pop
See: Chromatics release new video for ‘Teacher’
We’ve been waiting a while for news of Chromatics ‘Dear Tommy’ album, so to get a video, a statement from Johnny Jewel on the track and then the album track listing is good news for all. Teacher is this peerless slice of warm synthpop, all cascading sounds, blurry synths sounds and this gorgeous ethereal vocal …
TRACK: I BREAK HORSES – THE PROPHET
With I Break Horses new album ‘Warnings’ due for release on May 8th via Bella Union, and having previously shared ‘Death Engine’, ‘I’ll Be The Death Of You’ and ‘Neon Lights’, I Break Horses have shared new track ‘The Prophet’. For the follow-up to 2014’s Chiaroscuro, Maria Lindén decided to take the time to make something different. An emphasis on instrumental, cinematic music, Maria made her own …
Track: Christine & The Queens – I disappear in your arms
Christine and the Queens has announced her new single ‘I disappear in your arms’, is out now and lifted from her surprise EP she released earlier in the year. It’s getting a vinyl and cd release via Because Music on May 29th. I disappear in your arms is effortless in so many ways -effortlessly melodic, …
Track: Florence + The Machine – Light of Love
Originally written for the last Florence + The Machine album High as Hope, Light of Love never made the final cut, but Florence Welsh has decided to release it now, with all proceeds going to The Intensive Care Society Covid-19 fund Florence welcomes fans to make a donation if they are in a position to …
See: NIIKA shares new video for The Cage
Chicago art-pop artist NIIKA has shared a new video for her single The Cage, at the time news is out that her album ‘Close But Not Too Close’ has been put back until May 15th. It’s a kick back and relax sort of a tune, the hypnotising accompaniments in the verses constasting with NIIKA’s intoxicating …
Track: 1010 Benja SL – Dobby
Out right now on the brilliant Young Turks label is ‘Dobby’, the new single from 1010 Benja SL. His Boofiness single announced him to the world as a man of huge talent, and this was confirmed with follow up ‘Wind Up Space’, and his ‘Two Houses’ EP. Built on this rather beautiful acoustic guitar lick …
See: Dust in the Sunlight release video for Dust in the Sunlight
Following the recent release of their debut eponymous single, Dust in the Sunlight, aka singer-songwriters Billy Wright and Annie Rew Shaw have released a new video to go with it. The track is this beautiful slice of sun baked, atmospheric pop that features the pairs lovely harmonies. Not too far distant from the likes of …
Track: Oh My My – Sipping The Bottle
Sydney horror pop duo Oh My My have released a new single, Sipping the Bottle ahead of the release of their debut EP, and a handful of NSW dates. Talking of the track, Sam Thomlinson from the band says, “It’s about drinking wine in the middle of a cricket pitch,” he explains, “under a sleeping bag, at …
See: Nicole Atkins releases video for ‘Domino’
Nicole Atkins is gearing up for the release of her new album Italian Ice, out on May 29th on Single Lock Records, which features amongst its numbers members of the Bad Seeds, Midlake, Dap-kings. From it she’s streaming a new video for the track Domino. It’s a groove-heavy electro pop gem, built on this funky …
Premiere: Amira B – Away
Out today is the new single by New York based singer-songwriter Amira B, Away, and we’re delighted to premiere it here on Backseat Mafia. Although initially classically trained after moving from Volgograd In Russia to New York, Amira gradually gravitated more to the Soul, Pop, R&B world and that’s where we see her with Away. …