Little Barrie & Malcolm Catto - 'Electric War'

THE SKINNY: Boasting an eclectic CV across collaborations with Primal Scream, The The, and Dan the Automator, guitarist Barrie Cadogan has won a reputation for his expressive style of playing that channels his eclectic creative scope. Teaming up with bassist Lewis Wharton under the Little Barrie moniker, for the past 20 years, the former trio—featuring drummer Virgil Howe until his passing in 2017—has been stirring a smoky pot of laconic hip-hop, dusky psych, and a dash of bluesy rock held together with an attempt at transportive aura. Teaming up with drummer and producer Malcolm Catto following their debut collaboration Quatermass Seven, the trio once again immerse themselves in their signature sunsetting surrealism for new record Electric War.

Electric War is an album for anybody who enjoys the urgent crackle of a record that engulfs with a sense of intimacy, the band playing right there in front of you when you close your eyes and allow their sun-kissed jams to wash over. Cadogan, Wharton and Catto are expert players with a magic frisson of intuition charged between them as you’d expect from an LP that very actively is seeking to eschew the post-production bullshit and just revel in the captured spark of three guys playing in a room.