Posts Tagged ‘Queens of the Breakers’

The BARR BROTHERS – ” Live On KEXP “

Posted: December 31, 2017 in CLASSIC ALBUMS, MUSIC
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On their third full-length album, the Barr Brothers (featuring core members and actual brothers Brad and Andrew Barr, and Sarah Pagé) retain their set-up of bluesy, wild, fuzzed-out guitars, percussion derived from just about anything than makes a sound when hit, and amplified harp. Whereas their self-titled debut fell more in an amplified folk tradition, and 2014’s Sleeping Operator dabbled in hypnoses, Queens of the Breakers looks inward, featuring some of the best personal and reflective lyrics Brad Barr has ever written. It’s an exciting evolution from a band whose sonic curiosity never ceases to amaze me. The Barr Brothers performing “Queens Of The Breakers” live at Breakglass Studios during POP Montreal 2017. Recorded September 16th, 2017.

Songs: You Would Have To Lose Your Mind, Kompromat, Queens Of The Breakers, Song That I Heard It Came To Me

The Barr Brothers performing “You Would Have To Lose Your Mind” live at Breakglass Studios during POP Montreal 2017. Recorded September 16th, 2017.

The Barr Brothers performing “It Came To Me” live at Breakglass Studios during POP Montreal 2017. Recorded September 16th, 2017.

The Barr Brothers performing “Kompromat” live at Breakglass Studios during POP Montreal 2017. Recorded September 16th, 2017.

The BARR BROTHERS – ” It Came To Me “

Posted: August 27, 2017 in CLASSIC ALBUMS, MUSIC
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Brothers Andrew and Brad Barr had spent most of the 90s criss-crossing North America, playing music with their spirited, improv-based rock trio, The Slip. In the spring of 2004, the band was playing a small club in Montreal, QC when a fire broke out in the venue. They grabbed a few guitars/drums and rushed out onto the rainy street with the rest of the concert goers. As the club’s mezzanine was swallowed by flames, Andrew offered his coat to one of the waitresses from the bar. One year later, Brad and Andrew Barr were living in Montreal. That waitress is now one of their managers.

In his first apartment in the new city, Brad shared an adjoining wall with Sarah Page, a classically trained harpist from Montreal, whose melodies would seep through the cracks of the wall and into the music Brad was writing. From this nebulous relationship, a friendship developed and the brothers, with Sarah, began recording and performing around Montreal. Soon, their friend and multi-instrumentalist Andres Vial was brought in to lend his wide array of expertise to the outfit, playing keyboards, bass, vibes, percussion, and singing. They called themselves The Barr Brothers.

‘Queens of the Breakers’ out October 13th

Band Members
Brad Barr, Andrew Barr, Sarah Page, Joe Grass, Morgan Moore, Parker Shper and friends