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Premiere: The Bachelor Pad reveal new video for Meet the Lovely Jenny Brown
Well yes and no, if that’s your question. Yes, there’s a new record from the all too briefly Brilliant The Bachelor Pad, the Strathbungo, Glasgow based psychedelic indie poppers who scored big (at least on tunes, and scruffy brilliant ones at that – and influence) with their solitary album – 1990’s Tales of Hofmann and …
Premiere: LE JUNK reveals new single and visuals for ‘Level 3”
London producer LE JUNK’s new single, Level 3, is out today on Naked Superstar Recordings and we’re delighted to premiere it, along with the Elliott Gonzo directed accompanying visuals, right here on Backseat Mafia today. Produced by Dan White (Buff Records) the track is lyrically at least, a metaphor of a love song, advocating treating …
Premiere: John McLucas releases new single ‘Play It Out’
San Francisco singer-songwriter John McLucas is back with a new track, Play It Out, and we’re delighted to premiere it right here on Backseat Mafia this morning. After starting out as a songwriter/producer for other artists such as Krimetz, George Brandt and Tamara Bubble, he moved to LA to pursue his dream of being an …
Premiere: Divest – Time Well Spent
There’s something in the Scandinavian air that’s producing some pretty special music. This time around, it’s Divest, a Norwegian indie pop band that are premiering their new album ‘Time Well Spent’ on Backseat Mafia. This is as far as you can get from a bleak Nordic winter: it’s bright, sparkling summery pop that canters forth …
Premiere: The Finalists – ‘Ignore All The Hate (On Your Telephone)’
We are proud to premiere the debut single ‘Ignore All The Hate (On Your Telephone’ from yet another talented bunch of Sydney musicians, The Finalists. Sydney is fertile ground indeed at the moment for a particular style of extraordinarily talented inner city bands of, shall we say, a more mature vintage. Whether it be bands …
Premiere: Stella Somner releases new video for ‘The Eyes Of The Singer’
We’re delighted to be able to premiere the ‘queen of German indie’, Stella Somner’s, new video for her single out today, ‘The Eyes Of The Stranger’. Taken from her forthcoming album Northern Dancer, out on October 30th via her own Northern Dancer Records, it’s her sixth solo album in total but only her second in …
Premiere: The Backlash premiere epic lyric video for track ‘My Wrong’ and announce spot on ‘In a State of Flux’ Festival
We are extremely delighted to premiere the lyric video for Italian indie shoegaze band The Backlash. And what a track it is. Shard-like chiming guitars soar over a spine-crushing rhythm section with an epic, cinematic intro before the song rushes full tilt into a driving, insistent and pulse-quickening pace. The song crashes and recedes like …
Premiere: Wilding releases sublime pop single ‘Swipe Right’
We are very pleased to premiere the video for the single ‘Swipe Right’ from Wilding, the work of UK-born and Australian resident Justin Wilding Stokes. ‘Swipe Right’ is pop eccentricity at its best and the creative mind of Wilding is accentuated by the lockdown-shot video involving dating apps, philosophical stick insects and a delicious pop …
Premiere: Westberg reveal new EP ‘Boomer Studies’ – stream exclusively here
Westberg, aka husband and wife duo Ariel Westberg and multi-platinum pop/electronic producer Scott Bruzenak, are gearing up for the release of their forthcoming EP, Boomer Studies, and we’re delighted to premiere it in full right here on Backseat Mafia. Of the EP, the pair say “This is our mid-life crisis EP about being Gen X …
Premiere: Pete Josef releases beautiful new track, Lavender, ahead of second album
Taken from his forthcoming album ‘I will rise with the birds’, out on the brilliant Sonar Kollecktiv imprint next month, we are absolutely delighted to premiere the new track from Pete Josef, Lavender. Having previously worked with the likes of Manu Delano and Roni Size, Pete has always had soul music close to his heart, …