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See: Flawes reveal video for Look No Further ‘Lowlights’ version
Following on from their debut album Highlights, that dropped earlier in the year, British alt-pop band Flawes are releasing ‘Lowlights’ on May 13th via Red Bull Records, a EP of four of the songs that appeared on the album, stripped right back to their core. The band say “‘Lowlights’ is a selection of songs from …
Track: Riches – Lily
Riches, the project between Catherine McCandless (Young Galaxy) and choreographer Wynn Holmes, have released their third single ‘Lily’, the first to feature Holmes on vocals. Up to that point the pair, who see the project as a multidisciplinary collaboration of music, dance and performance, with Holmes living in New York and McCandless in Montreal. However, …
Album Review: Hayley Williams – Petals For Armor
It’s the solo record that many people disputed would ever happen, but boy, are we so glad it finally did. On 8th May 2020 through Atlantic, we were finally treated to the collection of songs now known as Petals For Armor, by Paramore‘s frontwoman Hayley Williams. The album was written throughout 2019, chronicling Williams experience …
See: Arlo Parks reveals new video for ‘Black Dog’
Arlo Parks has released her latest single, ‘Black Dog’, a track she describes as being about “the feeling of helplessness that comes along with watching a loved one suffer”, adding, “it’s supposed to make people who are struggling feel less isolated and start a conversation surrounding the prevalence of mental health issues in today’s world.“. Premiering …
See: Dirty Projectors release video for Lose your love
Dirty Projectors have revealed a new single, taken from their second of five EP’s to be released this year, Flight Tower, out on June 26th via the ever brilliant Domino Records. Each one of the EP’s features a different member of the band on lead vocals, and with Flight tower, keyboardist-percussionist Felicia Douglass is in …
NEWS: Larry Pink the Human release debut single ‘Love You, Bye’.
Larry Pink the Human consists of Laurie Vincent from the band Slaves and producer Jolyon Thomas. Thomas, whose production credits include M83, U2 and Royal Blood, is exchanging the studio for the stage, and the project is Vincent’s first stab as a lyricist. The idea is to create a space for expression, and exploration of …
Premiere: Katie MAC – No Fun
Kansas born, Nashville based pop scenester katie MAC is releasing her new single No Fun, and we’re delighted to premiere it right here on Backseat Mafia today. It follows last years debut album ‘Tears like Glitter’ which racked up 500k plays within a few months. Of the new track, katie exclusively told us “No Fun …
SEE: Odina releases video for ‘1,2,3,4’
London-based Catalan pop sensation Odina has released her new video ‘1,2,3,4’. It’s a twisted treatise of Love as a double-edged sword and relationships on a knife-edge. Filmed in London and self-directed, it plays with the glamour, glitter and grime of romance at the sharp end.
Track: Lianne La Havas – Paper Thin
Things are happening in the Lianne La Havas camp. She’s announced a new self-titled album is coming out on July 17th via Warner’s, and she’s followed up a brilliant NPR Tiny Desk Concert at home she did with a new track – Paper Thin. Steeped in (but not bound by) 90s R&B of the Destiny’s …
See: Kodaline release new video for ‘Saving grace’
Kodaline are back with a new album ‘One day at a time’, out on June 12th. From it they’ve released a new video for the first glimpse of the record – a single called “Saving Grace’. The track is typically epic sounding thing, ebbing and flowing through verse and (singalong) chorus, which in turn switches …