New York, NY (Top40 Charts/ Shore Fire Media) The
Barr Brothers are thrilled to announce the release of their long-awaited follow-up, the intense and expansive 'Sleeping Operator,' out October 7 on Secret City Records.
'Sleeping Operator' represents an immense creative output. The group, featuring brothers Brad on guitar/vocals and Andrew on drums, classical harpist
Sarah Pagé, and pianist/bassist Andrès Vial, recorded 40 tracks in the process of making this record. The 13 songs on 'Sleeping Operator' are meditative and explosive, exploring the far reaches of folk laced with West African influences, hypnotic modernist pulsing and beyond. While the record extends into cinematic and other-worldly territories, it maintains a campfire-like intimacy throughout.
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The album was produced by The
Barr Brothers and recorded and mixed by Ryan
Freeland (Bonnie Raitt, Aimee Mann, Ray Lamontagne) in Montreal and Los Angeles. The band was joined by local neighborhood guests from
Arcade Fire (Richard Reed Parry), Patrick Watson's band, The Luyas, Bassekou Kouyate's band and
Little Scream along the way. Known for their unique orchestrations, the band used a plethora of instruments to embellish this album including a variety of horns, marimba, ngoni (West African stringed instrument), an instrument made by a fan called a cardboardium, hammered dulcimer, and pedal steel to make a sound that is sui generis.
The band has key appearances confirmed and international tour dates to be announced, including Way Over Yonder presented by Newport Folk Festival at the
Santa Monica Pier and the End of The Road Festival in the UK. They will also perform at Brooklyn's Northside Festival June 15 and opening for
Spiritualized at Massey Hall in Toronto June 20.
The
Barr Brothers recorded their "thrillingly unusual" (Washington Post) and "sacred-sounding" (Rolling Stone) debut album in a home-made studio in a Montreal boiler room back in 2011. They took it to Letterman, NPR, shared stages with
Emmylou Harris and The National, headlined the Montreal Jazz Fest in front of 40,000 people, and did major tours across the US and around the world.
TRACK LISTING:
1. Static Orphans
2. Love Ain't Enough
3. Wolves
4. Even the
Darkness Has Arms
5. Come in the Water
6.
Little Lover
7. How the Heroine Dies
8. Valhallas
9. Half Crazy
10. Bring Me Your Love
11. England
12. The Bear at the Window
13. Please Let Me Let it Go
TOUR DATES:
06/15/14 Brooklyn, NY - Rough Trade NYC (Northside Festival) #
06/20/14 Toronto, ON - Massey Hall (NXNE) *
07/05/14 Orillia, ON - Mariposa Folk Festival
07/06/14 Orillia, ON - Mariposa Folk Festival
07/18/14 Barnstaple, UK -
Somersault Festival
07/19/14 Salisbury, UK - Larmer Tree Festival
07/20/14 Munich, DE - Olympiapark
07/21/14 Stuttgart, DE - Jugendhaus Feuerbach
07/22/14 Würzburg, DE - Uni Würzburg
07/23/14 Mannheim, DE - Marktplatz Mannheim
08/01/14 Happy Valley, OR - Pickathon
08/03/14 Happy Valley, OR - Pickathon
08/23/14 Burlington, VT - WYSIWYG Farm, Food,
Music & Art Festival
08/24/14 Burlington, VT - WYSIWYG Farm, Food,
Music & Art Festival
08/29/14 Salisbury, UK - End of the Road Festival
08/30/14 Salisbury, UK - End of the Road Festival
08/31/14 Salisbury, UK - End of the Road Festival
09/05/14 Berlin, DE - First We Take Berlin
09/27/14
Santa Monica, CA - Newport Folk Presents Way Over Yonder ±
11/06/14 Montreal, QC - Metropolis %
11/07/14 Sherbrooke, QC - Theatre Granada %
11/08/14 Quebec, QC - Imperial de Quebec %
11/14/14 Chicago, IL - Empty Bottle
11/15/14 Minneapolis, MN - Cedar Cultural Center
11/22/14 Cambridge, MA - The Sinclair
# - w/Swaai Boys
* - w/Spiritualized
±- w/Jackson Browne
% - w/Bahamas
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Secret City Records was founded in 2006 and serves as a home for mainly Canadian artists primarily, supporting the creation of their music and driving the strategy for their careers. The company is based in Montreal and, through its various licensing and distribution arrangements, has released albums in over 25 countries around the world. Secret City's roster currently includes
Basia Bulat, The Barr Brothers,
Daniel Isaiah, Diamond Rings, Miracle Fortress, Owen Pallett, Patrick Watson, Plants and Animals, Suuns, and Thus Owls.
