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Emerging Vol 4 Compilation Album – Backseat Mafia
Brighton-based multi-disciplinary music company Small Pond are delighted to reveal the final single release to be taken from their forthcoming Small Pond Presents: Emerging Vol. 4 compilation album, set for release on 15th November 2024 on a limited vinyl pressing and all good digital service providers. The concluding offering comes from Brighton alt-rock trio Jar of Blind Flies with their new single ‘Hell Is An Ocean’ released on 1st November 2024. Fresh from a recent support slot with The Wedding Present, Jar of Blind Flies take no prisoners with their chunky guitar tones and anthemic choruses. Touching on themes of isolation, nostalgia, and mental health struggles, they’ve forged an iron-clad bond with early listeners already through their undeniable brand of noisy alt-rock.…
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Glasgow’s Rising Doomgaze Band Cwfen Release Debut Single ‘Reliks’ – Backseat Mafia
Glasgow’s rising doomgaze band, Cwfen (‘coven’), have shared their highly anticipated debut single ‘Reliks’. Following a whirlwind first year building a dedicated local following through raw, atmospheric demos and captivating live shows, ‘Reliks’ serves as Cwfen’s mission statement. The track delves into the collapse of long-held beliefs when confronted with mortality – a powerful, existential reflection wrapped in the band’s signature blend of doom, goth and post-metal influences. The band comments: “At its heart, Reliks is about facing your final moments, when everything you thought you knew starts to unravel,” says Agnes Alder, vocalist and lyricist for the band. “It’s not about faith, but about the reality that all your ideas and beliefs might not hold up…
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Doves Announce New Album ‘Constellations For The Lonely’; Listen To New Single ‘Renegade’ – Backseat Mafia
Doves return with their first new music in over four years and announce a new album for release in early 2025, reclaiming territory all their own with the stormy euphoria of ‘Renegade’. Jimi Goodwin, Andy and Jez Williams’ winding path to a sixth album reaches that milestone next year, as the 10-Track ‘Constellations For The Lonely’ is confirmed for release on Fri 14 February 2025 after joining EMI North. Signing off their last chapter with the release of their third UK chart-peaking album, 2020’s boundary-pushing, ‘The Universal Want’, the release of ‘Renegade’ concludes a patchwork of writing and recording sessions that began in the same year. Reading from the same page on their new single’s sense of dystopian drama, all three Doves own sense…
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amilost Share Atmospheric New Single ‘Haunted’ – Backseat Mafia
The Norwegian/Scottish duo amilost return with the new single ‘Haunted’. Fittingly named given the tracks haunting atmosphere, the track dropped just before Halloween via Icons Creating Evil Art, Capturing a rich musicality and a sense of melancholic, emotional intensity, ‘Haunted’ builds on the sonic palette of previous singles like ‘Tiny War’ and ‘Bloom’ through warming pianos and sprawling electronics. Blending it’s warming and alternative musicality with pop melodies, the track is pulled forward byt the evocative lead vocals, that drives the track forward into a haunting chorus as the lo-fi electronic beats and warming piano are swapped for aggressive synths and distortion tinted vocals. As the duo explains, “Haunted is…
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Fleeting Persuasion release psychedelic video for ‘Rewind’ from their album ‘Will They Come Back’, ahead of live gig – Backseat Mafia
Today the deliciously gothic Fleeting Persuasion have unveiled their new video for the track ‘Rewind’ off their sophomore album ‘Will They Come Back’ released at the beginning of the year. This comes ahead of their hometown Melbourne show with Bluebottle Kiss and Screamfeeder this weekend (9 November). ‘Rewind’ has a rumbling prowling insistent thunder while the yearning melodic vocals lend a lighter touch. The video clip for the song ‘Rewind’, features atmospheric visuals possessing a 90s shoegaze and classic indie rock vibe. The song features distorted bass, clanging and ringing guitar and knife-edge drumming that gives the music a real sense of urgency – like a mix of Killing Joke and New Order.…
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The Hard-Ons triumphant return to Hobart at Altar Bar 31.10.2024 – Backseat Mafia
Riding on the back of their latest (and 15th) album, I Like You A Lot Getting Older, The Hard-Ons bounded into Hobart’s Altar Bar (previously known as just ‘Altar’) to deliver some old-fashioned, sweaty and melodic punk rock in the style that has kept them revered in the eyes of their faithful following for decades. With a catalogue that extends way back to 1982, The Hard-Ons have become part of Australian rock folk-lore, all the while maintaining their hard-work ethic and no-nonsense brand of good old rock and roll. In recent years, the band have been joined by Tim Rogers (of You Am I fame) a long-time friend and fan,…
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the mercurial post-punk/global beats collective score once more. – Backseat Mafia
The Breakdown Bongo Joe Records – 9.0 Formed in 2007 by bassist and composer Vincent Bertholet, Orchestre Tout Puissant Marcel Duchamp are a band with the beat of the infamous but sadly crushed Genevan punk squat movement at their core. Democratic by nature, collective in approach and creatively free, the revolving ensemble are five albums into their escapade with no signs of innovation fatigue. Their spikey brew up of jazz rocking, post punk, global beat song is still there, fermenting as potent as ever on their new release ‘Ventre Unique’, out now via Bongo Joe. OTPMD have always been a big band, a gathering of musical minds that ebb and…
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Becky Hill – First Direct Arena, Leeds. 16.10.24 – Backseat Mafia
It’s been 10 years in the making, but finally Becky Hill, known for her powerhouse vocals and dance pop bangers, headlines an arena tour for the first time. All the way to the arena in Leeds, I’m met by cowboy hat-wearing groups of fans queuing excitedly to get their spot on the floor, fully intent on dancing their hearts out. Compared to the festival set Hill toured around last summer, this is a more understated affair. Gone are the bright colours and troupe of dancers, and instead, in the early part of the show, she is accompanied simply by a drum kit and keys. A trio of backing singers, clad…
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Rogue Awakening – Bloodflow – Backseat Mafia
Brit newcomers Rogue Awakening have shared new single and video titled ‘Bloodflow’. Comprised of Kimberley (lead vocals), Ollie (lead guitar), Nick (bass and backing vocals), Tom (rhythm guitar and backing vocals), and Jordan (drums), Rogue Awakening were originally formed in 2021, however, it’s the last twelve months that have really started to shape the quintet. Formed in Horsham, UK, and fast gaining a reputation for a deeply captivating sound that is drenched with crunching riffs, thunderous drums, and powerhouse vocal lines, Rogue Awakening pull from the world of metal but also merge a slew of melodic influences creating a diverse tapestry of work that is as engaging as it is alluring. The…
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Live Review – Interpol/ Dust – The Halls Wolverhampton – 1/11/24 – Backseat Mafia
Interpol bring their 20th Anniversary ‘Antics’ tour to UK shores and kick off with an iconic night in Wolverhampton. A packed out venue, a crowd all chatting that they can’t believe ‘Antics’ is 20 years old is soon tuned into silence when the energetic Dust, from Newcastle, Australia take to the dimly lit stage to kick off tonights proceedings. With the stage mainly in darkness except the few odd red lights, Dust battled a few sound issues to get the crowd jumping to their songs from debut album ‘Et Cetera, Etc’ leaving many in Wolverhampton finding a new band to add to their playlists. Dust are supporting Interpol on all…
