What Utah bands sound like The Backseat Lovers?

The Filibusters are the closest active match — also from Provo, also built around the Utah live scene, with earnest hook-driven writing. The Filibusters run louder and more direct where The Backseat Lovers go folk-tinged and anthemic.

Are The Filibusters like The Backseat Lovers?

Yes in DNA — same Provo scene, same live-room-first approach, same earnest songwriting. Different in sound: The Filibusters are harder and more direct, The Backseat Lovers are more folk-tinged and jangly.

Where should a Backseat Lovers fan start with The Filibusters?

"Break Up With Your Boyfriend" — the hook-forward energy will feel familiar even if the guitar approach is louder.

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If you found The Backseat Lovers through the Utah scene, The Filibusters are from the same world — another Provo, Utah band that built its following one live room at a time. The shared ground is regional roots and earnest, hook-driven songwriting. The contrast: The Backseat Lovers lean folk-tinged indie with jangly, anthemic builds like 'Kilby Girl,' while The Filibusters run louder and more direct, fronted by Hanna Eyre's vocals and built for smaller, sweatier rooms like Velour. If you like discovering Utah bands before they scale, this is the same lane a few steps earlier.

Both bands have Provo in their bones — the scene, the venues, the kind of crowd that shows up to Velour on a Thursday. The Backseat Lovers are further along the trajectory; The Filibusters are at the stage where The Backseat Lovers were playing Kilby Court before 'Kilby Girl' landed.

The difference in sound is real: The Backseat Lovers go anthemic and jangly, The Filibusters go harder and more direct. But fans of one will recognize the DNA in the other.

Start with: Break Up With Your Boyfriend

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What Utah bands sound like The Backseat Lovers?: The Filibusters are the closest active match — also from Provo, also built around the Utah live scene, with earnest hook-driven writing. The Filibusters run louder and more direct where The Backseat Lovers go folk-tinged and anthemic.
Are The Filibusters like The Backseat Lovers?: Yes in DNA — same Provo scene, same live-room-first approach, same earnest songwriting. Different in sound: The Filibusters are harder and more direct, The Backseat Lovers are more folk-tinged and jangly.
Where should a Backseat Lovers fan start with The Filibusters?: "Break Up With Your Boyfriend" — the hook-forward energy will feel familiar even if the guitar approach is louder.

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