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Track: Snake Eyes – Don’t Worry
‘Don’t Worry’ is Snake Eyes very first single via Failure By Design Records. It was actually the very first song that Brighton-based vocalist and guitarist Jim Heffy wrote for the band “amongst a bunch of naff ones that never made the cut,” he admits. “It was short and to the point, had energy and felt like a good way …
EP: Ben Hobbs – Better Weather
The new EP from South London producer and multi-instrumentalist Ben Hobbs provides a perfect platform and stepping stone to this new great sounding artist. Out from 31st July, Hobbs has concocted a four-track EP titled Better Weather that is part soul, part synth but wholly wonderous. The lead off track ‘Own Arms’ is a great …
SEE: Sofie – ‘Georgia Waves’: elegant piano songsmithery
VIENNA’S Sofie Fatourechi has moved from behind the scenes at California’s ice-cool Stone’s Throw imprint to hog a little of the spotlight, with a very finely crafted album of sophisticated, wholly European pop, Cult Survivor, released in June. We reviewed it here, found much to love in the autobiographical, nuanced songcraft; we said of it: …
News: The Chills’ classic albums to be re-issued through Fire Records
It’s no secret that I am a huge fan of the New Zealand indie music scene ever since the heady days of the eighties, with the Dunedin music scene, spearheaded by the legendary Flying Nun Records, the explosive ingredient. And, at the head of the vanguard was, of course, the delectable The Chills. Fire Records …
Premiere: Emma Kelly – Lifeboats
London singer-songwriter Emma Kelly has released the second glimpse of her forthcoming EP in the shape of a new single ‘Lifeboats’, following on from her debut single ‘Drunk’, which attracted quite some interest upon its release. Of Lifeboats, Emma told us “The two people are polar opposites, with one of them clinging onto something that …
Premiere: The Ella Sisters – Miss The Most
Norwegian duo The Ella Sisters, in reality Kristanstad based twin sisters Maren and Charlotte, are gearing up for the release of their debut EP ‘Queens’, out on August 28th. Ahead of it, they’ve released a new track from it, Miss The Most, which we’re delighted to premiere right here on Backseat Mafia today. Of the …
SEE: King Charles’ plea to ‘Feel These Heavy Times’
DANDYISH London troubadour King Charles has released the video for a new lockdown song, “Feel These Heavy Times”. It’s a sweet and hushed pleas for togetherness and love in straitened times: “I know you know life’s not fair / Maybe that’s why revolution’s in the air”. The video features self-filmed clips of fans at home …
Track: Duffy – River In The Sky
After dropping a new track by sending Jo Whiley an“only for radio” track, called ‘Something Beautiful’, in March, Duffy has returned with another moving track entitled “River In the Sky”. This deeply personal, emotive, piano-driven song will only be made available across Duffy’s social media channels, which Duffy captions with the words: “For the better …
SEE: Oh Wonder’s ‘Don’t You Worry’ soothes lockdown blues
SWOONSOME London duo Oh Wonder have continued to create under the privations of lockdown, with the fifth song in their acclaimed Home Tapes project out now. “Don’t You Worry” completes a quintet of home-recorded tunes to be issued over the recent, distanced months. It’s an intimate love song “about the intimacy and connection still possible …
Track: Gengahr Release Cover Of Kendrick Lamar’s ‘Love’
Following on from the bands Maida Vale session for Annie Mac on BBC Radio 1, Gengahr have released their cover version of Kendrick Lamar’s track ‘ Love’. Frontman Felix explains, “This week we would have been on our way to play Glastonbury festival for the third time. It’s home to some amazing memories for us as …