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Blackbirds F.C. unveil their latest slice of sonic mastery with the single ‘Lake of Stars’ ahead of launch date and a new album on the horizon. – Backseat Mafia
Naarm/Melbourne band Blackbirds F.C. are purveyors of the most sublime jingle jangle indie pop and they are back with a new single, ‘Lake of Stars’, which we are proud to premiere today. ‘Lake of Stars’ is off the band’s forthcoming third album. The guitars are crystalline and knife-sharp with the harmonised vocals coasting over the driving beat and weeping strings. The result is something that is as expansive as the blue skies over the outback, painting a vivid lyrical picture that captures the geography with images as sharp as that captured by a high resolution camera: The lake will feed your soul, hide and comfort youAnd send you back to…
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Naarm/Melbourne artist Garagee builds an evocative and luscious ‘Firewall’ ft. Jane McArthur ahead of album and launch date. – Backseat Mafia
We are honoured to bring you first listen to the new single ‘Firewall’ from instrumentalist Garagee (the work of Rob McPherson) and featuring the vocals of Jane MacArthur. Garagee has worked in the past with Steve Kilbey (The Church) and is about to release the album ‘Garageee III’ ‘Firewall’ starts with the most delicate harmonics and expressive instrumentation – soft, dappling and immersive with many subtle layers tweaking delicately and alluringly at the ears in the distance – a most satisfying wash of sound. MacArthur’s vocals add a hypnotic effect on top – velvet and reflective, inflected with a thread of yearning and melancholia. The result is something that is…
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Ocean Grove drop ‘Fly Away’ and launch new label – Backseat Mafia
Melbourne-based heavy trio Ocean Grove has formally announced the establishment of their own record label, ODDWORLD Records. In addition, the band has secured a contract with SharpTone Records for distribution outside of Australia and New Zealand. To coincide with this, the band has also released a new singly, ‘Fly Away.’ “FLY AWAY is a return to our sonic roots and the definitive OG sound. With an injection of fresh energy and experimentation, the song primes the new era of Ocean Grove with a hard and heavy edge.” Dale Tanner Ocean Grove stands as a formidable presence in the heavy music scene, seamlessly blending elements of nu metal, hardcore, and alternative…
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Eora/Sydney’s inimitable Marilyn Maria have made you a cathartic ‘Self Help Tape’ and unveil launch date. – Backseat Mafia
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 launches. This is a powerful, hypnotic track that positively shimmers and pogoes its way into your head. The vocal delivery in the verse casts a knowing glance towards Devo while the chorus swerves into a more melodic lane with a post punk anthemic blast. This is pulse-quickening stuff, with touches of fellow antipodeans A. Swayze…
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oWo release the powerful, expressive ‘Tunnel of Vision’ ahead of launch date. – Backseat Mafia
Eora/Sydney trio oWo have just unveiled their thrilling new EP ‘Tunnel of Vision’: a visceral collection of vibrant post-punk tracks that quivers with vitality and freshness, mixing a pop sensibility with a buzzsaw edge. The title track ‘Tunnel of Vision’ is a typically rollocking burst of sunshine with its sing along chorus and general sense of anarchy inbetween. Sounding like a collision between early Split Enz and Models with a bit of the wry acerbic rattle of The Undertones or Wreckless Eric, ‘Tunnel of Vision’ canters along with a high stepping jolt of electricity with a little mid song rest and recuperation. The band says of the manifesto for the…
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Fallon Cush return with the rollicking boogie woogie lilt of ‘Sweet Joanna’ ahead of launch date. – Backseat Mafia
Steve Smith’s Fallon Cush return to the fray with the rollicking bluesy ‘Sweet Joanna’ that has a luminescent boogie woogie lilt channeling the Stones. It is sunlit by the soaring backing vocals of Suzy Goodwin (who has recently released her own sixties-influenced soul tracks) and represents a far more up tempo side of the band than we have seen before, guaranteed to light up the visage and tap those toes. It’s the sound of a band at full flight and overflowing with an infectious joie de vivre and a little luxurious bacchanalian excess: The track is out now and available to download and stream via the link above and all…
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oWo release the wild-eyed ‘Built’ ahead of EP release and launch. – Backseat Mafia
‘Built’ is a driving angular romp from oWo with a muscular bass spine upon which the motorik beat and shouty vocals hang with a degree of sneery attitude. The guitars scythe through the air and the whole song struts and prances with an arched eyebrow and a dead-eyed stare. It’s terrific stuff from this very exciting band. The band says of the track: If you can’t look beyond your own perspective, nothing will get done. Like anyone who has tried to make anything – from music to housing – if we can’t find common ground, then the whole thing gets paralysed with disagreement and eventually collapses. ‘Built’ can be downloaded…
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lutruwita/Tasmania band TEENS declare ‘I Am An Art Prize’ in a delicious blaze of fuzz and attitude ahead of launch gigs and album. – Backseat Mafia
TEENS have been prowling the dark and wild recesses of the southern state of lutriwita/Tasmania for nearly a decade and have emerged into the sunlight with their swaggering single ‘I Am An Art Prize’: a cacophony of attitude and fuzz that is absolutely enchanting. The form is angular, the delivery passionate and the overall effect is as if The Cramps engaged in congress with the Pixies and a maelstrom. A muscular ambulant bass provides the bedrock for the fuzzy chiming guitars before the ominous dark vocals enter the fray – distant, observant, slightly menacing – maybe I’m not real without you here. The song rests momentarily at one point into…
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Meanjin/Brisbane garage-rock outfit Velociraptor release the quirky angular ‘Computer Future Part 1’ and announce launch gig. – Backseat Mafia
Having only just re-entered the music scene after a hiatus, Brisbane band Velociraptor have barged their way out of the barriers with their quirky slice of post punk pie, the single ‘Computer Future Part 1’. It’s a song about the dystopian nature of our modern society and pogoes about like a punk in a mosh pit. There is an urgent quirky bounce to the delivery with a mix of Devo, Talking Heads and, for those with long memories of the antipodean music scene, a hint of Mi-Sex’s classic ‘Compute Games’. Bubbles, squeaks and a lot of attitude. While sung by the band’s drummer George Browning, the song was written by…
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Naarm/Melbourne chanteuse Charlie Lane unveils the enigmatic and slow burning fuse that is ‘Gold Drips’, with launch date announced. – Backseat Mafia
Premiere: Naarm/Melbourne chanteuse Charlie Lane unveils the enigmatic and slow burning fuse that is ‘Gold Drips’, with launch date announced. – Backseat Mafia More Stories #NaarmMelbourne #chanteuse #Charlie #Lane #unveils #enigmatic #slow #burning #fuse #Gold #Drips #launch #date #announced #Backseat #Mafia
