Reflecting the highs and lows experienced by the human heart in the aftermath of a break-up, Barzin’s third album, Notes To An Absent Lover, balances the introspection of his earlier work with up-tempo orchestral arrangements that provide a richly melodic heartbeat to these glowing confessionals.
Personal but never indulgent, the raw honesty of the lyrics details universal themes of sorrow, regret and anger, evoking all the vulnerability and shifting emotions of a failed relationship. From the gentle, grieving steel guitar of “Soft Summer Girls” to the defiant drumbeats of “Look What Love Has Turned Us Into,” Notes To An Absent Lover brings new textures and colours to Barzin’s palette.
String arrangements, vibraphone, pedal steel and banjo surface amid the instrumentation. In harmony with the sentiment guiding them, the musicians display a graceful empathy while Barzin’s voice and words take centre stage. Barzin’s songs eschew symbolism in favour of candour, replacing the sonic experimentation of 2006’s My Life In Rooms with a more direct style of music and a greater ‘pop’ sensibility.
Notes To An Absent Lover was recorded by Don Kerr (Ron Sexsmith) and Jeremy Darby (Pink Floyd, Lou Reed), and mixed by Chad Irschick and Darryl Neudorf (Neko Case, New Pornographers).
Barzin can also be heard in the upcoming Sundance-competing film, “Nuummioq” which features the Barzin song “Over My Blue” from the artist’s self-titled debut album.
See the VIDEO for “NOBODY TOLD ME” from NOTES TO AN ABSENT LOVER by BARZIN
[VIDEO]: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=esDnhqEtKo8&fmt=18
BARZIN
NOTES TO AN ABSENT LOVER
MONOTREME RECORDS
RELEASE DATE: OUT NOW
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