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Track: Cork Emerging Alt-Rock Trio the drive. Release Dark and Atmospheric New Single ‘living is easy.’
Blending the dark intensity of grunge with the reverb soaked nuance of shoegaze, Irish rockers the drive capture a compelling, dark and atmospheric tone on their new single ‘living is easy.’ Produced by Keelan O’Reilly, known for his work with Post-Party, the new single opens with tribal, tom heavy drums and repeated bass lick under …
Track: InBetween Honey offer up their refreshing blend of indie rock and britpop in soaring new single ‘Your Eyes’
Irish indie rock outfit InBetween Honey are a shining example of a band forged from a shared passion for music. Consisting of brothers Matty and JohnPaul Melady, Dylan Hickey, Dan Battigan, and Ciara McManus, their latest single, ‘Your Eyes’, promises to propel them to even bigger heights. Produced by the acclaimed Philip McGee (Gavin James, …
Track: Jaws The Shark – Lately
Multi-instrumentalist Jaws The Shark (real name Olly Bailey) has shared his new single, ‘Lately.’ The track is taken from his forthcoming album, ‘Wasteland,’ which is due out on July 19th. Olly explains, “I wrote Lately about giving up a job that I’d fallen out of love with for various reasons, but it was a job that had given me so much; …
Track: Crimson Veil – Flinch
UK based dark alternative metal band, Crimson Veil, have shared their debut single ‘Flinch’. The track is taken from the bands debut album titled ‘Hex’, which is due out on the 20th of September via Reigning Phoenix Music. Singer Mishkin Fitzgerald comments, “‘Flinch’ is about the end of the world. As humanity, we are careening into a mass extinction due …
Track: ‘No Words Can Reach It’ – the Brisbane chameleons of rock Fingerless unleash an electronic wash that hangs in the atmosphere like a sonic aurora.
Fingerless never stay in the same spot but continually explore new ways to display their musical prowess and creativity. Their new single ‘Now Words Can Touch It’ maintains their unerring skill at delivering a bucketful of melody, but, as ever, they have switched the delivery mechanism to an atmospheric electronic gurgle that bubbles and squeaks …
Track: Brisbane psych exponents Nice Biscuit want to stop the ‘Rain’ and find some respite in an effervescent glam stop.
Brisbane’s Nice Biscuit – a firm favourite here at Backseat Mafia – have unveiled their first single since their 2021 double EPs, ‘Create Simulate’ and ‘Passing Over’, and following last year’s cover of Donna Summer’s ‘I Feel Love’ which was dropped in support of 2023 UK/EU dates that included festival appearances at Wide Awake and …
Track: Jonny Stanback Shares Poignant New Single ‘Intertwined’
Jonny Stanback, formerly the lead singer of the indie rock band THE JACKS, has embarked on a promising solo journey. Moving from the indie-pop of his previous work to more a sound more centred around folk and Americana, the new album ‘BRONCO II’ showcases some beautifully crafted, emotive yet accessible songwriting. Led by the new …
Track: Dropping Honey unfurl ‘Branches’ – a cathartic blast of immersive and spine chilling shoegaze.
Wollongong’s Dropping Honey display many of the facets of what I call the Marrickville Sound – bands from the eighties or nineties that have evolved into other bands or reconvened where they left off, rejuvenated, refreshed and just as creative as ever. Dropping Honey are the latter variation – a band that has got back …
Track: Cathal Murphy Shines On Vibrant New Single ‘Emotional Disco’
Bringing together tight, analogue synth sounds, and an infectious danceability along with a sense of emotional sincerity, the new single ‘Emotional Disco’ from Edinburgh’s Cathal Murphy is a slice of alt-pop bliss. Despite it’s pop sensibilities, the track carries a vibrant sense of musicality with its blend of layered guitar, bass and synth to create …