The Barr Brothers - Half Crazy (download)

Charlie Barr circa 1905

 'A little known fact, in 1905, Brad and Andrew Barr's great-great uncle Charlie Barr, an accomplished skipper, set the record for the fastest crossing by a sailing yacht of the Atlantic Ocean. His monohull record stood for nearly 100 years until beaten in 1997. '

What does this have to do with the musical world of The Barr Brothers et al.? Not much, except that Brad, Andrew, Andres and Sara just crossed the Atlantic and also have a new record to tell you about.

Today they released Half Crazy, the second track offered from they're upcoming album, Sleeping Operator.  Half Crazy and Even The Darkness Has Arms both had strong debuts at Massey Hall during NXNE making an indelible entry into the expanding oeuvre of the Barr brothers various projects (The Slip, Surprise Me Mr. Davis, The Barr Brothers), are available when you download the entire record at iTunes, or can be downloaded on their own.

The Barr Brothers have an enthralling range of co-bills including 2014's wunderkind The War On Drugs as well as their Montreal compatriots the Patrick Watson band.   Many will be excited about their playing with Neutral Milk Hotel but Canadians know that Bahamas (aka Afie Jurvanen) is one of the finest soft-seat/beer hall guitarists in the country.  Hopefully both artists open their sets up with a bit of collaboration both ways.   Check below or on the BB website for the complete show lineup and tickets.

Hope to see you out there!

Andrew, Brad, Sarah & Andrés

The Barr Brothers Tour Dates 2014

07/22/14 Würzburg, DE - Uni Würzburg  Free

07/23/14 Mannheim, DE - Marktplatz Mannheim  Free

08/01/14 Happy Valley, OR - Pickathon Tickets ^

08/03/14 Happy Valley, OR - Pickathon Tickets ^

08/23/14 Burlington, VT - WYSIWYG Farm, Food, Music & Art Festival Tickets *

08/29/14 Salisbury, UK  - End of the Road Festival Tickets

08/30/14 Salisbury, UK  - End of the Road Festival Tickets

09/05/14 Berlin, DE - First We Take Berlin Tickets

09/12/14 Laval, QC - MRCY Festival # 

09/27/14 Santa Monica, CA - Newport Folk Presents Way Over Yonder ±  Tickets

10/09/14 Boulder, CO - Fox Theatre Tickets ^ 

10/10/14 Denver, CO - Ogden Theatre Tickets ^

10/11/14 Lawrence, KS - The Granada Theatre Tickets ^

10/14/14 London, UK - The Lexington Tickets

10/15/14 Cologne, DE - Studio 672 Tickets                    

10/16/14 Hamburg, DE - Prinzenbar Tickets                     

10/17/14 Amsterdam, NL - Paradiso Tickets                             

10/19/14 Zurich, SZ - Bogen F                           

10/20/14 Brussels, BE - Witlofbar                          

10/23/14 Manchester, UK - The Castle Hotel          

10/24/14 Dublin, IE - Whelan's Tickets           

10/25/14 Bangor, UK - Beach House Tickets               

10/26/14 Sligo, IE - Sligo Live Ireland Tickets           

10/28/14 Edinburgh, UK - Voodoo Rooms             

10/29/14 Birmingham, UK - Hare & Hounds Tickets 

       

11/05/14 Toronto, ON - Danforth Music Hall % Tickets

11/06/14 Montreal, QC - Metropolis % Tickets

11/07/14 Sherbrooke, QC - Theatre Granada % Tickets 

11/08/14 Quebec, QC - Imperial de Quebec % Tickets

11/14/14 Chicago, IL - Empty Bottle Tickets 

11/15/14 Minneapolis, MN - Cedar Cultural Center Tickets 

11/18/14 Washington, DC - Sixth & I  Tickets 

11/19/14 Philadelphia, PA - Boot & Saddle Tickets

11/21/14 New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom Tickets 

11/22/14 Cambridge, MA - The Sinclair Tickets

^ - w/The War On Drugs

* - w/Patrick Watson & Kishi Bashi

# - w/Neutral Milk Hotel

± - w/Jackson Browne

% - w/Bahamas

New dates are in BOLD