Track: Blue Nation – Echoes
Birmingham blues rock band are set to release their new E.P ‘Echoes’ via all streaming services on 2nd September 2022 and physically on 24th. With two singles already out the band have shared the third single and title track – Echoes. Vocalist Neil states: “The E.P is filled with well crafted songs; born out of …
Track: ONI – Heart To Stone
Progressive metalcore project ONI, have shared their new track, ‘Heart To Stone’, taken from their forthcoming studio album, ‘Loathing Light’ due 17th June via Ironshore Records. ONI’s creative force, Jake Oni tells us, “Heart To Stone shows a different side of me and is a song that really set me in a new direction for what ONI could …
Album Review: Grave Lines – Communion
Heavy gloomers Grave Lines are on their third album of genre crossing heavy noise making. Blending doom riffs with tinges of gothic and melodic experimental elements all the while tackling the ugliness of human existence. Communion sees the band bring 7 new tracks of epic proportions to pulverise many an ear drum. From out of …
Track: Dustbowl Revival On Tour In The UK And Share New Single – Lying To Myself
Los Angeles-based Dustbowl Revival are set to visit the UK shores with a mini tour that includes the Cambridge Folk Festival. With their recent album, ‘Is It You, Is It Me’, expanding beyond their already genre-defying style the band have also shared a new single – ‘Lying To Myself’ A first single featuring the reconfigured …
Album Review: DoomCannon – Renaissance
‘Renaissance’ sees DoomCannon’s combine the social inspiration over the last few years, from the global pandemic to the worldwide outcry of the Black Lives Matter movement in the summer of 2020. Mixing this inspiration with his carefully honed musical talent has seen DoomCannon craft a concept album, that encourages us to dream of a fairer world …
Meet: 10 questions with The Melbies
After the release of the bands album ‘If Only We Were Serious’ to huge critical acclaim the band have returned with with new album ‘Song for Harambe (Vol. I)’. Produced by Charlie Creese at Magpie Studios, Kent between 2019 and 2021. Originally due to be just an EP, then two EPs (‘Vol. 1’ and ‘Vol. …
Meet: Jazz Singer And Band Leader Leon Garner
Fronting the much sought after London-based jazz band The Leon Garner Trio, Leon Garner is making huge waves in the jazz circles of the world. We at Backseat Mafia thought it was about time we introduced the rest of the world to this talented singer. Give us a potted history of yourself I’m a jazz …
Premiere: Ponte Pilas – San Ignacio
Berlin based Scottish-Ecuadorian four piece Ponte Pilas are set to make 2022 their year with the release of their debut album due later this year. Backseat Mafia are delighted to premiere the new single ‘San Ignacio’. A song dedicated to one of their biggest heroes in Iggy Pop, and the fourth track to be taken …
Track: Rivals – Dangerous
Los Angeles Dark-Pop band Rivals have released a new single ‘Dangerous’. Their second single of the year after the release of their album Sad looks Pretty On Me which came out last year. The band have also announced their signing to Sound Talent Group. Kalie Wolfe comments: “I’ve been feeling new energy lately, something that …
Track: Tom Chaplin – Gravitational
Following the announcement of his forthcoming new album ‘Midpoint’, due 2nd September via BMG. Tom Chaplin has released the second song from the record ‘Gravitational’. An infectious indie-pop banger produced by Ethan Johns, ‘Gravitational’ sees Tom at his most upbeat. “There’s an ambiguity to the lyrics,” Tom admits. “The heavy chemicals now are the love for …