The Fat Angel Sings

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That line, from The Barr Brothers’ new album “Sleeping Operator”, might as well be the Montreal band’s mission statement. While the new songs mix acoustic folk-rock, electrified blues, lush chamber-pop, traditional West African styles and other influences, each conveys immediate emotive force.

This is especially true of “Come In The Water,” a song inspired by the tragic 1997 shooting of Israeli teens along the Jordan River.