Ten years from now, when someone asks what the Marrickville Sound actually was, point them here. Patrick Haid spent a decade and a half fronting Key Out, a band that was a firm favourite of ours in this antipodean corner of Backseat Mafia, all restless energy and melodic ache. He could have left it there. Instead, he's returned with Saskia Clapton (The Great Emu War Casualties) and the indefatigable Nick Kennedy — a rhythm section so battle-hardened between them (Big Heavy Stuff, Imperial Broads, Knieval, take your pick) that Sydney's independent scene would seize up without them — and made a record that sounds less like a comeback than an arrival.

Ten years from now, when someone asks what the Marrickville Sound actually was, point them here. Patrick Haid spent a decade and a half fronting Key Out, a band that was a firm favourite of ours in this antipodean corner of Backseat Mafia, all restless energy and melodic ache. He could have left it there. Instead, he's returned with Saskia Clapton (The Great Emu War Casualties) and the indefatigable Nick Kennedy — a rhythm section so battle-hardened between them (Big Heavy Stuff, Imperial Broads, Knieval, take your pick) that Sydney's independent scene would seize up without them — and made a record that sounds less like a comeback than an arrival.

Ten years from now, when someone asks what the Marrickville Sound actually was, point them here. Patrick Haid spent a decade and a half fronting Key Out, a band that was a firm favourite of ours in this antipodean corner of Backseat Mafia, all restless energy and melodic ache. He could have left it there. Instead, he's returned with Saskia Clapton (The Great Emu War Casualties) and the indefatigable Nick Kennedy — a rhythm section so battle-hardened between them (Big Heavy Stuff, Imperial Broads, Knieval, take your pick) that Sydney's independent scene would seize up without them — and made a record that sounds less like a comeback than an arrival.

Signed to Wayne Connolly's prestigious Scenic Drive Records, we at the antipodean outpost of Backseat Mafia have long been fans of The Nagging Doubts, admiring their post punk/new wave sound that has an antipodean flavour and a genetic code that, despite their tender age, goes all the way back to Velvet Underground. We are therefore thrilled to premiere their new single 'All To You' in anticipation of a debut album on the way. 'All To You' combines a visceral edge with sweet melodies delivered by bassist Ruby King. According to the band, it is:

Supergoup Marlophone follow up their debut single 'I'm On You Side' (proudly premiered by us here) with a thunderous blast in the beautifully romantic 'If We End Up On The Run'. Consisting of Patrick Haid (Key Out), Saskia Clapton (The Great Emu War Casualties) and Nick Kennedy (Big Heavy Stuff, Imperial Broads and Knieval to name but a few), Marlophone have a dreamy, ethereal delivery that, in this single, is backed up with a buzzsaw shoegaze wattage. It's the first song the band wrote together and they say of it:

With a membership that reads like a who's who of the Australian independent music scene, new group Marlophone exclusively share their debit single 'I'm On Your Side' with Backseat Mafia, and we are truly honoured. Patrick Haid (Key Out) has joined forces with Saskia Clapton (The Great Emu War Casualties) and Nick Kennedy (it would almost be easier to name bands he hasn't been involved with, but includes Big Heavy Stuff, Imperial Broads and Knieval) to form Marlophone. Debut single 'I'm On Your Side' has Haid's melodic and atmospheric fingerprints all over it: a yearning and euphoric shimmering delight with a muscular fuzz running through it.