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Premiere: Peter Cat releases visuals to the irrepressible Melon Dating Simulator; see it here, first
Glaswegian bedroom pop star Peter Cat is gearing up to the release of his new EP The Magnus, and from it he’s today released visuals to one of the EP’s stand out tracks, Melon Dating Simulator, and we’re delighted to be able to premiere it right here on Backseat Mafia today. Based on the Steam …
Say Psych: Premiere: Helicon – Freakquency
BSM proudly brings you the premiere of ‘Freakquency’, the new single from Glasgow’s finest Helicon which was born from adversity and therefore a fitting symbol of the times in which we find ourselves. Due to play a gig in Glasgow on 19 December with The Janitors, SERVO and Black Doldrums with two days of studio …
Premiere: Altameda release the glorious melancholy of ‘Nightmare Town’
Canadian duo Altameda are back with a new single, Nightmare Town, and we’re absolutely delighted to premiere it right here on Backseat Mafia. It’s out today via Modern Sky, and is based largely on the film Badlands, and the true story that it’s loosely based on. Of the track, the band say “Though the violence …
PREMIERE: Philadelphia’s The Mary Veils unleash ‘Bone Blossom Green’ and announce debut album for March
If it feels like Philly quartet The Mary Veils have been building toward something for a while, that’s because, well, they have. Having completed their metamorphosis from Brian von Uff’s solo project into a full band late last year with the Somewhere Over the Rowhome EP, their debut album is finally locked in, and we’ve …
Premiere: Mark Stevens releases the beautifully wistful Santa Fe
Peterborough based folk singer Mark Stevens is on the verge of releasing his first ever EP, Rodeo, out on Laundry Rooms on January 21st, and from it we’re delighted to premiere the song Santa Fe right here on Backseat Mafia today. We spoke to Mark about the track and he told us “In terms of …
Say Psych: Premiere: Magic Shoppe – I Feel High
Magic Shoppe are known for delighting in distortion and reverb and today they release into the world ‘I Feel High’ which we are pleased to present you with the premiere for. ‘I Feel High’ is taken from forthcoming LP Mono Lake, set for release on 4 March via Cardinal Fuzz and Little Cloud Records. …
Premiere: Michael Scott Dawson releases his love letter to skateboarding with visuals to the ambient guitar work, Two Solitudes
Out in April is the new album from sound artist and multi-instrumentalist Michael Scott Dawson, Music For Listening, out via We Are Busy Bodies. Inspired by a conversation with his 95 year old grandmother, and her observations of birds outside her window. This led Dawson to investigate recordings made several years ago which featured birdsong, …
Premiere: Mat Andasun releases the beautifully evocative ‘Synthetic Bliss’
Taken from his forthcoming synth / spoken word album ‘Full Circuit’, out on January 21st 2022 via Pretty Decent Music, Synthetic Bliss is the new release from British composer and producer Mat Andasun, and we’re delighted to be able to premiere it right here on Backseat Mafia today. Of the album, Andasun writes “This album …
Premiere: Christopher Coleman & the Great Escape reveal poignant video for the slow burning waltz ‘Amelia’.
Christopher Coleman & The Great Escape provided an eloquent and moving finale to 2021 with the expansive and beautiful single ‘Paloona’ (reviewed here), and we are absolutely delighted to be able to provide an exclusive look at the video for the follow up single ‘Amelia’. The single comes in anticipation of the band’s forthcoming album …
Premiere: Skep Wax announce new compilation from former Sarah Records artists – first listen to new tracks from The Luxembourg Signal and The Orchids, here
So we all know (well, I do anyway) that indie pop royalty Amelia Fletcher and Rob Pursey, who have between them (and together) an extensive cannon behind them, including Heavenly, Marine Research, Talulah Gosh, Tender Trap – and more latterlyThe Catenary Wires and Swansea Sound, have started a label Skep wax. We’ll out for pre-order …