Synth-Pop
Track: Lyfe Indoors – Put you down
Mysterious (or at least anonymous) bedroom pop project Lyfe Indoors has return with a new single, Put you down. Operating since 2014 and spending long Summer’s indoors writing (hence the name), it’s taken from an album to be released later in the year. Of the track Lyfe Indoors says “Did I miss the chance, for some …
Track: Sophie Hunger – Everything is Good
Everything is Good is the name of a David Shrigley design, owned by Swiss multi-lingual singer-songwriter Sophie Hunger. It’s also the name of her new single, taken from her forthcoming album Halluzinationen, out on August 28th via Caroline International. Drawing comparisons to the likes of Sharon Van Etten is understandable when you listen to Everything …
Track: Big Black Delta – Lord Only Knows
The Venezuelan singer/multi-instrumentalist Jonathon Bates who goes under the pseudonym Big Black Delta has announced the release of his newest LP, ‘4’, out July 10th. With this announcement, Bates also shared the latest video-single off of the LP, “Lord Only Knows.” On the track Bates describes, “The first song written for ‘4’ was quite fitting given that lofty goal. …
See: Minimal Animal release new video for Don’t Even
Former Screaming Maldini main man Nick Cox is always welcome here on Backseat Mafia. Until their untimely split in 2014, they were almost universally accepted amongst our writers as our favourite band, which made it virtually unimaginable why they were everyone’s favourite band. He’s carried on making music in various ways and guises since, and …
Track: Phenomenal Handclap Band – Do what you like
“Phenomenal Handclap Band” have recently released “Do What You Like”, yet another teaser from their subsequent album later this month. The track follows a smattering of releases throughout the past two years, with their last album of original material back in 2012. The band’s 2009 debut record soon solidified their reputation for masterfully concocting genres …
See: Washed Out releases new video for ‘Too Late’
Washed Out, aka Ernest Greene has released a new video for his latest single, Too Late. It’s a warm, comfort blanket of a tune, these synth and bass lines that seem to go on for ever, wrap themselves around you, as the wobbly chorus and vocal harmonies make you feel all gooey and warm inside. …
Album Review: Warm Digits – Flight of Ideas
Warm Digits, aka Newcastle multi-instrumentalist/producers Warm Digits have released a album that neatly squares their own adventures in synth-rock/house/psychedelic music with a host of collaborations including The Orielles, Paul Smith, The Lovely Eggs, Rozi Plain and Emma Pollock. Titled, appropriately enough, Flight of Ideas, it’s sees the band and their co-pilots blast of into this …
See: Little Hurt reveals new video for ‘Better Drugs’
Alt-pop singer Colin Dieden, aka Little Hurt, has released a new video for his debut solo single ‘Better Drugs’, out now via Another Century on all digital streaming platforms. Of the single Little Hurt shares, “‘Better Drugs’ is really the song that made me realize it was time for me to move on from The Mowgli’s …
Track: Bottler – Nobody Likes Me
Brooklyn duo Bottler, aka Pat Butler and Phil Shore have released the lead single from their forthcoming EP Clementine, out on May 8th via InFiné. The track is this sort of electro/indie crossover. It has this drooling bassline and synth lines that splash and dribble all over the fistfuls of synth chord that rocks forward …
See: Young Knives Reveal new video for Sheep Tick
Young Knives, brothers Henry Dartnall and The House of Lords have announced their fifth album, and first in seven years since 2013’s acclaimed Sick Octave., and ahead of it they’ve released a video for lead single Sheep Trick. A mixture of synth-pop and indie rock along with elements of post-punk and krautrock, it’s almost chanted …