indie tracks
Track: A.A. Williams Shares Cover Of The Smashing Pumpkin’s ‘Porcelina Of The Vast Oceans’
The stunning and gifted A.A. Williams is set to release Having last month announced the release an album of covers entitled ‘Songs From Isolation’, due February 12th via Bella Union. In the run up William’s has shared a track from the album in the form of a beguiling, piano and vocal cover of the Smashing Pumpkins classic “Porcelina Of The …
Track: The Notwist release ‘Where You Find Me’ from first album in seven years, ‘Vertigo Days’
There’s always some anticipation when one of the most iconic German indie bands announces new music, so we were excited to hear “‘Where You Find Me”, taken from their first album in seven years, Vertigo Days, out on January 29th via Morr Music. The band have been busy over that time with side projects (Spirit …
Track: Guided by Voices release new single, Crash at Lake Placebo
Ahead of the release of their latest album ‘Styles We Paid For’, Guided By Voices have released their latest single. Crash At Lake Placebo. Despite the lockdown restrictions, GBV found a way, the members recording in five different states to bring together the bands third album of 2020. Crash At Lake Placebo is the sort …
Track: Southampton trio Mystic Peach share shoegazey grunge banger ‘Wanna Be My Daddy?’
RELEASED via Honeymooner Records, who are also known for being one of the premier promoters on the South Coast, with shows from the likes of black midi, Fontaines DC, Black Country, New Road and Fat White Family being just a handful of names to grace the Honeymooner stages, the newest single from the trio encapsulates …
Track: Bradford release new single ‘Down-Faced Doll’ ahead of first album in 30 years
In amongst the misery of 2020, some bright shoots of hope were provided for us here at Backseat Mafia by the reformation Of criminally overlooked 80s/90s indie band Bradford. Ahead of their comeback album next year ‘Bright Hours’, they’ve released a new single, Down-Faced Doll. Now consisting of ordinal members Ian H and Ewan Butler …
Track: Plastic Glass – Going Away
Sunderland based indie 4 piece Plastic Glass, have released a new track, ‘Going Away’ When asked specifically about the track, bassist Ben Richardson explained: “This song is technically a reincarnation of an old Plastic Glass track that I actually wrote the lyrics for, admittedly it wasn’t great. However, some of the ideas from that track …
Track: Low Hummer – Take Arms
Not content with blowing us away with their previous releases The Real Thing and Picture Bliss, Hull quintet Low Hummer have released their new single ‘Take Arms’ on Leeds’ Dance To The Radio records. While the band have long tackled themes of social isolation, manipulation and misinformation, ‘Take Arms’ lands on an day where the …
Track: The Anchoress – Show Your Face
The Anchoress (aka Catherine Anne Davies) is set to release her second album ‘The Art of Losing’, on March 5th 2021 via Kscope. ‘Show Your Face’ is the first single to be taken from the album featuring guitar from Manic Street Preachers’ James Dean Bradfield (who also sings a duet on the album) and drums from Sterling Campbell (David Bowie, Duran Duran). A disco …
Track: Blue Statue share video for track ‘So To Speak’
London noise-rock band Blue Statue have just dropped the video for new track ‘So to speak’ from their new double A-side single – ‘V.F. / So to speak’. Dreamy distorted guitars and lazy infectious vocals give this track a shoe-gaze feel. Propelled along with a fuzzy melodic guitar lines the guys have created another fantastic track in their unique …
Track: Exit Kid – Working Stiff
Documenting the trials and tribulations of life on the road, London’s Exit Kid harness their trademark grunge, Britpop and slacker-pop influences with blistering new cut ‘Working Stiff’, taken from the band’s forthcoming ‘Garden EP’ out November 27th. “I wrote ‘Working Stiff’ a few years ago and it has always been one of our favourite songs to play live”, details frontman Emre Türkmen. …