View basket “Now Playing” has been added to your basket. The Twits Bar Italia SKU: 21.00 22.00 £21.00 - £22.00 £21.00 - £22.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Matador Released Date: 3rd November 2023 Buying Format: 1LP 1LP Coloured Vinyl Buying Options Choose an option1LP1LP Coloured VinylClear The Twits quantity Add to basket ReserveBack Order Add to your Wishlist Description Product Info bar italia are the London based three-piece of Nina Cristante, Jezmi Tarik Fehmi and Sam Fenton. They will release their second full length of 2023, ‘The Twits’, on November 3rd, less than six months after their acclaimed Matador debut, Tracey Denim. ‘The Twits’ was recorded by the trio over eight weeks from February 2023 in a makeshift home studio in Mallorca, and was mixed by Marta Salogni. It 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. Other moments see the band’s increasingly signature, three-act mini-dramas moving into previously uncharted territory. Cristante, Fehmi and Fenton can each manifest a different melody, mood, and cadence – at times overlapping and linear, at others unexpectedly divergent – often within the space of thirty seconds, a tag team rooted in shared language and kinship. “Jelsy”, for instance, plays out like a conversation between friends over wistful, buzzing country blues, the alternating voices at points comforting, wry and hopelessly yearning. The sinuous, slow-burning waltz of “twist” stands out in its bare lyricism and seems to invite each band member’s individual take on a confessional. While Tracey Denim was notable for its compact 2-3 minute compositions, horizontal and open-ended tracks like “Shoo” ebb and flow, moving from reptilian dive-bar soloing to a palpitating two-note piano coda. ‘glory-hunter’ takes playful twists and turns before ending up somewhere entirely different from where it started. “Real house wibes (desperate house vibes)” and “que surprise” imply sleepless, noirish misadventure, while at the other end of the light spectrum, “sounds like you had to be there” features some of the band’s most sweetly optimistic musical gestures yet. Closer “bibs” is a rare instance where all three can be heard in unison, as a procession of ghostly chords and lacerating feedback bookends the group’s most adventurous and rich set to date. Released in May, bar italia’s Matador debut ‘Tracey Denim’ followed a string of word-of-mouth releases on Dean Blunt’s World Music label and received widespread attention from publications including The Guardian (“one of the albums of 2023 so far”), The Times (“excellent debut album”), The Observer (‘Artist To Watch’), NME (“a lasting impression that’s all of their own making”), The Quietus (“endlessly evocative”) and Pigeons And Planes (“quickly establishing themselves as one of the most enticing upcoming bands”). Single “Nurse!” was playlisted on BBC 6 Music and received spins from BBC Radio 1, Absolute Radio and NTS. The release was accompanied by a UK tour, culminating in a sold-out headline show at the ICA in London, which The Spectator described as “transfixing… They just make their beautiful, off-kilter music, and let you unfold your own stories on top”. Artist Bar Italia Genre Rock And Pop Label Matador Buying Options 1LP , 1LP Coloured Vinyl Format 1LP , Coloured Vinyl Condition New Country UK Track Listings my little tony Real house wibes (desperate house vibes) twist worlds greatest emoter calm down with me Shoo que suprise Hi fiver Brush w Faith glory hunter sounds like you had to be there Jelsy bibs Share this On Facebook On Twitter Via Email More from Bar Italia and more from Rock And Pop View Product Quick View Bar Italia Tracey Denim Rock And Pop | Matador | 1LP Released 8th September 2023 £21.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Bar Italia Tracey Denim £21.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Matador SKU: OLE1955LP Formats: 1LP Released Date: 8th September 2023 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Sound, The Jeopardy (1980) Rock And Pop | Rhino | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 13th September 2024 £28.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Sound, The Jeopardy (1980) £28.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Rhino SKU: 5021732340719 Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 13th September 2024 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Waterboys, The Room To Roam (Half Speed Mastered) Rock And Pop | Chrysalis | 180g, 2LP, 45rpm, Half Speed Mastered Released 3rd December 2021 £25.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Waterboys, The Room To Roam (Half Speed Mastered) £25.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Chrysalis SKU: 5060516097098 Formats: 180g, 2LP, 45rpm, Half Speed Mastered Released Date: 3rd December 2021 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Steely Dan Two Against Nature Rock And Pop | Analogue Productions | SACD Release Date TBC £38.00 Pre Order View Pre/Back Orders Steely Dan Two Against Nature £38.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Analogue Productions SKU: CAPP141SA Formats: SACD Released Date: Read More Pre Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Ry Cooder Chicken Skin Music Rock And Pop | Music On Vinyl | 180g, 1LP Released 18th March 2022 £29.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Ry Cooder Chicken Skin Music £29.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Music On Vinyl SKU: MOVLP2538 Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 18th March 2022 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Big French Stone Fish Rock And Pop | Wharf Cat | 1LP Released 26th May 2017 £17.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Big French Stone Fish £17.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Wharf Cat SKU: WCR066LP Formats: 1LP Released Date: 26th May 2017 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Captain Rico and the Ghost Band The Forgotten Memory Of The Beaches Rock And Pop | Blue Wrasse | 1LP Released 22nd October 2021 £18.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Captain Rico and the Ghost Band The Forgotten Memory Of The Beaches £18.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Blue Wrasse SKU: SM2020LP1 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 22nd October 2021 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Nonkeen The Gamble Rock And Pop | R&S Records | 180g, 1LP Released 29th January 2016 £22.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Nonkeen The Gamble £22.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: R&S Records SKU: RS1601LP Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 29th January 2016 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark Dazzle Ships (40th Anniversary Edition) Rock And Pop | EMI | 2LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 31st March 2023 £30.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark Dazzle Ships (40th Anniversary Edition) £30.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: EMI SKU: 4881492 Formats: 2LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 31st March 2023 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Mumford & Sons Sigh No More’ 10 Year Anniversary 7” Limited Edition Boxset Rock And Pop | Island | 7", Box Set Released 13th December 2019 £58.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Mumford & Sons Sigh No More’ 10 Year Anniversary 7” Limited Edition Boxset £58.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Island SKU: 0837976 Formats: 7", Box Set Released Date: 13th December 2019 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Van Morrison The Complete New York Sessions 67 Rock And Pop | Vinyl Lovers | 3LP, Box Set, Includes Booklet Released 13th August 2013 £43.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Van Morrison The Complete New York Sessions 67 £43.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Vinyl Lovers SKU: 901431 Formats: 3LP, Box Set, Includes Booklet Released Date: 13th August 2013 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders See more in Rock And Pop Start again
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