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Track: Martin Gore – Mandrill
Martine Gore, songwriter and founding member of Depeche Mode, releases an exhilarating new track ‘Mandrill’ on 17 November 2020 on Mute, taken from the forthcoming 5-track instrumental EP The Third Chimpanzee out 29 January 2021. “The first track I recorded had a sound that wasn’t human,” Martin explains. “It sounded primate-like. I decided to name it ‘Howler’, after …
Premiere: Jack Hinks reveals new video and single, ‘Jigsaw’
HERE at Backseat Mafia we’re very happy to premiere the video for Edinburgh singer-songwriter Jack Hinks’ brand new single, “Jigsaw”, out tomorrow. Jack is quickly becoming well-known in Scotland due to his introspective songwriting, renowned guitar playing and cross-media experimentation. With his multidisciplinary project Fabric is raising awareness of mental health issues and recovery, Jack …
See: The spectacular video for $hit & $hine’s ‘Devil’s Backbone’
CRAIG CLOUSE, the artist behind the $hit & $hine name, has partnered with Teeth of the Sea’s Mike Bourne to create an enthralling, pummeling visual miasma for his latest single, “Devil’s Backbone”: you can watch it, below. Witness the visual spectacle of a roughly hewn flood of distorted footage, all bathed in a violent and …
TRACK: Cardiacs release previously unheard track, ‘Vermin Mangle’
CARDIACS have shared a poignant farewell in the form of a previously unreleased song. “Vermin Mangle” was shared to mark the funeral of bandleader Tim Smith, who died in July aged 59. Along with the new song, the band shared a touching tribute: “Of stars and planets,of darkness and light,of all universal energies issues forththe …
Track: beabadoobee reveals details of debut album, plus new single ‘Sorry’
After releasing massive single Care, which subsequently gathered upwards of a million streams, beabadoobee has released new track Sorry. This new single is as contemplative and provocative as her last, and her rich discography, but also wholly and refreshingly different. Beginning with a subdued section of Bea’s confessional words accompanied only by her guitar and …
Track: Kid Dad – What You Call A Dream
German four piece Kid Dad have released a new track titled ‘What You Call A Dream. The new track features on the band’s debut album ‘In A Box’ which is set for release 21st August via Long Branch Records. ‘What You Call A Dream’ was a spontaneous jam that came naturally to the band and …
Track: Joshua Burnside Returns With A Hypnotic Single ‘And You Evade Him/Born in the Blood’
Three years after the release of his award-winning debut album ‘Ephrata’, Joshua Burnside has returned to announce the release of his follow up album ‘Into The Depths Of Hell’ due 4th of September. An absurdist examination at the suffering humans inflicts on each other every day and the innate human condition that demands we find …
Track: Aidan Knight – Rolodex
Singer songwriter Aidan Knight is sharing his second single ‘Rolodex’, taken from his forthcoming self-titled album, due 28 August via Full Time Hobby. Aidan explains, “It’s a song exploring my intrusive thoughts about relationships and divorce and having kids. What a dark thing to worry about and wonder about and write a song about. I find it’s …
Track: Jaz Coleman’s New Project Black & Red – On The Day The Earth Went Mad
Jaz Coleman’s new project Black & Red, a collaboration with Ondrej Smeykal have just shared their debut single ‘On The Day The Earth Went Mad’ the single is also available as a limited edition numbered red vinyl 10” via Cadiz Music. Available here “The Black and Red project was born in Australia in 2010 when I set out …
Track: sir Was x Casper Clausen – Flyder
‘Flyder’, is the new single from the Gothenburg-based artist/producer, sir Was – real name, Joel Wästberg – and Casper Clausen, the singer of experimental Danish post-rockers, Efterklang. ‘Flyder’ started as a small sketch around the time when Joel went to join the Efterklang recordings in Copenhagen last year. After bouncing the song back and forth, between Gothenberg and Casper’s studio in Almada (looking across the …