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PREMIERE: Amiture rework album highlight ‘Thaw’, share video
Sometimes you’ve just got to gut one of the best songs on your album and completely rework it. Amiture seem to subscribe to that line of thinking, at least. Last year, with Jack Whitescarver as the sole member, the project released its debut album The Beach. ‘Thaw’ originally appeared on that album, but the version …
Premiere: Abby Nissenbaum Shares Moody Stunner ‘Checkerboard Flies’
Nashville-based Abby Nissenbaum returns with her moody, atmospheric new single ‘Checkerboard Flies’ and we’re excited to be running the premiere! The first track to be taken from her upcoming EP Unreliable Narrator, ‘Chekerboard Flies’ offers an exciting insight into Nissenbaum’s entrancing 70s influenced indie-rock come alternative-folk sound. Blending her soaring, effortlessly emotive vocals with a …
Premiere: lotusbliss unveils the enigmatic and visceral video for the atmospheric single ‘Nightshade’ ahead of new EP ‘An Aching Sea’.
We are very pleased to premiere the visceral and luscious video for the track ‘Nightshade’ by Canterbury band lotusbliss. ‘Nightshade’, replete with shards of angular, jangling guitars, is an indie guitar classic, augmented by velvet vocals tinged with yearning and a sense of foreboding. There is an inherent pop sensibility with indelible melodies and a …
Premiere: We get exclusive access to Keelan X’s new single ‘Fever’; an infectious, burning, disco-infused blast.
We are proud to exclusively unveil the new single ‘Fever’ from Ireland artist Keelan X, former member of The Marigolds. ‘Fever’ very much has an eighties genetic link with its lush bubbling sounds and sky-high melodies. The result is something energetic and euphoric with a frenetic pace and an aquatic sibilance. Keelan X displays a …
Premiere: The magical All India Radio unveils shimmering new instrumental ‘Beginning Part 1’ along with news of nineteenth album ‘The Generator of All Infinity’.
The world of Martin Kennedy’s All India Radio is one of mystical sounds and visions that reflect a retro sci-fi world; rich, lush, shimmering sonic architecture that transports you to another universe, another dimension. The astonishing layered nuanced sounds are accompanied by videos and graphics that evoke this strange and alien metaverse. We are therefore …
Premiere – Affiliate Links reveals ‘Walk on Water’ from debut album ‘Enough Light’ – punchy power pop from a fresh perspective.
You may have already caught ‘Baby’s Changing Stations’ the first trailer to Affiliate Links’ debut solo album ‘Enough Light’ (available via We Are Busy Bodies from 9th September). A yearning lo-fi jangle with a Go-Betweens flourish that captured the memorabilia of indie-kid days gone by, it was a song that looked back but carried you …
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 …
Premiere: Broken Forest release beautiful new track ‘Spirit Of The Meadows’, from forthcoming EP
Broken Forest is the project of Luise London, who blends folk with elements of pop and trip-hop. We’re delighted to bring you the premiere of the track Spirit of The Meadows right here on Backseat Mafia this morning, taken from her Wild At Heart EP, due out on the 29th July. Of the song Luise …
PREMIERE: Up Is The Down Is The offer a ‘Memento’ as they prep new album for next month
It’s been a couple of years since we last heard from Idaho’s Up Is The Down Is The – their most recent album, The Mind Strays, arrived in June of 2020, and they’ve been quiet since then, until recently. No news did however turn out to be good news in this case, as the quartet …
PREMIERE: Plastic Harpoons ready debut album for October, stream moving new single ‘Gettysburg’
The most surprising thing about the latest offering from Santa Barbara’s Plastic Harpoons is that it exists at all. The quartet announced their debut album last month, and its affecting second single ‘Gettysburg’ looked like it wouldn’t make the cut for the record for a while, certainly not in its original form; it was, however, …