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EP REVIEW: LUMER – ‘Disappearing Act’: cathartic post-punk anger
Cathartic anger from Yorkshire post-punks stakes their claim to a place in a crowded pantheon
Track: Lemon Drink announce new single, Demon Child
Glasgow based quartet Lemon Drink have followed up the success of their debut EP, ‘Better Run’ with a new single, Demon Child. It’s out via Last Night From Glasgow digitally and on an exclusive run of 7” vinyl with a custom b-side etching and artwork by Lauren Peters from the band. Soaked in feedback and …
See: Sun June release new visuals for Everything I Had
Taken from their album ‘Somewhere’, out in February 5th via Run for Cover / Keeled Scales is the new single from Austin, Texas’ Sun June, titled ‘Everything I Had’, and they’ve just released the accompanying visuals for it. “‘Everything I Had’ is about feeling stuck and wishing you could go back in time. It misses …
Premiere: Feren Isles releases the melancholic synth pop of ‘It Finds Me’
Montreal based electropop artist Feren Isles has released a new track, and the title track from his forthcoming debut album ‘It Finds Me’, and we’re delighted to premiere the accompanying video right here today on Backseat Mafia. Of the track, a ode to anxiety and strain, he says “I wanted to share the nature of …
PREMIERE: Ted Barnes and Sarah Johns Music Party – ‘Arrangements’: theatrical delicacy from returning Clayhill prodigal
YOU MAY or may not have been blessed enough to have swooned for Clayhill, the cruelly underrated trio who got lumped into the semi-trendy genre ‘The New Acoustic’ by the music press alongside the likes of Lowgold and Kings of Convenience, which definition did them a massive disservice. Seek ye their albums; for further evidence …
EP REVIEW: Frank Iero and the Future Violence – ‘Heaven Is A Place, This Is A Place’
Heaven is A Place, This Is a Place does its intended job; short and sweet, a furious kick to the jugular
Say Psych: Video Premiere: Diagram – Reflections
Berlin-based musician Hákon Aðalsteinsson, originally hailing from Iceland, can be found fronting neo-psych outfit The Third Sound and gloomy alt-country troupe Gunman & The Holy Ghost, as well as being the live guitarist for The Brian Jonestown Massacre and Anton Newcombe’s ongoing collaborations with Tess Parks. His latest project, duo Diagram, are preparing for the …
Track: Heligoland triumphantly return with dreamy new track ‘Palomino’ and announce album ‘This Quiet Fire’
It’s been three years since the magnificent Heligoland released the divine EP ‘Coriallo’, a swooning collection of ambient dream pop tracks mixed and produced by the legendary Robyn Guthrie (Cocteau Twins) (read my review here). There is no better way to begin the new year than with the release of a new track and news …
Droppin’ Knowledge: Listening To Music During a Pandemic – 10 Hip Hop Songs To Help You Carry On
By October, music had failed me. In the beginning of the pandemic, music from my youth carried me through the ups and downs of navigating life during a global health crisis. The music I returned to again and again was a strange mix of songs that I associated with specific periods in my life: Motown, …
Backseat Downunder: Favourite Releases from Australia/New Zealand in 2020
Last week Backseat Mafia released its Top Fifty Albums of 2020 – a incredibly rich and diverse list of albums from across a wide range of writers with different tastes and a huge spread of genres; a magnificent task delivered well. At the end of a particularly challenging year, I wanted to highlight the outstanding …