Minor Victories
Album Review: mastersystem – Dance Music
‘Dance Songs’ is the fantastic debut album from mastersystem, an indie supergroup of brothers. The band consists of Scott Hutchinson and Grant Hutchinson from Frightened Rabbit, Justin Lockey from Editors and his brother James Lockey from Minor Victories who have come together to produce something that has its own unique identity. ‘Dance Music’ is far …
See: Minor Victories release new video for “Scattered Ashes”, from Orchestral Variations
We’re big fans of Minor Victories here at Backseat Mafia, and their eponymous debut was up there amongst the best albums of last year. The band have now stripped back those tracks to produce “Orchestral Variations”, which you might expect to simply be, well, orchestral versions, but no. Take “Scattered Ashes”, one of the stand-out …
Album Review: Minor Victories – Minor Victories
Minor Victories, if you haven’t read our review of debut single “A Hundred Ropes”, are Rachel Goswell (Slowdive), Stuart Braithwaite (Mogwai), Justin Lockey (Editors) and his brother James (Hand Held Cine Club, responsible for the exquisite videos that accompany some of these tracks). Originally conceived as part of Justin’s intention to make a ‘noise record …
See: Minor Victories release new video for A Hundred Ropes
So….. A “supergroup” featuring members of Slowdive, Mogwai, Editors and one of the most promising young video producers around? Yep, we’ll have a bit of that…. So Monday (22nd February) was a busy day for Minor Victories: Rachel Goswell of Slowdive, Stuart Braithwaite of Mogwai, Justin Lockey of Editors and his brother James of Hand …