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Premiere: Ewan McFarlane releases new video for All Those Years
Former Apollo 440 / Grim Northern Social frontman Ewan MacFarlane is already a friend to us here at Backseat Mafia, following the brilliant session he recorded for us a while back, more so now as we premiere the video for a brand new track , All Those Years. His debut solo album Always Everlong recieved …
Premiere: Gard Read Blends Singer-Songwriter Tendencies With Pop Production On New Single ‘Don’t Save Me’
Norwegian-English pop singer-songwriter Gard Read is back with his new single ‘Don’t Save Me’ and we’re excited to be running the premiere! An acoustic guitarist and singer, ‘Don’t Save Me’ opens with a soft finger-picked acoustic guitar line under Gard’s silky vocal, lulling you into a false sense of calm before the tempo picks up …
Premiere: Red Snapper remixes Amine Mesnaoui & Labelle‘s Krazé Muneataf Tanzen; hear it here, first
We’ve already premiered a video from Berlin and Réunion based duo Amine Mesnaoui & Labelle debut album African Prayers right here on Backseat Mafia and recently covered Red Snappers live show in Sheffield, somwhat better way to folkow both than premiering the latters remix of the track ‘Krazé Muneataf Tanzen’ this morning, out via Lo Recordings On the track, …
PREMIERE: Space Fight announce new album and share title track ‘Do You Dream in the Daylight?’
Last month, we premiered the first taste of resurrected Ra Ra Riot offshoot Space Fight’s forthcoming new album, and we’re delighted to be lifting the veil on the full thing. That’ll probably brighten up your Tuesday a bit, you’re welcome. You can check out the cover art and tracklisting below, but we’re also offering you …
Premiere: Lia Hide Shares Video For Moody New Single ‘Uterus Will’
Taken from the recently released album ‘The Missing Fourth Guest’, Lia Hide shares the video for her new single ‘Uterus Will’ and we’re excited to be running the premiere! Moody, experimental and multifaceted, ‘Uterus Will’ brings together elements of pop, jazz and electronica in a striking and bold trip-hop soundscape. The Greek artist’s soft and …
Premiere: Melbourne based Māori musician Samuel Gaskin unveils the luminescent, incandescent video for the glorious track ‘RĀIN’, featuring The Merindas. 
Melbourne based queer Māori musician Samuel Gaskin‘s track ‘RĀIN’, featuring The Merindas, is a mesmerising, enigmatic track filled with a sense of hope and yearning: statuesque and affecting. We are honoured to premiere today the video for this extraordinary track and it is simply stunning. The video features rich luscious colours and close ups of …
Premiere: Lewis Goldmark unveils sparkling new single ‘In Your Room’ and announces much anticipated album ‘Cut And Flash’.
We are overjoyed to premiere the new single ‘In Your Room’ from indie pop maestro Lewis Goldmark. Lewis Goldmark is the project of Liam Judson from Belles Will Ring (and Magnetic Heads) and producer of many eminent bands, some of whom have graced our pages in the past including Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever, Imperial Broads, Cloud Control and …
Premiere: Dadbod reveal new single, True Grit
Essentially the bedroom project of Daniel Host, Dadbod have revealed their/his new single True Grit – and we’re delighted to premiere it right here on Backseat Mafia today. Sitting somewhere between The Beach Boys and Chris Rea, with a dose of Lloyd Cole thrown in for good measure as well as good slice of himself, …
Say Psych: Video Premiere: Gunman & The Holy Ghost – Stockholm City
Gunman & The Holy Ghost are back with a brand new video and single, ‘Stockholm City’ and BSM is honoured to bring you the premiere. Gunman & The Holy Ghost, is the project of Icelandic musician Hákon Aðalsteinsson. Hákon, who is now based in Berlin has formerly played in the Icelandic band Singapore Sling, and …
Premiere: Dave Manington releases new video for collaborative track with Lara Eidi, the bewitching ’Fones’
Celebrated Composer and Bassist Dave Manington is someone we’ve featured before on Backseat Mafia, and we’re delighted to be able to premiere the video for his new track ’Fones’, a collaboration with our very own Athens – London based jazz and folk singer Lara Eidi. Using words by the revered Greek poet Constantine P Cavafys, …