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Say Psych: News: Bo Ningen sign to Alcopop! Records for fourth album & Share first track ‘B.C.’
Alcopop! Records have announced that they have signed London based Japanese alternative-rockers Bo Ningen and will release their fourth studio album Sudden Fictions in the Spring. To celebrate the signing, the band have revealed their new single ‘B.C.’ which comes from the forthcoming LP and it will be released on limited edition clear 7”. It …
See: Greentea Peng releases new video for Ghost Town
Aria Wells, aka Greentea Peng, has released the first new music of the year, Ghost Town, after a hugely successful 2019. It’s a deeply personal track, and her first overtly political song, about which she says “GHOST TOWN is inspired by a Dub Judah dubplate I heard at an Iration Steppas gig. Call it gentrification, …
See: Dream Wife reveal new video for Sports! plus new album news
London trio Dream Wife have announced the follow up to their rather brilliant 2018 self-titled debut album. Out on July 3rd via Lucky Number, So when You Gonna…. is the bands follow up and from it the band have revealed lead track ‘Sports!’, and an accompanying video. Of the track, the girls say “Sports! sits …
Track: Happyness – Seeing Eye Dog
Londoners Happyness have returned with news of their first new music in three years, and album called ‘Floatr’ out on May 1st, and a single ‘Seeing Eye Dog. This is Happyness, but a new (dare we say) improved version. Over the course of just over 7 minutes, the band veer from guitar indie, to sweeping …
Say Psych: Video: Japanese Television – Bruno’s Nightmare
From the ashes of three London psych-rock bands rose Japanese Television; Al Brown, Alex Lawton, Ian Thorn and Tim David Jones – who formed with a shared vision of creating a modern psychedelic space-surf-soundscape. The band went into the studio with Kristian Bell (The Wytches) who artfully captured the raw spirit of their live …
Say Psych: EP Review: Black Doldrums – She Divine
Black Doldrums, the lauded London-based power-duo, have recently released their new EP She Divine on Club AC30. Known for delivering layered echo-drenched guitar with heavy, relentless drums, Black Doldrums have created transient and euphoric dark psychedelia and they’ve once again captured their raw, untamed energy with the help of producer Pat Collier at Perry Vale Studios …
Premiere: See new video for ‘Azure’ from Electric Litany
Ahead of the release of London based quartet Electric Litany’s third (and most ambitious to date) album ‘Under A Common Sky’, we are delighted to premiere the video for the album’s lead track ‘Azure’. Sitting somewhere between the emotional textures of Mogwai and Sigur Ros, it’s driven from this sweeping, stately piano lines, as underneath …
Premiere: Broken Forest – Ghosts in the dark
Taken from Broken Forest’s forthcoming ‘Live at the old church’ EP, out on August 30th via Luise London Records, were delighted to premiere the new video for an live acoustic version of recent single ‘Ghosts in the Dark’ right here on Backseat Mafia. Essentially the project of Luise London, Broken Forest takes their folk stylings …
See: Cassels reveal new video for ‘The Perfect Ending’
London duo Cassels are gearing up to the releae of their second album, The Perfect Ending, which drops of 6th September via Big Scary Monsters Recordings. From it the band have released a new video for the title track. Much of the album is based on environmental issues, with The Perfect Ending being one of …
See: Hope Tala releases new video for Lovestained
London singer/songwriter Hope Tala recently released a single, ‘Lovestained’. taken from her upcoming EP, and she’s followed that up with a new video for the track – which she describes as sitting ‘…in the grey area between infatuation and love – when you just want the person you’re interested in to give you a little …