The Barr Brothers have announced that their new album Let it Hiss will be released October 17. Their long simmering and long-awaited fourth studio album isn’t just a collection of 10 vital new songs, it’s a document of transformation. The result of a pivotal shift: a pause for reflection, a reckoning with vulnerability, and a reconnection between two brothers – Brad and Andrew Barr – who’ve spent their entire lives making music side by side. Let it Hiss was produced by Brad and Andrew, working primarily as a duo out of their Montreal studio, and worked with mix engineer Jon Low (The National, Taylor Swift, Bon Iver).
Since releasing their 2011 self-titled debut, The Barr Brothers have been welcomed onto international festival bills and late-night talk show stages (including multiple Letterman appearances, and CBS Saturday). 2014’s Sleeping Operator (certified Gold in Canada) yielded the breakthrough single ‘Even the Darkness Has Arms,’ which has racked up 110-plus million Spotify streams and counting. 2017’s Queens of the Breakers showcased their improvisatory chops with a greater emphasis on raw blues jams and experiments with brass and strings.
Across this span, they earned three Félix Awards in Quebec, three JUNO Award nominations for Adult Alternative Album of the Year, and a Polaris Music Prize longlist placement, are regular-rotation fixtures on NPR, SiriusXM, KCRW, KEXP, and AAA radio. Their music has also been heard on programs like True Detective, Your Honor, Catfish, Rookie Blue and more, and their work has earned praise from legends such as Robert Plant, Bon Iver, David Crosby and Bill Kreutzman.
While Let it Hiss is eight years in the making, it does not suggest a period of stagnancy. Andrew has spent time playing drums for Feist, Mumford and Sons, Gracie Abrams and Broken Social Scene. Brad has explored a wide array of collaborations, and released a meditative solo album in 2022, The Winter Mission. The Barr Brothers touring has included dates with My Morning Jacket and War On Drugs, and their beloved former band The Slip also reunited. Brad and Andrew also co-wrote a song for the movie The Iron Claw featuring Jeremy Allen White titled ‘Live That Way Forever’ with Richard Reed Perry and Little Scream.
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