shoegaze
EP: Sun Mahshene – Contradictions and Tales of Fiction
Available now on Bandcamp is the latest EP from Dublin-based Psychedelic Rock/ Shoegaze Band, Sun Mahshene. It’s five tracks long and is called ‘Contradictions and Tales of Fiction’. These tracks are awash with colourful, guitar pedal driven psychedelic soundscapes. At times there is a ‘’lived in’ synth element running alongside the guitar sounds, providing plenty of …
See: Venus Furs reveals new video for Living in Constant
Taken from his debut album out later in the year, Venus Furs, aka Montreal’s Paul Kasner, has released a video for his latest single Living In Constant. It’s a stately affair built on this guitar riff that oozes some of the melancholy Kasner builds on with his keenly affecting vocal. The stripped back nature of …
EP: Velveteen – The Bluest Summer
Available now on Bandcamp via Brighton Indie label, Shoredive Records, is ‘The Bluest Sunshine’ ep by London Shoegaze band, Velveteen.The ep comprises of four dream-like tunes, awash with wave after wave of psychedelic guitar effects and poppy melodies. Like Loveless-era My Bloody Valentine, the guitars often seemingly phase in and out of reality, providing an …
Album Review: Sexores – Salamanca
I usually write my reviews in my cosy little living room in my cottage in the middle of a forest in merry old England. I have my light on and am surrounded by all the things I love, well my vinyl and my books anyway… Today, owing to the otherworldly ambience and occasionally dark atmosphere …
Track: Gateway Drugs – Wait (Medication)
Gateway Drugs are back with the follow up to their 2015 LP ‘Magick Spells (Dine Alone) with a new record ‘PSA’. From it they’ve shared a new track Wait (Medication), which the band say is about “Falling in love with madness. When sustenance is stolen and your vice becomes your friend, your lover. Romanticization of …
See: Ringo Deathstarr Release new video for Gazin’
The new video for Ring Deathstarr’s “Gazin’” offers us something we almost never get to see: the band setting up at Austin’s iconic venue Hotel Vegas. I’ve been to countless Deathstarr shows at Hotel Vegas, and it’s to be expected that their amps will be lining the wall behind the stage, sound-checked and ready to …
Premiere: The Brave Faces – In The Dark
With an insistent, driving beat and crystalline guitars, ‘In The Dark’ is an instant indie anthem that is posed and elegant in its delivery. Astonishingly, this is a debut single from Brighton’s The Brave Faces: it has a pre-installed maturity that augurs well for the future of the band. Here at Backseat Mafia, we are …
Say Psych: Track: Orchids – Dead Keys/Another Way
Montreal’s Orchids are joining the EXAG family, and what better way to celebrate with a single that perfectly combines shoegaze distortions with psychedelic synths into strong songs reminiscing of the early Verve and Ride’s psychedelic Britpop. Led by Alex Cyprine (ex Quetzal Snakes), orchids have been fussing around the Montreal rock’n’roll scene for more than …
Track: Varanasi – Mishima
Formerly known as Japan Suicide, Italy’s Varanasi have re-invented themselves into something slightly more accessible and singing in their native tongue. Their first release under this name was last year’s magnificent ‘Rosemary’s Baby’. They have now released a haunting video for the track ‘Mishima’, now in Italian and it is just as magnificent. Directed by …
See: Perfume Genius Release video for new single ‘Describe’
Perfume Genius have announced that their new album, titled Set My Heart On Fire Immediately, that will be released 15th May on Matador. From it the band have released a new video to go with the single ‘Describe’. Noisey, but at the same time dreamy, J Mascis-like scuzzy guitar riffs wash over the song, with …