The Barr Brothers Unveil First Music Video From Just-Released New Album 'Queens Of The Breakers' - Watch The Mud-Caked "It Came To Me" Here

Today, The Barr Brothers released the first music video from their celebrated new album ‘Queens of the Breakers’ (out now/Secret City Records).  The video pairs the rollicking, burning blues of "It Came to Me" with visuals to match: a careening, down-and-dirty lawnmower race straight from the far reaches of Canada.

Watch ‘It Came to Me’ premiering via Brooklyn Vegan here: http://bit.ly/2lHQbLg

The video was captured at a hundred-year-old agricultural fair in Shigawake, Quebec (pop. 300). Though it’s 12 hours outside of Montreal, thousands of people flock to the fair every year.  Many come for a newer addition, a music festival that's been organized for the past nine years by Meghan Clinton, the wife of drummer Andrew Barr, who is from the remote town herself.  The Barr Brothers have performed at the music festival and this year decided to bring a videographer along, who captured some of the footage with a Super 8.  The lawnmower mud-racing event shown in the video is a perfect complement to the down-and-dirty sound of ‘It Came to Me:’ mud-splattered, unapologetic, ecstatic.  Watching it, you can't help but feel caked in mud, with the smell of booze and wood smoke hanging in the damp air.

“For us and everyone up there, [the music festival] has become the party of the summer…. This year when I heard that the video's director, Vincent, was coming to the fair to do some filming, I called him and requested he bring a couple good cameras and a rain poncho… Vincent dug in deep, making friends with the fairgoers, capturing some of the absurd moments and the seamless clashing of worlds that seems like it could only happen in Shigawake.” – Andrew Barr

‘Queens of the Breakers’ has been met with raves from Paste (8.7/10), Under the Radar, Magnet, Q Magazine, Exclaim!, and more. The title track was premiered by NPR Music, who called it “a perfect illustration of the band's attention to musical detail with memorable results.” As the first radio single in North America, “It Came to Me,” has been #1 three times already on the CBC Radio2 chart in Canada while the band witnessed their strongest debut at radio in history in the United States.

Watch the Barr Brothers perform ‘Song That I Heard’ off ‘Queens of the Breakers’ in a shimmering Relix session in New York last month: http://bit.ly/2z9uXLz

Listen to the Barr Brothers discuss the origins of the album (and have a jam session using objects they found around the studio) on WNYC’s The Takeaway in October: http://bit.ly/2z4gsq7

Featuring brothers Brad and Andrew Barr, and harpist Sarah Pagé, The Barr Brothers will embark on a massive international tour this month that begins with a UK and European run with The War On Drugs followed by the band’s biggest-ever North American tour to date. See below for all dates.

 

PRAISE FOR ‘QUEENS OF THE BREAKERS’

“A band that has consistently questioned the limits of folk, blues and psychedelia… ‘Queens of the Breakers’ holds fast to hope and shows both a continuation and an evolution for one of the most creative bands out there today” – Paste

“Imaginative genre blends and captivating melodies…the entirety of ‘Queens’ deserves slow exploration and sincere openness. If ‘Queens’ earns The Barr Brothers serious consideration for year-end lists, it would not be surprising” - Under the Radar

"Their most richly-coloured record to date" Q Magazine / 4 out of 5

“A rich and compelling record that deserves and rewards your close attention" - Exclaim! / 9 out of 10

“Shimmering vocal harmonies and a rolling undercurrent of acoustic/electric guitar and harp bring the brothers' summer memories to life - it's a remarkably visual album in this way” - Magnet Magazine

“Meticulous dream-weaving” - Mojo

“One of my favorite tracks of the year” - Lauren Laverne, BBC 6Music (on “You Would Have To Lose Your Mind”)

“Gorgeous” - Brooklyn Vegan

“On their third album, the Montreal group combine tight little folk songs and expansive blues jams and it never falls apart” – NOW Toronto / 4 out of 5

"Busy without ever feeling overcrowded, its liquid acoustics following the soft contours of Brad's vocals to telling effect” – Uncut

“‘Queens Of The Breakers’ is a gift…The Barr Brothers’ greatest work yet” – Thank Folk For That

 

Listen, order and save the album here: http://www.2lin.cc/QOTB

 

TOUR DATES:

*with The War On Drugs

 

11.02.17 Amsterdam NL @ AFAS Live — sold out *

11.03.17 Cologne DE @ E-Werk — sold out *

11.04.17 Brussels BE @ Forest National — sold out *

11.06.17 Paris FR @ Bataclan — sold out *

11.07.17 Lille FR @ L’Aeronef — sold out *

11.09.17 Glasgow UK @ Barrowlands — sold out *

11.10.17 Glasgow UK @ Barrowlands — sold out *

11.12.17 Manchester UK @ O2 Apollo Manchester — sold out *

11.13.17 Manchester UK @ O2 Apollo Manchester tickets *

11.14.17 London UK @ Alexandra Palace — sold out *

11.15.17 Portsmouth UK @ Portsmouth Guildhall tickets *

11.17.17 Zurich CH @ X-Tra tickets *

11.18.17 Milan IT @ Fabrique tickets *

11.20.17 Munich DE @ Muffathalle tickets *

11.21.17 Hamburg DE @ Große Freiheit 36 tickets *

11.22.17 Berlin DE @ Tempodrom tickets *

11.24.17 Montreal QC @ MTelus tickets

11.27.17 Toronto ON @ Danforth Music Hall tickets

11.28.17 Burlington VT @ Higher Ground tickets

11.29.17 Boston MA @ Sinclair tickets

12.01.17 New York NY @ Music Hall of Williamsburgh tickets

12.02.17 Philadelphia PA @ Underground Arts tickets

12.03.17 Washington DC @ Sixth and I tickets

12.05.17 Pittsburgh PA @ Rex Theatre tickets

12.06.17 Pontiac MI @ Pike Room tickets

12.07.17 Chicago IL @ Lincoln Hall tickets

12.08.17 Minneapolis MN @ Cedar Cultural Center tickets

12.12.17 Los Angeles CA @ Troubador tickets

12.13.17 San Francisco CA @ Great American Music Hall tickets

12.15.17 Portland OR @ Wonder Ballroom tickets

12.16.17 Seattle WA @ Neumos tickets

12.17.17 Vancouver BC @ Imperial tickets

01.22.18 Berlin DE @ Privatclub tickets

01.23.18 Cologne DE @ Studio 672 tickets

01.24.18 Amsterdam NL @ Paradiso Upstairs tickets

01.26.18 Manchester UK @ Deaf Institute tickets

01.27.18 Leeds UK @ Brudenell Social Club tickets

01.28.18 Glasgow UK @ Drygate Brewery (Celtic Connections) tickets

01.31.18 Winchester UK @ The Railway Inn — sold out

02.01.18 London UK @ Union Chapel tickets

02.02.18 Paris FR @ Pop Up du Label tickets

02.09.18 Terrebonne QC @ Théâtre du Vieux Terrebonne tickets

02.15.18 L’Assomption QC @ Théâtre Hector Charland tickets

02.16.18 Drummondville QC @ Maison des Arts tickets

02.17.18 Sherbrooke QC @ Théâtre Granada tickets

02.18.18 Ste-Eustache QC @ Le Zenith tickets

02.20.18 Laval QC @ Salle André-Mathieu tickets

02.21.18 Saint-Jérôme QC @ Théâtre Gilles-Vigneault tickets

02.22.18 Gatineau QC @ Théâtre du Musée Canadien de l’Histoire tickets

02.23.18 Quebec City QC @ Impérial Bell tickets

02.24.18 St-Hyacinthe QC @ Centre des Arts Juliette Lassonde tickets

 

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