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ALBUM REVIEW: Keys – ‘Home Schooling’: lo-fi Welsh powerpop gems
COMING at you out of the Welsh capital Cardiff, Keys are a quintet who, we can glean from their photograph, love a pair of shades. A listen to their new digital-only release Home Schooling, which is out on August 21st, will also show that behind those tinted lenses there are ten eyes with an absolute …
Track: KEYS – This Side of Luv
Long standing Welsh psych-pop band KEYS have released a new single, This Side Of Luv, as part of a collection of songs the band recorded in lockdown by the most basic of means, complete with hiss. As vocalist / guitarist / songwriter Matthew Evans explains “We recorded these tracks on Cassette four track machines during …
Premiere: Keys – I only want you for your Rock and Roll
Following on from their last single Black and White, welsh five piece Keys have returned with the scuzzy, sweat inducing, fuzz-rock of ‘I only want you for your rock and roll’, and we’re delighted to premiere it right here on Backseat Mafia. Although it’s gritty and has this musty air of Stooges-like psych hanging over …
Heyward Howkins – Be Frank, Furness
Soulful pop from sinuous-voiced Philly singer-songwriter. Keep an ear on those guitars – there’s magic hidden in those little decorations. Back in July we met Philly singer-songwriter Heyward Howkins. He was offering a first look at two of the tracks from his new LP “Be Frank, Furness”. He released the full-length earlier this month (you …