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My Life in Rooms

by Barzin

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Let's Go Driving 03:58
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So Much Time to Call My Own 04:58
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Leaving Time 05:25
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Just More Drugs 03:21
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Take This Blue 04:30
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Acoustic Guitar Phase 04:28
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Won't You Come 03:29
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Sometimes the Night.... 03:10
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My Life in Rooms 04:24
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Canadian Singer-Songwriter Barzin's 3rd album, released March, 2006.

"quiet and minimalist, dark but heartwarming music that should be cherished by many." -Drowned In Sound

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About 'My Life In Rooms':

Barzin’s second full-length collection of songs, entitled My Life in Rooms, continues the rich, introspective musical dialogue this Canadian band first created with its self-titled debut album in 2003. My Life in Rooms is an album of autumnal music. The collection of songs on this album leans toward the melancholic writing of such bands as Sparklehorse, Red House Painters, Smog, Tindersticks and Mojave 3. Barzin brings together varying instruments such as the drum machine, vibraphone, pedal steel and French horn, to create a sound that is uniquely his own. The music manages to be expansive and at times cinematic, but it never loses its sense of intimacy. The album perfectly walks the line between chamber pop, alt-country, and indie rock.

There is a confessional tone that has always existed in the music of Barzin, and this album is no exception. Thematically, the album focuses on the subject of art - more specifically, the questioning of whether a meaningful life can be achieved through solely devoting oneself to making art. Combining the dark romanticism of great lyricists such as Leonard Cohen and Nick Cave, Barzin weaves a personal narrative that is rich with poetic sensibility..

The central contributors to this album are Tony Dekker (Great Lake Swimmers) and Suzanne Hancock, but a number of other musicians played important roles in the enhancement of this project. Don Kerr, Sandro Perri (Polmo Polpo), Tamara Williamson, Lewis Melville, and Matt Verta-Ray (Heavy Trash) all helped define and shape the current sound of this album. The lovely string arrangements were scored by Karen Graves who also arranged Hayden’s Skyscraper National Park.

The track ‘Acoustic guitar Phase’ is a cover of a song by fellow Canadians The Dears.

Welcome to the quiet side of pop.

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released April 3, 2006

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Barzin Toronto, Ontario

Canadian singer/songwriter Barzin began as a solo endeavor in 1995. Somewhere along the way, however, Barzin shed its solitary skin and introduced a wide array of characters into its sound. Some of the musicians who’ve been involved in this project over the years are Tony Dekker (Great Lake Swimmers), Sandro Perri (Polmo Polpo), Nick Zubeck (Sun Kill Moon) and Diana Planche (The Paint Movement). ... more

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