punk/post-punk interviews
Meet: House of All – Martin Bramah & Karl Burns on Their Latest Album and the Spirit of The Fall
For those who have followed the ever-evolving lineage of The Fall, House of All represents something both new and deeply familiar. What began as a one-off project has solidified into a band with its own identity—one that carries the restless, improvisational energy of Mark E. Smith’s legendary outfit while forging its own path. Conceived by …
Meet: BCOS RSNS – London purveyors of post-punk
London DIY scenesters BCOS RSNS commemorate lost live music venue The Buffalo Bar in their latest single taken from their forthcoming eponymous album. The much-missed Highbury venue gets name-checked in their hymn to the grassroots scene. Backseat Mafia caught up with Abi and Carl from the band to hear all about their random Norwegian fan …
Meet: Sam Mellors of Deadset
With their debut single ‘The Art Of Pointscoring‘ out now, Hull’s Deadset look to have a bright future ahead of them. We caught up with vocalist Sam Mellors to find out a little more about the band. Give us a potted history of Deadset So, Deadset started at the beginning of 2022 as mine and …
Meet: London Post-Punks Ghum
Usually you’d expect to find second hand sofas, used motors and ‘pre-owned’ furniture but Gumtree is also responsible for creating post-punk London-based band Ghum. The band formed through the social media marketplace and have since become dark, simmering stalwarts on the London gig scene. Backseat Mafia caught up with Laura, Marina and JoJo from the …
Meet: Portsmouth post-punks Hallan
Hallan are Conor Clements (vocals), Joshua Tweedale (bass), Joshua Ransley (guitar), Adam Mills (drums), and they are set to release their new EP ‘The Noise Of A Firing Gun’ on the 31st of March. The EP sees the band experiment with production elements and shift their gaze towards synthesised sounds of the ‘80s, whilst retaining …
Meet: Belfast’s Post Punk New Boys Chalk
Dubbed “the most exciting Northern Irish guitar band in years” by BBC Introducing, Belfast’s Chalk are set to release their debut EP later this year and have shared a taster with new single ‘Static’. They kindly answered our questions so we could introduce them to the world. Give us a potted history of the band …
Meet: Bristol’s Post-Punk Specialists Saloon Dion
They sound like a beastie boys cover band playing Robbie Williams songs at a wedding, and want to support the Vengaboys in a fish and chip shop. Bristol’s Saloon Bar are a band we all need to know. Give us a potted history of the band We’ve been a band for almost two years now, 5th …
Meet: American Pop Punk Wonder Stars Television Supervision
The Orlando four piece have just dropped their new EP ‘Mavericks’ (read our review here). The EP echoes the glory days of American pop punk and brings it bang up to date for a whole heap of new fans as well as delighting many an old fan too. We caught up with the band to …
Meet: London’s Post-Punk Outfit The Silence
North Londons The Silence have shared their debut single ‘Winter’ and are set for big things. We put some questions to the band to find out about them and where they are going. Give us a potted history of the band The band technically formed in early 2022 – at the time it was just …
Meet: Brighton’s Public Body
With their debut album in the works and due next year the band have shared the first taste with new single ‘Break From Life’, we thought it would be time to check in with the Brighton band and find out a little bit about them before they make even bigger waves in the music world. …