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Premiere: Julia Paymer releases new single, ‘Therapy’
LA singer songwriter Julia Paymer, now based in Nashville – has returned with her new single, Therapy, out tomorrow (January 29th), and ahead of its released we’re delighted to be able to premiere it right here on Backseat Mafia. Opening with this delicate piano line, Therapy details just that, being in therapy and its benefits …
Premiere: Little Bird release retro-horror video for new single ‘Mega Hot Super Babe’
Mixing up R&B, indie rock, soul and jazz, Charleston based quintet Little Bird have released a new video for their single Mega Hot Super Babe, and we’re delighted to premiere it right here on Backseat Mafia. Of the track, frontman Jay Hurtt says “While the song itself is about the archetype of the untouchable woman, the …
Premiere: Subsurfer release new single, Hollow
San Diego indie rockers Subsurfer are today releasing their new single, ‘Hollow’ and we’re delighted to be able to premiere it right here on Backseat Mafia today. It’s taken from their forthcoming fourth album ‘Subversive’, out later on in the year. Of the track, lead singer, David Montalbano says, “I had a lot of friends …
Premiere: Fran Minney releases the heartbreaking new single, Normal
Leeds based singer-songwriter is releasing her dreamy new single ‘Normal’ tomorrow, and ahead of its released via Saint In The City Records, we’re delighted to be able to premiere it on Backseat Mafia today. “I wrote Normal when I was blind-sided by the end of relationship”, says Minney, “I wanted to memorialise the night when …
Premiere: Gracie Souz releases new video for Brian Cox
Gracie Souz, aka Grace Strickland de Souza – of alt-pop band KIN, has struck out on her own for a new debut EP, Better in Space. From it we’re delighted to premiere the new video for the track Brian Cox right here on Backseat Mafia this morning, ahead of its release this coming Friday (29th …
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 …
Premiere: Tiki & The Hotstuff release debut single, Hey Kids
New (indie/alt-pop) kids on the block, Swedens Tiki & The Hotstuff have opened their account with debut single, ‘Hey Kid’, and we’re delighted to be able to premiere it right here on Backseat Mafia today. Mixing up a bucketload of styles, with these gentle synth-indie chords and splashes of cascading electronics, with this clean alt-pop …
Premiere: Joel Stanton reveals new video / single, Pay Me Please
Los Angeles indie / electronic artist, Joel Stanton is back with a new single, Pay Me Please, taken from his upcoming album ‘In Harmony’, and we’re delighted to premiere it right here on Backseat Mafia today. Of the track, Joel says “The song confronts the ego-bruising nature of the creative hustle, on a bed of …
Premiere: Mr. Bewlay releases new live video for Lovelife.
Coming off the back of a handful of releases in 2019, including a collaboration with the South Wales band Fussie, artist Mr. Bewlay is back with a double single ‘Fake Yourself’ containing the tracks ‘Fake Yourself’, ’Lovelife’ and bonus instrumental ‘Stentorian’, and he’s recorded versions of these at Yellowshark studios. We’re delighted to premiere the …
Exclusive: John J Presley reveals On A Sunday (Reprise) for At Home Sessions
Blues-Psych troubadour John J Presley has just revealed his new Albany Sessions album, out last Friday, made up from tracks recorded at home over lockdown, with is trusty guitar, and pretty much nothing else. Recorded at home in Brighton, and recording, producing and mixing everything himself, the record is available on a beautiful translucent-red vinyl …