Album Review: Dead Famous People – Harry
There is a simple and very expressive joy that threads its way through the new album by the enigmatic Dons Savage under the nom de plume of Dead Famous People. It has to be a genetic implant in New Zealanders – it can be found in the work of The Chills, The Clean and The …
Album Review: Lisa Caruso release the highly impressive debut album ‘In Feelings’ and shares her favourite music.
The tracks on Lisa Caruso‘s new album ‘In Feelings’ provide a gloriously impassioned tableaux for emotion and pain: honestly expressed and rendered with a theatrical flourish and a hint of troubled glamour. Caruso recorded parts of the album back in 2018 in London with producer Ben Fletcher (Sarah Blasko and Marina and the Diamonds) before …
Premiere: The Apartments – I Don’t Give a Fuck About You Anymore’
We are very honoured to premiere the new video from the legendary Australian band The Apartments for the track ‘I Don’t Give a Fuck About You Anymore’. Coming off their album ‘In And Out of The Light’, released last month, it has all the hallmarks of front man Peter Milton Walsh’s delicate and poetic delivery …
Premiere: Apparitions give us an exclusive look at the video for their new single ‘The Sailor Orates’ (feat. Luke Henery)
Brisbane’s dynamic Apparitions are premiering their buzzing new single ‘The Sailor Orates’ here at Backseat Mafia. With a guest vocal from Luke Henery from one of Australia’s foremost post-punk bands, Violent Soho, this is a rough-hewn diamond of a track: low-fi, sincere and with a rumble that pulsates and resonates. ‘The Sailor Orates’ is filled …
Track: The Ghost of Helags – Night Summer Waiting
Berlin-based duo The Ghost of Helags are accruing a very fine catalogue of delectable indie pop tunes that marry a dream pop fugue over a melancholy melodic delivery. The new single, ‘Night Summer Waiting’ further enhances their reputation. Singer Teresa Woischiski says of the song: The song was written in the heat of this small …
Track: Phantom Isle – Whip
Phantom Isle cleaned out the cobwebs in my head with their single Marv V which was a blistering, rollocking track with the most explosive bass line heard this century. And if to prove this was no fluke, their new single ‘Whip’ ups the ante even more, if that was possible. The track explodes from the …
Premiere: The Double Happiness release single Oysters Can Dream and announce new album and launch gig
Brisbane’s The Double Happiness are premiering their delicious new single ‘Oysters Can Dream’ on Backseat Mafia today, and it is another fine example of the reverb-soaked dreamy soundscapes this band are so excellent at delivering. Twanging, jangling guitars and vocal harmonies evoke sea spray splashes on bright sunny waterfronts and the briny delights of open …
Album Review: An Early Bird – Echoes of Unspoken Words
An Early Bird is essentially the work of Stefano Di Stefano – a quintessentially romantic troubadour from Naples and now based in Milan. Backseat Mafia has followed closely Di Stefano’s career since we began life, firstly though his band Pipers then through his solo work under the An Early Bird moniker. ‘Echoes of Unspoken Words’ …
Album Review: Wilding – The Death of Foley’s Mall
Wilding – the nom de plume of Justin Wilding Stokes – premiered the single ‘Swipe Right’ here on Backseat Mafia last month and it was quite a breath of fresh air. I observed it was a highly enjoyable marriage of pure pop bounce mixed with an intelligent and off-kilter lyrics. Wilding just released his new …
See: The Finalists release video for ‘Ignore All The Hate (On Your Telephone)’
The simple, shimmering and reflective tone of the delightful single ‘Ignore All The Hate (On Your Telephone)’ from Sydney band The Finalists (premiered by Backseat Mafia last week) is now beautifully matched by a laid back, black and white video treatment showcasing the band, all shadowy and enigmatic: The old black and white movie footage …