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See: Far Caspian drops the hushed guitar thrill of ‘Questions’, announces his debut album and a European tour
THESE days based in Leeds, the grand capital of God’s Own Country, Yorkshire, but hailing from the rural south-western corner of Northern Ireland, Joel Johnston returned home to put together his October debut album, Ways To Get Out, to revisit past selves, the musical diet he grew up on, remember the ways he himself got …
Track: Slip inside the gorgeous, dubby blur of ‘The Visitant’ as Scottish ambient duo Cahill/Costello announce an enthralling debut album
KEVIN DANIEL CAHILL and Graham Costello, guitarist and drummer respectively, first set off on the path that would lead to them wedding as a musical act with an oblique and rapturous aesthetic when they met at Glasgow’s prestigious Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, at which Kevin was pursuing a classical music education and Graham, jazz; they …
Track: The Golden Dregs are back with the stunning new single ‘John’ and tour news
Released back in June 2019, ‘Nobody Ever Got Rich (By Making People Sad)’ by The Golden Dregs, still remains for me one of the most outstanding singles I’ve ever reviewed for Backseat Mafia. For some reason, I never got to review the later album, the brilliant ‘Hope is for the Hopeless’, but The Golden Dregs are back …
Track: New Zealand’s Sulfate release the dark, fuzzy track ‘Crossing’ and announce new album ‘Godzone’ through Flying Nun Records
‘Crossing’, from New Zealand band Sulfate, is a delicious, fuzzy, angst-ridden piece of darkness that buzzes with a satisfying intensity. A metallic syncopated undercurrent is swamped by angular, crunchy guitars and yearning vocals that have echoes of the brittle, observational delivery of the Robert Forster side of The Go-Betweens. The themes match the gothic darkness …
News: Fucked Up’s David Comes to Life to get tenth anniversary Revisionist edition from Matador; listen to rarity The Truest Road
As part of their Revisionist series, Matador Records and Toronto concept punk band Fucked Up have reveals that there will be a 10th anniversary version of their titanic 78-minute masterpiece, David Comes to Life, out on a limited-edition lightbulb yellow vinyl version, available from December 10th. There will also be a tour, with the band …
Track: Tora release feel-good new single and video for ‘Call on Me’
Byron Bay electronic, chillwave 4-piece Tora have just released their smoothly-layered new single Call On Me. The ambient track follows on from Why Won’t You Wait and When Will I Learn, all of which will feature on the band’s forthcoming third album A Force Majeure, due for release on 3 September. A week before the …
News: Wednesday 13 Announces First UK Headline Tour In Over Five Years
Wednesday 13, The Duke of Spook and his band of devilish ghouls are set to hit the road once again this October for the ‘Halloween Crusade Of Blood’ Tour, their first UK headline run in over five years. Wednesday’s theatrical live shows are the stuff of legend, so you won’t want to miss his brand new …
News: Sabaton Announce ‘The Tour To End All Tours’ With The Hu And Lordi
Last year has been a challenging yet menacing one for bands all over the world: It has been a time of insecurity, worries and the fear of never being able to return to the status quo of touring. But, Sabaton never was a band to fall that easily due to difficult circumstances. Instead of giving up on …
Premiere: Brisbane’s brilliant musical chameleons, Fingerless, reveal sparkling psychedelic new track ‘Leaf of Stone’ and announce launch gig.
Fingerless are consistently proving themselves to be a fascinating bunch: their singles are constantly evolving and changing, and each time they veer in another direction, they prove themselves masterful innovators and extraordinary songwriters. Their new single’ Leaf of Stone’ – which we are very honoured to premiere today – is a psychedelic wig out – …
Track: CHVRCHES share ‘How Not To Drown’ (feat Robert Smith) with new album ‘Screen Violence’ coming out 27 August
Glasgow synth-pop greats CHVRCHES have shared a special remix of their latest single How Not To Drown featuring one of the band’s musical heroes, The Cure frontman Robert Smith. With CHVRCHES’ Martin Doherty proclaiming publicly that the track marked “the proudest moment of my life in music”, the darkly atmospheric pairing of The Cure’s hallmark …