September 8 street date (LP) / (CD available now). bar italia, the London trio of Nina Cristante, Jezmi Tarik Fehmi, and Sam Fenton, present their new album, "Tracey Denim". Its 15 tracks were self-recorded and produced, with mixing from Marta Salogni (Bjork, Sampha), and features the single "Nurse!" which was released in March to acclaim, described as "a hypnotic post-punk ballad" (The Guardian) and "narcotically arresting" (Pitchfork). Over the last two years bar italia have released two albums, an EP, and several singles on Dean Blunt's World Music label, leading to much word-of-mouth, sold out headline shows, and festival performances. "Tracey Denim" is their Matador Records debut.
September 8 street date (LP) / (CD available now). bar italia, the London trio of Nina Cristante, Jezmi Tarik Fehmi, and Sam Fenton, present their new album, "Tracey Denim". Its 15 tracks were self-recorded and produced, with mixing from Marta Salogni (Bjork, Sampha), and features the single "Nurse!" which was released in March to acclaim, described as "a hypnotic post-punk ballad" (The Guardian) and "narcotically arresting" (Pitchfork). Over the last two years bar italia have released two albums, an EP, and several singles on Dean Blunt's World Music label, leading to much word-of-mouth, sold out headline shows, and festival performances. "Tracey Denim" is their Matador Records debut.
November 3 street date. bar italia, the London based three-piece of Nina Cristante, Jezmi Tarik Fehmi, and Sam Fenton, present their second full length of 2023, "The Twits", six months after their acclaimed Matador debut, "Tracey Denim". Recorded over eight weeks in a makeshift home studio in Mallorca, Spain with Marta Salogni (Bjork, Romy, black midi), the 13 track record finds bar italia's economical yet evocative songcraft taking raucous, mystic, unkempt, occasionally sinister, and wholly committed turns. Songs like "my little tony", with its in-the-red riff and excitable hooks, the cathartic four-on-the-floor of "world's greatest emoter", and the festival tent psychedelia of "Hi-fiver" need little in the way of exposition - these are exhilarating rock songs, if wayward and strange. While Tracey Denim was notable for its compact 2-3 minute compositions, horizontal and open-ended tracks on The Twits ebb and flow, moving from reptilian dive-bar soloing to a palpitating two-note piano coda. Catch bar italia on tour in Montréal, Dec. 6th (Sala Rossa), Toronto, Dec. 8th (Velvet Underground), and Vancouver, April 9th (Hollywood Theatre).
November 3 street date. bar italia, the London based three-piece of Nina Cristante, Jezmi Tarik Fehmi, and Sam Fenton, present their second full length of 2023, "The Twits", six months after their acclaimed Matador debut, "Tracey Denim". Recorded over eight weeks in a makeshift home studio in Mallorca, Spain with Marta Salogni (Bjork, Romy, black midi), the 13 track record finds bar italia's economical yet evocative songcraft taking raucous, mystic, unkempt, occasionally sinister, and wholly committed turns. Songs like "my little tony", with its in-the-red riff and excitable hooks, the cathartic four-on-the-floor of "world's greatest emoter", and the festival tent psychedelia of "Hi-fiver" need little in the way of exposition - these are exhilarating rock songs, if wayward and strange. While Tracey Denim was notable for its compact 2-3 minute compositions, horizontal and open-ended tracks on The Twits ebb and flow, moving from reptilian dive-bar soloing to a palpitating two-note piano coda. Catch bar italia on tour in Montréal, Dec. 6th (Sala Rossa), Toronto, Dec. 8th (Velvet Underground), and Vancouver, April 9th (Hollywood Theatre).
November 3 street date. bar italia, the London based three-piece of Nina Cristante, Jezmi Tarik Fehmi, and Sam Fenton, present their second full length of 2023, "The Twits", six months after their acclaimed Matador debut, "Tracey Denim". Recorded over eight weeks in a makeshift home studio in Mallorca, Spain with Marta Salogni (Bjork, Romy, black midi), the 13 track record finds bar italia's economical yet evocative songcraft taking raucous, mystic, unkempt, occasionally sinister, and wholly committed turns. Songs like "my little tony", with its in-the-red riff and excitable hooks, the cathartic four-on-the-floor of "world's greatest emoter", and the festival tent psychedelia of "Hi-fiver" need little in the way of exposition - these are exhilarating rock songs, if wayward and strange. While Tracey Denim was notable for its compact 2-3 minute compositions, horizontal and open-ended tracks on The Twits ebb and flow, moving from reptilian dive-bar soloing to a palpitating two-note piano coda. Catch bar italia on tour in Montréal, Dec. 6th (Sala Rossa), Toronto, Dec. 8th (Velvet Underground), and Vancouver, April 9th (Hollywood Theatre).
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