Little Barrie & Malcolm Catto

Genre-bending psych-funk ‘n blues trio Little Barrie and Malcolm Catto return with their explosive new album ‘Electric War’, a unique musical melting pot of 21st century rock ‘n roll, deep funk, jazz and fuzzy atmospherics that pushes their music into exciting new directions. Further cementing the chemistry between guitarist Barrie Cadogan, bassist Lewis Wharton and drummer Malcolm Catto that produced their debut ‘Quatermass Seven’, It sees the trio trusting their instincts to push themselves into unchartered musical territories. “We just pretty much do what we want to without tailoring our music to any specific genre” says Malcolm when discussing their approach to the new record. Explains Barrie; “From Mal I learned a lot about the power of taking things down musically rather than just smashing the audience over the head with loud guitar for an hour. That can be cool, but in slowing the tempo or bringing the volume down it gave us scope to say much more. We wanted to capture more of that in the studio as well as the freakouts.” Over a 20-plus year career, Little Barrie, have proven themselves to be one of the UK’s most respected and resilient bands, cooking up a genre blending sound that touches on the ’60s British blues explosion, deep funk, hip hop and the best rock n’ roll of the last six decades.