Little Barrie Spreads The Love

16/12/2006

Already being heavily used on Soccer AM and The Championship, 'Love You' is the first single from Little Barrie’s second album Stand Your Ground. A restless confession of desire, Love You digs in its elbows and pushes its way to the front. With skiffling drums, a popping bass line and a crackling lead guitar, it’s indicative of the more urgent rockabilly blues featured on the bands new album.

It is a sound made all the more vital for the renewed strength of Barrie’s song writing. CD b-side If I Don’t Have To Answer encapsulates a theme of defiance and resistance running through their new material. The demo version for I Wonder Whether – unavailable elsewhere – is also included on the CD single whilst the download format includes the DJ Nu Mark remix of Burned Out previously only available on the Greener Pastures 7”.

7” b-side Yeah We Know shows the sharpness of wit and observation in these new songs, contemplating the scene on an estate where Barrie used to live. The download format also includes the DJ Nu Mark remix of Burned Out previously only available on the Greener Pastures 7”.

There is a toughness to Little Barrie these days; new drummer Billy Skinner has joined forces with frontman Barrie Codogan and bassist Lewis Wharton, to produce a newly energised rattling rhythm ‘n’ blues. And Little Barrie have every reason to be energised… a year of drummer changes and producer switches, has been emphatically overcome with a collection of “tough yet tender” songs that make up the new LP. They’ve backed this up with a clutch of headlining dates, a tour with Primal Scream and by beating Lilly Allen into the Japanese album charts. They mark the release of their second album with a headline show at London’s Scala on February 22nd along with a full UK tour, dates below.

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