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Track: ‘Stay Gold’ – Restless Leg unveil another sprightly powered pop single and announce album and tour.
The new single ‘Stay Gold’ from Restless Leg is as hyperactive as their name – a track that skips and hops with a sprightly bounce, a sonic game of rough and tumble that spills out of the speakers and shimmers and shakes. Horns grace the edges and a low-fi rumble is emitted with a Jonathan …
Track: Edinburgh’s Marky Wildtype yearns for a ‘Place of Peace’ in a dreamy pop epistle.
Edinburgh’s Marky Wildtype (the moniker of musician/producer Mark Blanford) has just released the delicious slice of indie pop entitled ‘Place of Peace’. With soaring melodies and an almost Gregorian chant to the delivery, there is a Beach Boys harmonised pop brilliance that positively shimmers. You can certainly detect traces of fellow Scots Belle and Sebastian …
Track: Double Talk go ‘Swimming’: an incandescent and infectious groove in the fast lane.
The funky disco bop of Anglo/Australian band Double Talk‘s ‘Swimming’ is positively incandescent and guaranteed to get the most lethargic soul up, down and twisting around. According to the Gold Coast band, ‘Swimming’ was conceived in a caravan in northern NSW and recorded across Switzerland and the UK whilst the band supported Gang Of Youths …
Premiere: Naarm/Melbourne Artist Kaiyah Mercedes Unleashes Sparkling Sophomore Album ‘Trying to Hate You’
Naarm/Melbourne-based singer-songwriter Kaiyah Mercedes unveils her latest album, ‘Trying To Hate You‘, in an exclusive premiere with Backseat Mafia today! This sparkling and intimate album, produced by Seetali Mack and mixed by Garrett Kato, offers a sweetly captivating exploration of unrequited love. “‘Trying To Hate You’ is about unrequited love at its simplest level. Each …
Track: Charlie Clark’s new project Yama Rama returns with the breathtakingly beautiful and deeply personal track ‘Some Days’
Last year we saw the return of the highly talented musician (and a favourite of ours here at Backseat Mafia) Charlie Clark with a new project called Yama Rama. This followed a turbulent few years leading to his return to his native Scotland and the release of his fantastic solo album ‘Late Night Drinking’ (see …
Track: Sturt Avenue release the hauntingly beautiful track ‘How Much It Costs’.
Indie folk band Sturt Avenue today release their single ‘How Much It Costs’: a paean to the struggles of pursuing an artistic life and gaining fulfilment from life. Created in collaboration with keyboard player Dave, who fronts his own band Bromham, the song travels effortlessly on a piano foundation skipping across the surface of gentle …
Premiere: Steve Pinkerton (The Anyones, The Ronson Hang Up) and Andrew Pendlebury (The Sports, Stephen Cummings) are Pinkerton Pendlebury and together unveil new video for the searing track ‘Molly Dean’ ahead of launch date.
Between the two of them, Steve Pinkerton and Andrew Pendlebury (Pinkerton/Pendlebury) have produced enough blistering power pop wattage over the decades to power a major city or two. We are honoured to premiere the video for their pognant track ‘Molly Dean’ from their recent self-titled album Pinkerton/Pendlebury, which sparkles with a burning intensity The song …
News: Eora/Sydney’s inimitable Marilyn Maria have made you a cathartic ‘Self Help Tape’ and unveil launch date.
With a name that reflects an eternal dichotomy between the sacred and the profane, Eora/Sydney post punk troop Marilyn Maria have released their new fantastic single ‘Self Help Tape’ ahead of a launch tomorrow night (27 April 2024). A bass that eviscerates the spine heralds squalling guitars and a machine gun rattle as the rocket …
Track & News: What’s DIIV Up To? What We (Think We) Know and What Remains a Mystery as They Drop Title Track for Upcoming Album ‘Frog in Boiling Water’
If you haven’t been following closely, DIIV —Andrew Bailey, Colin Caulfield, Ben Newman, and Zachary Cole Smith—have announced their fourth album, ‘Frog in Boiling Water’, which will be released on May 24th via Fantasy Records. Following the announcement of the upcoming album, DIIV has already released tracks ‘Brown Paper Bag’, ‘Soul-Net’, ‘Everyone Out’ and, just …
Track: Alfie Templeman Releases Latest Single ‘Hello Lonely’ Ahead of Upcoming Album ‘Radiosoul’ and Record Store Shows
London-based multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, producer, and performer Alfie Templeman has just dropped his latest single, ‘Hello Lonely’, teasing fans with a taste of what’s to come from his eagerly awaited second album, ‘Radiosoul’, ready for release on June 7th via Chess Club Records / AWAL Recordings. This track is absolutely juicy, and with each new release, …