See: Left Field Messiah release new video for ‘Young Libertine’
You might recognise some of the names in Left Field Messiah. All the protagonists have form, with Steve Bays from Hot Hot Heat, Jeremy Ruzumna from Fitz & The Tantrums, and former Wilding man Erik Hanson making up the line- up. They have an debut album coming up, In Praise of Bombast, due out July 23rd on …
See: Sparks release new video for ‘Left Out In The Cold’
Taken from their recent long player ‘A Steady Drip, Drip, Drip’, the bothers Mael are back again with a new video for album favourite ‘Left out in the cold’. The band are also being celebrated, or at least documented in a new film ‘The Sparks Brothers’ by Edgar Wright (Shaun of the Dead, Baby Driver). …
Exclusive: The Last Morrell records Picking In Stitches live in session
We’ve already had Yorkshire raised singer-songwriter The Last Morrell in session once before, and it created such a spark that we couldn’t wait to get him back in. Or maybe, he sent us another track recorded at the same time, and we love him so much here at Backseat Mafia we couldn’t do anything but …
Meet: We talk to Stuart A. Staples of Tindersticks on new album ‘Distractions’, lockdown and more
TINDERSTICKS are in danger of becoming a national treasure. After all they’ve (or more pertinently lead figure Stuart A Staples has) since 1991, largely making thought-provoking dark pop and emotive vignettes, always concerned with mood as well as just melody and structure. To that end, they have always turned ears and drew people towards them. …
Track: Lou Main releases the melancholic debut, Orchard
Birmingham born, Bristol based singer-songwriter Lou Main has just released his debut single Orchard, the first of a series of releases he’s got planned for 2021. Of his outlook, Lou says “I make music that brings together hip hop production with indie musicianship and poetic songwriting with influences from Kanye West to The Stone Roses …
Rising: We meet brilliant Sheffield quartet Sister Wives ahead of their new release
Those scamps at Delicious Clam always manage to grab our attention, and they’ve struck gold again, signing brilliant Sheffield band Sister Wives to their roster. We’ve already fauned over ‘I Fynwy Af/Rise’ one side of their new release, and with flip side Crags being about strange witch markings found at Creswell Crags in Worksop we’re …
Track: Cherym release brilliant new single ‘Kisses On My Cards’
Northern Irish pop-punks Cherym have celebrated signing to Alcopop! Records by releasing a new single, Kisses on my Cards, out right now. The Derry trio released the record just in time for Valentine’s Day, but it was too good of us to ignore. Of the track, vocalist Hannah Richardson says: “‘Kisses On My Cards’ is a …
Premiere: Daniel God Damn Byrom releases new video for the lo-Fi beauty of ‘Apple Bobbing’
Following a compulsion to write songs, Wild Cat Strike frontman Daniel ‘God Damn’ Byrom borrowed a Tascam 8-track tape recorder, and recorded his new EP ‘Live from Dead Tuesday’s’, using an old Ampex mic, along with a host of second-hand instruments, including his beloved J. Busilacchio electric reef organ. It’s out on Small Pond on …
Track: Juliana Hatfield releases brilliant new single, Mouthful of Blood
Always moving forward, Juliana Hatfield has kept the open ears of her fans full to busting with her releases which veer between the original (Pussycat, Weird) and covers (..sings Olivia Newton-John, …sings the Police). It’s the former with her next collection – Blood, out on May 14th on American Laundromat Records. It’ll be her 19th …
Premiere: Tim Kile releases the affecting indie pop of ‘My Medicine’
Out today is ‘My Medicine, the fifth single to be taken from the forthcoming debut album ‘These things are being gathered for the fire’, from former Wild Light and Arcade Fire co-founder Tim Kile, and we’re delighted to be able to premiere it right here on Backseat Mafia today. Although its a beautifully affecting slice …