes have announced their debut album The Constance LP to be released 2nd August 2019. To celebrate the news the band are streaming a brand new music video for the lead single Constance. Commenting on the single, vocalist/guitarist Roberto Cappellina said: “The heart of the song is about breaking out of …
See: The Snuts reveal video for All Your Friends, plus UK Tour news
The Snuts have today announced a nine date UK tour, kicking off mid-September after festival season, including the band’s biggest show outside of their home of Scotland at London’s Scala on October 22nd. This tour announcement follows the release of their debut single ‘All Your Friends’. They’ve revealed a new video for the track, this …
See: Black Honey reveal new video for ‘I don’t ever wanna love’
Quirky indie darlings Black Honey return with ‘I Don’t Ever Wanna Love’ the first new recording since last year’s self titled debut album. The Brighton quartet who have support slots to Royal Blood and Slaves under their belts as well as a string of sold out headline tours are well know for blistering live sets …
Album Review: Spear of Destiny The Albums 1983-1985 Box Set
Cherry Red June 2019 By Leggy Mountbatten Spear Of Destiny The Albums 1983-85 After the successful reissues of the Theatre Of Hate albums, front man Kirk Brandon`s Spear Of Destiny get the box set works from Cherry Red. After the demise of TOH in 1983 Brandon and Stammers the two main parties formed Spear Of …