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Track: New Zealand’s Queen of indie Fazerdaze releases ethereal and anthemic new single ‘Flood Into’ from her EP ‘Break!’
Delayed by the unfortunate climate events in the North Island of New Zealand, and following a high profile support for New Zealand’s other pop magician Lorde‘s tour, the magnificent singer/producer/multi-instrumentalist Fazerdaze (the nom de plume for Amelia Murray) has just released her stunning new single ‘Flood Into’. The final track off her recent EP ‘Break!’ …
See: It’s ‘Winter’ for Fazerdaze: a video filled with a wistful and longing air as news of support for Lorde tour is announced.
Off her recent long awaited EP ‘Break’, the enigmatic and brilliant Fazerdaze (the nom de plume of Amelia Murray) has today unveiled a video for the track ‘Winter’ as a well as tremendous news of her support slot on the new Lorde tour: a magnificent reflection of her growing stature. ‘Winter’ is the quieter, more …
100 albums of 2021 you shouldn’t miss, plus playlist
In a moment a folly, I (not me and my editorial team, or my writers, or indeed anyone) decided to make a playlist of the year. Not one of those in order ones, just a playlist of good records, written by the esteemed writers here at Backseat Mafia. I don’t know what possessed me to …
Album Review: Lorde’s Solar Power Is A Journey Through Healing
I woke up bleary-eyed on Friday to an equally bleary morning. The sun struggled to shine through natural clouds and unnatural haze, blanketing the earth with a dull, heavy light. New York City was not the best place to be for inhabiting the space of Solar Power, the new album from Lorde. Despite all of …
News: Lorde announces world tour to support new album ‘Solar Power’
After the surprise release of the shining single ‘Solar Power’ (reviewed by me here), New Zealand super star Lorde has just announced a wide ranging world tour to take place in 2022 to support the release of the album ‘Solar Power’. Today, Lorde additionally revealed the album will be released 20th August via Universal Music …
Track: Lorde makes a welcome return fuelled by ‘Solar Power’
After quite a lengthy absence since her last release, New Zealand’s Lorde has made a forceful and powerful return with the track ‘Solar Power’. A languid and liquid track, ‘Solar Power’ is a slow burning fuse that builds up to an anthemic finish with the kind of rhythmic drive of ‘Screamadelica’-era Primal Scream. The accompanying …
Track: Tove Styrke – On the Low, plus album and tour news
We first noticed Swedish singer Tove Styrke nearly four years ago when she released the dynamic, feisty electro pop “Even If I’m Loud It Doesn’t Mean I’m Talking To You”. It is no surprise to see how she has developed into a major international force since those early days. Having just finished touring with Lorde …
EP: Woodes – Golden Hour
Woodes is the project of Melbourne based producer, singer and songwriter, Elle Graham and she has just released an EP – ‘Golden Hour’ – which showcases her extraordinary voice and lush, orchestral production. ‘Dots’, the most recent single off the EP, displays a vocal range with more peaks and troughs than the floor of the …
Track and EP: Sumner – Pictures (Single)/All That I Am
Sumner are a duo from the wild southern-most State of Australia – Tasmania – and they have just released an absorbing single from their new EP “All That I Am”. “Pictures” evokes elements of Lorde with additional head-turning slabs of synth that launch the song into the stratosphere. Atmospheric and haunting yet touched with an …
Album Review: Fazerdaze – Morningside
I’m just going to go straight to the point about Morningside, the debut album from Fazerdaze (essentially the output of New Zealand’s Amelia Murray). It is an extraordinarily accomplished work of art. I could just say go and order the album without hesitation and leave it at that. It’s that good. However, I shall indulge, …