SINGLE ○ After the release of their album Rise(Feb ’23, Shore Dive / Dirty Beach Records) The Backlash are back with a new line up and that sees the guitars and voices of Francesco Luca’ and Alessio Gatto, founder members, now perfectly backed by Giuseppe Musto on drums (il ragazzo del novantanove, Novanta) and by Corrado Carnevali at bass (Stramonium, The Comet, The Rogues).
As Real…is the first outcome of this new course. The sound keeps the shiny guitar driven indie rock that’s the trademark of The Backlash, but shifts from shoegaze to vintage psychedelia, enriched by vocal harmonies and a more direct approach and raw sound.
The attitude is now to 100% write and play as they like, to create their own world, regardless of the trends in the indie underground scene. Also the lyrics are instinctive, As Real…is about all those things which arise deep emotions, joy and fears even if they have no physical existence.
Songs, personal relationships…or zombies, as in the videoclip, that’s an editing by Giuseppe Musto from Romero‘s cult movies Night of the Living Dead. As Real…was recorded and mixed by The Backlash at Right Bright Side Studio (Milan) and mastered in London by James Aparicio.
The Backlash formed in Milan during Spring 2013. Being the winners in a new bands music contest, they got immediately the chance to play big stages like Tunnel and Alcatraz, establishing themselves as a solid name in Milan’s underground music scene. Spotted by “Dj Henry” (aka Enrico Lezzeri, a well known name for Italian Northern Soul and Mod fans), they got signed by his own RocketMan Records.
“3rd Generation”, their first EP, was a collection of six tracks already popular with live audiences. It got rave reviews, and earned to The Backlash several live dates, in Italy, Spain, France and the UK, enclosing a support for The KVB.
In August 2016 the band decided to take a break from touring, to record their debut full-lenght “Mindtrap”, released in 2018, and promoted with support slots in Milan for We Are Scientists and The Academic, plus several appearances at In A State Of Flux, the leading itinerant festival for italian shoegaze scene. Wanting to be more in control of their schedule, and to reduce the timeframe between recordings and release, The Backlash then concentrated on building their own space and studio, named “Right Bright Side” (RBS), that’s where they recorded a new EP, “Passing By”, released early 2020.
The EP features 4 tracks which are shiny jewels, speaking loud to the hearts and ears of everybody who is or has been in love with this ’90s British Sounds.“Everybody But Me”, the single, has been mastered by Frank Arkwright (The Smiths, Joy Division, New Order, Oasis, Primal Scream, Blur, The Charlatans…) at Abbey Road Studios in London.
“Right Bright Side” is a line from one of their songs, but it’s also a manifesto, pointing at where their sound belongs: luminous reverberations, vocals hovering above textured and coarse guitar chords, technicolor laser rays and spirals. The Verve’s A Northern Soul, early Oasis, the La’s, Ride’s Nowhere.
Unfortunately pandemic and lockdown made impossible to promote the release live, in spite of all the positive reviews and airplay The Backlash were getting.
After a first reaction of despair and frustration, the band concentrated on writing new songs. The single Rise was released on November 16th, 2021, getting broad coverage around the world (check the release page), being featured in several shoegaze and alternative rock Spotify playlists, and getting massive airplay on DKFM.
The Backlash latest album, also titledRise, was released inFebruary 2023byDirty Beach(IT) andShore Dive Records(UK), followed by european and italian live dates.
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