Arun Kendall
Writer and Senior Editor at Backseat Mafia
Singer/songwriter and guitarist with The Hadron Colliders, Writer/Senior Editor for UK music webzine Backseat Mafia. Currently living. And in Hobart.
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6 days ago |
backseatmafia.com | Arun Kendall
'I Love What We Do' is like a theme park filled with love and romanticism, every ride a blinding kaleidoscope of colours and emotion that sweeps you up and down with louche, insouciant vivacity Dinosaur City records – 9.1 Geoffrey O’Connor creates a world of breathlessly beautiful chamber pop, rich and luscious with an infectious sensibility that takes its genesis from the sixties – a sort of Burt Bacharach/Max Bygraves/Frank Sinatra world, mixed with a contemporary Pulp/Lightning Seeds...
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6 days ago |
backseatmafia.com | Arun Kendall
From the opening track 'Light Showroom with its woozy languid feel and sixties flavour to the final track, the crackling haunting beauty of 'No Snow', each track is imperious and studied, infused with crystalline guitars that sparkle and crumble with delicacy, gilded by Franzmann's velvet vocals that float like a silken veil in the breeze throughout.
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6 days ago |
backseatmafia.com | Arun Kendall
Capricorn Coast band Tidal Peak has just released another expansive, glittering single in the form of ‘Wilderness’. Exhibiting the same sort of ear The Lightning Seeds have for bittersweet melodies with an anthemic glow, this is a glorious track borne on a pounding percussion and instruments that are rich and luscious.
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1 week ago |
backseatmafia.com | Arun Kendall
With a whole swag of insouciance and poise, Jo Meares’ Silver Bullets fire more luscious sonic missiles with their new single, the enigmatically titled ‘Neil Young Saved My Life’. And while artists as diverse as Hank Williams, Tom Waites and Nick Cave are also thanked, poor Joni Mitchell is accused of attempted murder in this whispered paean to the redemptive powers of music. And you can see the genetic threads of all mentioned artists in the heavenly sounds.
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1 week ago |
backseatmafia.com | Arun Kendall
Meres have turned down the volume a little on their third single ‘Building Humans’ from their forthcoming album ‘Worried Sick’, but the intensity and the passion remain high. According to singer/guitarist Mary Shannon, This one is a little self-indulgent and is one of the band’s collective favourites – Building Humans is aggressively sad and rough and raw. Triumphant in the space of paralysing vulnerability.
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Album Review: 'I Love What We Do' - It's Geoffrey O'Connor's world and we are delighted to be immersed in his luscious sonic romanticism. @geoffreyoconnor @dinosaurcityrecords #geoffreyoconnor #backseatdownunder #indie #pop #albumreview #chamberpop https://t.co/N3vaSZdnFu
Album Review: Mess Esque's 'Jay Marie, Comfort Me' is an epically beautiful and assured album. @mess_esque @remotecontrol @dragcityrecords #messesque #mickturner #helenfranzmann #backseatdownunder #indie #dreampop #albumreview #news https://t.co/24eRnXhYqP
News: New Mexican dream pop icons Tan Cologne announce new album, European support for Trentemøller and kick off with the ethereal single 'Cloud of Mirrors'. @tancologne @labradorrecords @trentemoeller #tancologne #newmexico #dreampop #news #track #video https://t.co/jDSqBj3u6f