New Barr Brothers

[Kevin_Kjr]

I do wonder if those B-sides are going to be in part owned / royalties given to Andres and if that has anything to do with not releasing them. Andres departure from the band was always pretty unclear to me. I really loved his talents but I guess things weren't working out.

that's a good point that I never thought about, what about Sara Page as well? Both of their departures kinda seemed all of a sudden.

[mwred]

I have also wondered about Andres' departure. It seems meaningful that he doesn't mention the Barrs among his past affiliations on his site, and they didn't come up in a recent interview I heard. Part of that may be that he's leaned way into his jazz identity but seems possible there's more to that story. Life is complicated.

[lucasdavidsamuels]

If I remember correctly, Andres was a jazz pianist first and foremost, and in the Barrs he was largely handling bass duty. Occasionally pump organ. I always found it a bit puzzling that he's used a Squier bass...

I would guess that Andres wanted to focus energy on piano and that instrument has always been more present on album recordings (and not heavily featured) over their live shows.

I believe he now is just doing the jazz piano thing in MTL.

[mwred]

Yes, that's my understanding. His latest records have some very heavy hitters from the NYC jazz scene playing on them. This is a reminder to me to add these records back to my to-listen list. https://andresvial.bandcamp.com.