See: Sun June release new visuals for Everything I Had
Taken from their album ‘Somewhere’, out in February 5th via Run for Cover / Keeled Scales is the new single from Austin, Texas’ Sun June, titled ‘Everything I Had’, and they’ve just released the accompanying visuals for it. “‘Everything I Had’ is about feeling stuck and wishing you could go back in time. It misses …
Premiere: Lily Ward releases new single, Kalopsia
Cornwall born singer-songwriter Lily Ward has returned with a new single, Kalopsia, and we’re delighted to be able to premiere it right here on Backseat Mafia today. Of the track, Lily told us “The definition of kalopsia is a delusion that something is more beautiful than it actually is. It’s like when you’re in a …
Premiere: Feren Isles releases the melancholic synth pop of ‘It Finds Me’
Montreal based electropop artist Feren Isles has released a new track, and the title track from his forthcoming debut album ‘It Finds Me’, and we’re delighted to premiere the accompanying video right here today on Backseat Mafia. Of the track, a ode to anxiety and strain, he says “I wanted to share the nature of …
Track: Real Dogs release the experimental electronics of Thinking About Art
Real Dogs have released the second single from their forthcoming Fragments III, which drops on February 5th via Don’t Be Nasty, titled Thinking About Art. These Fragments of the title combine short experimental sketches, field recordings and scraps of ideas intermingled by fully formed electronic pieces like Thinking About Art. Sitting somewhere between weird synthpop …
Premiere: Tiki & The Hotstuff release debut single, Hey Kids
New (indie/alt-pop) kids on the block, Swedens Tiki & The Hotstuff have opened their account with debut single, ‘Hey Kid’, and we’re delighted to be able to premiere it right here on Backseat Mafia today. Mixing up a bucketload of styles, with these gentle synth-indie chords and splashes of cascading electronics, with this clean alt-pop …
Track: Depeche Mode’s Martin Gore releases new track, Howler
Taken from his forthcoming 5 track instrumental EP, The Third Chimpanzee, out on January 29th, Depeche Mode stalwart and (increasingly) sonic experimenter Martin Gore has a new track out right now on Mute Records, titled Howler. Of the track, Martin says “Howler was the first track I recorded for The Third Chimpanzee EP,” Martin says. …
Track: Sonder Bombs release new single, K
Cleveland’s Sonder Bombs have released a new single, ‘K’, the third taken from their forthcoming album Clothbound following on from ‘Crying Is Cool’ and ‘The One About You’. K wears its indie rock cloak quite comfortably, but there’s a little prog-pop embroidery here and a hardcore / metal lining there. Mostly though its just a …
Track: Nancy Sinatra releases ‘(L’été Indien) Indian Summer’ ahead of year long reissue series
Grammy winning reissue label Light In The Attic have announced a comprehensive definitive compilation of Nancy Sinatra’s 65-76 output in a campaign spread out over a year, to celebrate her 80th year. Confident that this is first time anyone has really done her career justice, there’s a lot more than maybe meets the eye to …
Track: Bonobo & Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs – Heartbreak (Kerri Chandler Remix)
If it wasn’t enough that electronic heavyweights Bonobo and Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs (TEED) got together to make new track Heartbreak, well maybe sit down before we tell you Kerri Chandler has now remixed it (not that its too much of a surprise given it says so in the title). Of the project, Kerri says, …
Premiere: Flawed God releases new video for ‘Destroyer, are you within me?’
Out as part of ‘Mansplained’, the compilation to celebrate the first anniversary of Italian tape label Commando Vanessa, is the new track from Flawed God, and we’re delighted to premiere it right here on Backseat Mafia this morning. The L.A. artist has created this ambient soundscape, that has enough subtleties and movement as it gently …