pop
Premiere: Tiki & The Hotstuff release debut single, Hey Kids
New (indie/alt-pop) kids on the block, Swedens Tiki & The Hotstuff have opened their account with debut single, ‘Hey Kid’, and we’re delighted to be able to premiere it right here on Backseat Mafia today. Mixing up a bucketload of styles, with these gentle synth-indie chords and splashes of cascading electronics, with this clean alt-pop …
Track: Nancy Sinatra releases ‘(L’été Indien) Indian Summer’ ahead of year long reissue series
Grammy winning reissue label Light In The Attic have announced a comprehensive definitive compilation of Nancy Sinatra’s 65-76 output in a campaign spread out over a year, to celebrate her 80th year. Confident that this is first time anyone has really done her career justice, there’s a lot more than maybe meets the eye to …
TRACK: Felid – ‘Midnight Lover’: Bristol producer brings languid piano grace – his debut EP’s out now
AFTER initially making his mark as exactly half of cool electropop duo Mauwe, Bristol-based, South African-born Felid, aka Jay Rodger, struck out on his own during 2020 with a clutch of stripped back, sultry, citified tunesmithery, dropping a trio of tracks as a statement of alt.pop intent. Backseat Mafia covered his debut strikeout in his …
Track: Foxes – Hollywood
Foxes has shared one of her most beautiful, raw and honest songs to date with ‘Hollywood’ via PIAS recordings. Revealing some of the most challenging experiences she had chasing her dreams to Los Angeles as a young songwriter, Foxes comments: “Anyone who has spent some time in Los Angeles will understand the long shadow that amazing city …
Track: The Staves Release New Track – Satisfied
The Staves have shared a new track ‘Satisfied’, taken from their upcoming new album “Good Woman”, due for release on 5th February 2021. ‘Satisfied’ is the third track so far released from the album alongside ‘Trying’ and ‘Good Woman’. The band had to say on Satisfied: “This started out with an acoustic guitar. The song asking its subject – will …
Track: Detective Larsson – 21 (Dreamt of Freedom)
Welsh band Detective Larsson who have just released their debut single ’21 (Dreamt Of Freedom)’ with two B-sides in the form of the bands arrangements of Dean Martin & Ricky Nelson’s ‘My Rifle, My Pony and Me’ and Marianne Faithfull’s ‘As Tears Go By’. All jangly and floaty with a deep bass, ’21 (Dreamt Of …
Track: Joe Garratt – Toxic
North Easts rising star and electronic synth-pop artist Joe Garratt is finishing the year off with the release of his new track – ‘Toxic’ via Enter Records About the track Garratt comments: “Toxic is basically about a toxic relationship, a dark time for me, but also a time for growing, learning, empowering myself and rising …
PREMIERE: The Sound of Kalima – ‘Destroy U’: straight outta Vancouver on a mission
COMIN straight atcha from Vancouver, in the Pacific Northwest, Sound of Kalima are buzzing up their hometown; and with their new single they’re hoping to take things a lot, lot further. They’ve just dropped a new single, “Destroy U”, full of guitar crunch, looming breaks, sassy lyrics . And we’re delighted to be premiering it …
Premiere: Courtney Jacobs releases new single Let Me
In little over six months, Houston singer-songwriter Courtney Jacobs is fast gaining a foothold with her jazz tinged pop, and so we’re delighted to be able to to premiere her new, third single Let Me right here on Backseat Mafia today. Of the track, Courtney says ““let me” is an upbeat, laid-back song for strolling …
SEE: Alex Jayne – ‘Pictures’: grand introspection about letting go
LONDON songstress Alex Jayne, who’s released a triptych of potent, observational pop nuggets this year, is drawing down the curtain on 2020 with one final single, “Pictures”, again penned from the heart. Watch the Laurie Barraclough-directed video below. It’s a slow burn with a grand vocal performance: fragile, yet still soaring, you can really feel …