Synth-Pop
See: Gwenno releases new video for ‘Tir Ha Mor’
Here at Backseat Mafia towers we’re in a state of high excitement about Le Kov, the second album from Gwenno, due for release on March 2nd via Heavenly Recordings. Following on from 2014’s Y Dydd Olaf, which was one of our favourite records of that year, she’s just released a new video for Tir Ha …
See: Cults reveal visuals for Right Words and Natural State.
New York duo Cults have released new videos for two tracks from their recent album Offering – Right Words and Natural State. Shot in LA, the video is a crossover of mediums, directed by Elliott Sellers with animations by Lucy Dyson. The video develops from natural to surreal scenes, following Cults frontwoman Madeline Follin through …
ALISON MOYET The Other Tour / HANNAH PEEL. Manchester Bridgewater Hall 22.11.2017
Two of the strongest and most talented women in music got together to showcase their talents in Manchester’s Bridgewater Hall this past Wednesday (November 22nd) in front of an appreciative crowd. The Evening started with Hannah Peel. Described as ‘modest yet mesmerising’, Peel stands over her synths and electronics with an unassuming power. Throughout the …
Track: Leon of Athens – Utopia
If you’re in need of some rather gorgeous electro-pop, then sit back and listen to ‘Utopia’, the new track from Leon of Athens. Soaked in bubbling synths and dripping with melancholy, Utopia, still manages to leave you uplifted, the chorus providing the shards of sunlight needed to keep you looking forward. It’s taken from his …
Review: Prides – A Mind Like The Tide pt.1
It’s been a while since we’ve heard from synth-pop duo Prides, but, the first notes of their new EP are a glittering lifeline to the broken hearted, an invitation to share our stories and unite in our personal battles. Part 1 of A Mind Like The Tide is the long-awaited follow-up to the band’s debut …
See: Prides reveal new video for Let’s Stay In Bed All Day
Synth-pop duo Prides have just announced details of their next “body of work”, titled A Mind Like The Tide, due to be released later this year. The project is split into two parts, representing the “different sides of Prides in eb and flow”, and the release begins with new single ‘Let’s Stay In Bed All …
Track: Anna Of The North – Someone, plus news
Anna Of The North is Anna Lotterud from Norway with Brady Daniell-Smith from New Zealand. They first met in Australia where they began writing together and the diverse geographical influences somehow make their way into the new single “Someone” – the arctic, haunting and melancholic voice of Lotterud over the bright synth pop music. It …
Album Review: Homeshake – Fresh Air
Peter Sagar was perhaps best known once as the former guitarist from Mac DeMarco’s live band, However, Edmonton’s Peter Sagar is creating a new name for himself quite literally with his new solo project. Redefined in his new guise of musical project ‘Homeshake’, the Montreal-based singer-songwriter and musicians’ new album is intended to ‘’clear his …
Track: SQRD – Together
Out right now on Swedish Tastemaker label Sommarhjärta is the new single, Together, from Berlin/Stockholm producer SQRD. On the track, he says “I’d just moved back to Stockholm from Berlin, the winter nights were dark, cold, lonely, I was missing everyone I’d left behind in Germany and frantically listening to FKA Twigs and Låpsley on …
Album Review: Marnie – Strange Words And Weird Wars
With new album ‘Strange Words And Weird Wars’ Marnie proves that she still rules when it comes to powerful pop. ‘Strange Words And Weird Wars’ (released on 2 June) is the eagerly awaited follow-up to Helen Marnie’s 2013 solo album ‘Crystal World’ and cements her status as one of the queens of electro-pop – a …