folk-indie
Album Review: Basia Bulat – The Garden
Canadian chanteuse Basia Bulat has revisited and reworked tracks from her previous five albums on latest release, ‘The Garden’. It’s out on Secret City Records on 25th February, initially only digitally but it will be followed up by a physical release on 25th March. The 16 songs on ‘The Garden’ were produced by Bulat and …
Track: Gallery 47 – Angel Follows Me Out
Ultra prolific Nottingham singer-songwriter, Gallery 47, releases “Angel Follows Me Out”, the first single from his 12th album release “Saturation”. It was one of four (that’s right!) albums released in 2020 by Gallery 47 (the pseudonym of Jack Peachey). Since receiving support from ‘BBC Introducing’ and Nottingham’s legendary ‘LeftLion Magazine’ in 2010, Peachey has quietly …
Exclusive: The Brothers Landau release At Home Session version of Haven’t Got A Name
We’ve featured indie-folk duo The Brothers Landau (aka David Landau on cello and vocals, and multi-instrumentalist, singer and guitarist brother Daniel) before, and were absolutely delighted when the brothers agreed to do an At Home Session version of the title track from their recent EP Haven’t Got A Name for us here at Backseat Mafia. …
Album Review – Emmy the Great: April /月音
Emmy the Great (Emma-Lee Moss) released her fourth album on October 9th. ‘April /月音’ (the Chinese script, which translates as ‘Moon Sound’ on Google Translate but is given as ‘Mid-Autumn’ on the first track signifies her origins in Hong Kong). It was a bit of a rushed job, the fastest she’s ever recorded, ironically as …
Track: Hayfitz – Hold on
Los Angeles-turned-Brooklyn based multi-instrumentalist Brandon Hafetz goin under the name ‘Hayfitz’ shares his new single ‘Hold On,’ from his upcoming debut album ‘Capsules’, out May 29th. Hayfitz has created a sombre and lonely atmosphere here with his delicate voice that is constantly on the point of breaking. Think Jack Steadway of Bombay Bicycle Club. The addition …
Track: Runaway Belles – The Weekend
Right before the isolation iron curtain came thundering down on live gigs, I caught an impressive performance from PARKER (Tash Parker with her band) supporting the brilliant Costume – read my review here. PARKER is the solo work of one highly talented Tash Parker who has emerged from the confines of isolation to work with …
Track: Nick Byrne – Houses
Inspired by a trip to Liverpool where he saw houses and streets falling into disrepair, Houses is the new single from singer-songwriter Nick Byrne. The track itself is a little underplayed gem of indie folk – hushed vocals, fingerpicked guitars and this insistent but low key little synth figure that gives way to the electric …
Album Review: Siobhan Wilson – There Are No Saints
Siobhan Wilson provides the heavenly soundtrack to heartbreak and healing with her second album ‘There Are No Saints’. After returning to Scotland from Paris five years ago, Siobhan Wilson moved from Elgin to Glasgow and used her background in classical music and French jazz to stunning effect. Her second album ‘There Are No Saints’ (out …
Track: Lou Rhodes – All the birds
All the birds is the first glimpse of Lamb’s Lou Rhodes fourth solo album – theyesandeye, out on July 22nd via the newly re-established Nude Records. Moving alongside her work with influential electronic group Lamb, Rhodes wanted some experiment with a different sort of sound on her new album. “I had a bunch of songs”, …
See: Andrew Bird releases new video for Left Handed Kisses featuring Fiona Apple
Taken from his forthcoming album Are you Serious, due out on April 1st via Loma Vista, Left Handed Kisses is the new single from Andrew Bird. If that were not news enough, it features Fiona Apple in this forthright slice of Americana influenced folk-indie. There’s a sort of timeless quality about the track, infused with …