Every so often you encounter a musician that touches the very centre of yourself.
The music is simple on the surface but exudes a subtle complexity the more you listen. The songs arwe deeply atmospheric, sometimes dark but deliriously beautiful throughout.
Often powered by down tempo grooves/drumming, Barzin walks among mournful guitars, big cinematic spaces and whispered emotions and if you decide to lend an ear to his eponymous first album you'll be pleasantly drawn into a world of rainy afternoons grey and cloudy skies kept at bay by the quiet, reflective music.
His introspective world throws into sharp relief the gulf between the relationships we forge and the isolation that we endure everyday. |
Long silences, hushed and elegant voice, measured arrangements: there is a real sense that he loves and respects the material he's creating. The result is a dense, heady brew that makes most alternative based music seem stifling, impersonal.
Barzin is a stunning songwriter, whose songs invite you to listen again and again.
He just offered us an outstanding debut album, definitely worth to listen. Indoors. So sit back and enjoy.
Barzin lives in Toronto (home town of the incomparable Godspeed You Black Emperor! and collaborates with performers and individuals from all horizons such as local poets and installation artists.)
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