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Premiere: R.O.C. – ‘Silver Highway’: a languid LA dream from Brixton electro collective
BRIXTON’S R.O.C, who bring the darkness and the devil-may-care to their particularly twisted twist on all things electro – I mean, who else would base a hypnotic, shadowy single for Virgin on a loop of Ugandan despot Idi Amin’s laugh? – are back in the saddle, folks; they’re all ready, a year to the day …
Premiere: Balcony’s Paradise release laid back cover ‘It Must Be True Love’
Balcony’s Paradise are premiering their cover of the Toots and the Maytals song ‘It Must Be True Love’ – a version so laid back it’s almost supine. There is a beautiful rawness to this track – background chattering intrude and the structure and framework are relaxed and cool. Balcony’s Paradise have bottled in sound the …
Premiere: Nocturnal Animals release the blazing single ‘Articuno Makes Waves’
We are honoured to premiere the new single from Adelaide band Nocturnal Animals, ‘Articuno Makes Waves’, due out on Friday, 19 February 2021. The mysterious masked Nocturnal Animals made their debut last year with the release of four rather tasty singles. ‘Articuno Makes Waves’ is their 2021 reboot and they are upping the ante. A …
Premiere: Damien Binder follows up his indie anthem ‘Here It Is’ with a brilliant and evocative video
Damien Binder‘s anthemic track ‘Here It is’ was recently premiered by Backseat Mafia – in my review I wrote it was an extremely satisfying indie rock track with a hint of swagger and a dash of melancholic yearning. And I naturally wholeheartedly endorse those views. Binder has followed this up with a really clever and …
Premiere: Lycio release the taut electronic rock of ‘I will take over’
SELF-recorded and self-produced, I will take over is the new single from UK electronic trio Lycio, and we’re delighted to be able to premiere it right here on Backseat Mafia this morning. Genie Mendez of Lycio says:”So as you may have guessed from the hostility within the title, this song is mostly about me (and …
Premiere: Damien Binder’s new single ‘Here It Is’ is a shining beacon of soul-stirring, anthemic indie pop.
We are honoured to premiere the new single ‘Here It Is’ from New Zealand-born Western Australian resident Damien Binder which is out on Friday, 5 February 2021. Binder began his musical life in nineties NZ band Second Child before moving west to Australia – Perth to be precise – and releasing, to date, four solo …
Premiere: Josh Thorpe releases low-fi lockdown video for the smoldering track Down to the Ground
The visceral, raw reverb-soaked guitars of Josh Thorpe‘s ‘Down to the Ground’ form a perfect bedrock for his deep and quietly thundering vocals – a song that burns slowly and brightly in the firmament. You will naturally think of Lou Reed, even Stewart Staples from Tindersticks with the expository style of the song and the …
PREMIERE: Fish and Scale – ‘You Can Call Me LOVE’: swoon for a folk troubadour’s embrace
HAILING from Franconia, in southern Germany, Roland Wälzlein is on a mission to bring us glowing, stirring folk as Fish and Scales – and we’re premiering his first, rather groovy and lovely, single of the year, “You Can Call Me LOVE” here today at Backseat Mafia. As a child of 6, he underwent – and …
Premiere: Austrian artist Tanzos provides words of comfort in the shining track ‘Nevermind’
Having played in one of Austria’s most successful indie bands Zeronic (with supports for New Order and The Kills), Tanzos is forging his own path, releasing a solo album back in 2017 and now with a new single, ‘Nevermind’ to be released on 29 January 2021 – which Backseat Mafia is honoured to premiere today. …
TRACK: Endlings – ‘Fragil’: raw evocation from John Dieterich and Raven Chacon
ENDLINGS is the collaborative project of John Dieterich, guitarist with the ever bizarre, angular, captivating Deerhoof, and Navajo Nation ambient and field recordings voyager Raven Chacon. They’ve worked together once before, on their self-titled debut album of experimental abstraction for sicksicksick back in 2017; and they’ve got a new full-length set ready for us now, …