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BARRIE DARJEELING

Accompanied by a retro-looking video full of goats and ice, Barrie’s latest single ‘Darjeeling’ is an uplifting pop tune with a dreamy atmosphere. Of the video, frontwoman Barrie Lindsay says "The opening line of the song – "the city towed my car the first night I got in" – is true; my car got towed when I first moved to New York. The first night I hung out with Spurge and Noah, we went to this warehouse party in Bushwick on the train tracks, which was totally new to me. My car was in Manhattan, and when I went back to find it at 3 am it was gone. So I walked along the West Side highway to the impound lot. At 4 am it was this eerie wasteland of abandoned cars. It was in the honeymoon phase of moving to New York and I remember feeling very happy and surreal in the tow lot. I’ve had a lot of experiences like that in the city, and I think I had that feeling in mind with this song — it’s kind of a collection of those vignettes". Every member of the band converged on New York to record their upcoming debut album Happy To Be Here, and their harmonious relationship is reflected in the sound of every track we hear from it. -Dan Peeke

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