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James Leonard Hewitson


We here at Backseat Mafia have been massive fans of the pop punk sounds of Hartlepool’s James Leonard Hewitson for a number of years now, and it is great to see him back in the saddle and better than ever. His new single ‘Fill My Head With Sugar’ drifts ethereally into a more restrained dream …

Backseat Mafia favourite pop punk exponent, Hartlepool’s James Leonard Hewitson, has put on his dancing shoes and boxing gloves in yet another dynamic and, dare I say, punchy track ‘Commercial Vibes’. This is the title track from his forthcoming EP due out on 29 July 2021 through Win Big Records. Hewitson has an uncanny ability …

New James Leonard Hewitson songs are like buses – you wait a year for them and then two come along almost at once. The second he’s shared in three weeks, ‘Waiting For A Call’ tackles the anxiety surrounding exactly that; the feeling of holding out for something that may never come. It’s out tomorrow, lifted …

James Leonard Hewitson highly impressed Backseat Mafia early last year with his album ‘Only The Noise Will Save Me’ – classic pop songs of the highest caliber, backed up by a wall of sound that snaps and crackles at pace. We found Hewitson’s delivery to be witty, self-effacing and studied – a laconic stroll through …