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Slow and melancholic, introspective and confessional: These words in some ways describe the sound of Barzin. A project that began sometime in 1995, Barzin was a solo endeavor at its inception. But somewhere along the way it shed its solitary skin allowing a wide array of characters into it’s sound. From amongst a rotating cast of musicians, who occasionally made appearances on recordings and at performances, three individuals slowly became a fixture of this project. The three characters in question are Mike Findlay, Suzanne Hancock, and Tony Dekker (Great Lake Swimmers). On 2003, Barzin released its self-titled debut album through the Montreal based label, Where Are My Records. The following year an E.P. titled Songs for Hinah, was released through the French based label, Hinah. And in 2006, the second full-length album titled My Life in Rooms was released in Canada through Weewerk Records and in Europe and U.S. through Monotreme Records.
Barzin’s second album, entitled My Life In Rooms, walks a minimalist line between chamber pop, alt-country, and indie rock. This collection of songs leans toward the melancholic writing of such bands as Tindersticks and Mojave 3. Barzin fuses instruments such as French horn, vibraphone, pedal steel, and a drum machine to create a unique, quiet music that is expansive and at times cinematic, while never losing its sense of intimacy or honesty. Barzin, Tony Dekker (Great Lake Swimmers) and Suzanne Hancock were the central musicians on the album, while Don Kerr, Sandro Perri (Polmo Polpo), Tamara Williamson, Lewis Melville, and Matt Verta-Ray (Heavy Trash) all helped shape its remarkable sound.
Barzin’s second album, entitled My Life In Rooms, walks a minimalist line between chamber pop, alt-country, and indie rock. This collection of songs leans toward the melancholic writing of such bands as Tindersticks and Mojave 3. Barzin fuses instruments such as French horn, vibraphone, pedal steel, and a drum machine to create a unique, quiet music that is expansive and at times cinematic, while never losing its sense of intimacy or honesty. Barzin, Tony Dekker (Great Lake Swimmers) and Suzanne Hancock were the central musicians on the album, while Don Kerr, Sandro Perri (Polmo Polpo), Tamara Williamson, Lewis Melville, and Matt Verta-Ray (Heavy Trash) all helped shape its remarkable sound.
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Nobody Told Me
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Stayed Too Long In This Place
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Queen Jane
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Let's Go Driving
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Just More Drugs
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Leaving Time
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So Much Time to Call My Own
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Sometimes The Night...
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Acoustic Guitar Phase
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Shoutbox
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przemyslow wrote:
Melissa McClelland
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xxxKillianxxx wrote:
anyone knows who´s the girl singing along in nobody told me ?
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xxxKillianxxx wrote:
perfec! he should follow the style of the new album
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smileyboy007 wrote:
Love the stuff. The new album is killer.
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cleanthismess wrote:
walk with him now, watch him go, the backroads are high. the river's slow, the boy with his heart
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riigo wrote:
yeah, thank you for that
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cleanthismess wrote:
LLOOOOOLLLLLLL (Y)
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danydaniella wrote:
nobody told me
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xxxKillianxxx wrote:
sad chill out
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cleanthismess wrote:
man i love the post-rock stuff in the first album! awesome
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P_Machado wrote:
agradável
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cleanthismess wrote:
and all i have, is this empty room, this gypsy moon, and my morning doubts for you to see
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riigo wrote:
my life in rooms is beautiful. more songs about blue plzzzz <3
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cleanthismess wrote:
the first record souds a lot like bright eyes
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cleanthismess wrote:
ele me entenderia completamente. <3
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menerpeperkorn wrote:
"Funny how a dream it can make you wee(k)" A note to an absent lover
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hrabar wrote:
Barzo
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Elisssabetta wrote:
Guess what i'm here too now LOL
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Andromeda28 wrote:
So sweet...
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OutOfTime wrote:
kinda boring... like am playing the same song over n over...
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Every Saturday at the Audio Recording Academy (554 Queen St. East), acoustic sessions with the best in independent talent! *ALL SESSIONS ARE ALL AGES AND FREE*All sessions start at 5PM (unless otherwi. …
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