It’s been a long wait, but it’s about to feel very worthwhile. Little Barrie are back, and they’ve brought the much-missed spirit of real rock ‘n’ roll with them.
Nearly five years on, the English trio are totally match-fit and ready to return with a new drummer and a strikingly unusual record deal — but the same unshakeable passion for music that got them noticed in the first place. ‘King Of The Waves,’ Little Barrie’s first album for four years, is co-produced by the group with their friend, supporter and longtime collaborator, the mighty Edwyn Collins.
Since we last heard them, they’ve also honed their reputations among the most in-demand musicians in the business, playing live with Primal Scream, on Paul Weller’s ‘22 Dreams’ album and with French Polynesian actress-singer Mareva Galanter. Barrie Cadogan has long been the guitarist to call, and not many have had that request from both Morrissey and Johnny Marr and, recently, from Mark Ronson.
Very appropriately for a band of such renown as a live act, ‘King Of The Waves’ will be released in the UK on Bumpman, the indie label founded by Alan Day, co-owner of the Hawley Arms, the famous venue in Camden, north London. ...
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