★★★★★
Canadian folk rockers (and actual siblings) Andrew & Brad and their friends bring an all-encompassing musical approach to their sophomore release. Track List: 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 Photo courtesy of the artist. Sleeping Operator The Barr Brothers
- www.kcrw.com
2014-09-29
★★★★★
Although Brad and Andrew Barr grew up in Providence, RI, these transplanted Montrealers have fully immersed themselves in the sounds of their adopted city's best-known exports. In the hands of less ambitious musicians and producers, The Barr Brothers would have been a catchy, but merely pleasant, collection of Nick Drake-esque, bittersweet folk tunes...
- exclaim.ca
2011-10-17
★★★★★
Stepping out from the shadows of their past - their jammy band The Slip had developed quite the following across the continent - the brothers Barr (many-instrumentalists and vocalists Brad and Andrew) finally shed some light on this once-covert project that's been gathering steam around here for a few years now...
- hour.ca
2011-10-17
★★★★★
The germination of the Barr Brothers band is a neat little story of musical serendipity. While living in Montreal, guitarist Brad Barr was captivated by the harp music he heard through his apartment wall. When he knocked on his neighbor's door, he was greeted by Sarah Page, a classically trained harpist whose playing became the inspiration for "Sarah Through the Wall," the beautiful opening track on his 2008 solo album, Fall Apartment...
- www.glidemagazine.com
2011-10-03
★★★★★
The Brothers Barr, whom you might recognize as the core of well-respected Boston rock trio The Slip, have been sucked up into Montreal's musical community and have spit out a beautiful, subtle and joyously listenable album. The album is low-key but so pro: Brad Barr's growing rep as one of the city's tightest guitarists is on full display, and his brother and the great players he's assembled (who've played with Land Of Talk and Lhasa among others) are utilized expertly...
- www.hour.ca
2010-11-02
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