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Track: Rhyal Knight – Summer’s Over Soon
Rhyal Knight’s released “Summer’s Over Soon” as single via Grumpy Bastard Recordings. It’s his first single from the forthcoming album, Tresxha Clarity. Overdriven guitar and great vocals sees Rhyal Knight create some great-sounding Americana pop. Strong drum beats and floating synths fill in the gaps on this perfectly produced track. Check it out, here: Find out …
Track: Left Field Messiah – A.M Moonlight
Left Field Messiah are Steve Bays (of Hot Hot Heat), Jeremy Ruzumna (of Fitz & The Tantrums) and Erik Janson (formerly of Wildling). They have announced their new project with the single ‘A.M. Moonlight’, the lead single off of their upcoming debut album, ‘In Praise of Bombast’, due out early next year via KEXP. Melodic bass line …
TRACK: Alex Jayne – ‘Clouds’: acoustic pop details the moment you notice it’s all changed
ALEX JAYNE, the London songwriter who we last heard of coolly observing the world from a late-night taxi on “Backseat”, has returned with a new single, the intelligent pure pop of “Clouds”. She’s got such an adept eye for seeing how life is; her new single spots the clouds in the sky which, like a …
Track: Tim Burgess Shares Track ‘Yours. To Be’ From New EP Ascent Of The Ascended
After releasing his solo album ‘I love The New Sky’ Tim Burgess announces news of a new EP, Ascent Of The Ascended, due 27th November via Bella Union Of the track, ‘Yours. To Be’, Burgess says: “At the tail end of the glory of the night before – with all the hope and beauty that …
SEE: Red Rum Club’s ‘The Elevation’: brassy pop for the blue-tick age
AS THE rain starts to wrap us in autumn, at least Liverpudlian sextet Red Rum Club are here to bring a little thoughtful pop sunshine. Today they’ve dropped a video for “The Elevation”, a sweet brass-led groove about a fractious relationship in the WhatsApp age: when you get no reply even after “the ticks go …
See: Sam Eagle releases new video for new single ‘Like This’
Taken from his forthcoming EP, ‘Something out of Nothing’, out in November on Cooking Vinyl, 21-year old multi-instrumentalist and songwriter Sam Eagle has shared the visuals for his latest single ‘Like This’. Speaking about the single, Sam says, “pretty much the whole song just came that night. Lyrically it’s quite abstract I think, but to me, …
Track: Swedish dreamers Hey Elbow share new track, ‘Layers’
Swedish dream-pop outfit Hey Elbow, share track ‘Layers’, taken from their forthcoming full-length ‘We Three’ out now via Adrian Recordings. This track has slightly more focus than the groups previous offerings like their superb track Nurture/aptitude. ‘Layers’ features driving drums and insistent horns create a more rockier feel though the ethereal vocals and receptive picked guitar keep …
Premiere: John McLucas releases new single ‘Play It Out’
San Francisco singer-songwriter John McLucas is back with a new track, Play It Out, and we’re delighted to premiere it right here on Backseat Mafia this morning. After starting out as a songwriter/producer for other artists such as Krimetz, George Brandt and Tamara Bubble, he moved to LA to pursue his dream of being an …
Premiere: Divest – Time Well Spent
There’s something in the Scandinavian air that’s producing some pretty special music. This time around, it’s Divest, a Norwegian indie pop band that are premiering their new album ‘Time Well Spent’ on Backseat Mafia. This is as far as you can get from a bleak Nordic winter: it’s bright, sparkling summery pop that canters forth …
Premiere: Pete Josef releases beautiful new track, Lavender, ahead of second album
Taken from his forthcoming album ‘I will rise with the birds’, out on the brilliant Sonar Kollecktiv imprint next month, we are absolutely delighted to premiere the new track from Pete Josef, Lavender. Having previously worked with the likes of Manu Delano and Roni Size, Pete has always had soul music close to his heart, …