Montreal’s The Barr Brothers have announced Let it Hiss, their first album in eight years, which will be out October 17 via Secret City Records. Brad and Andrew Barr produced it themselves in their hometown studio and it features contributions from My Morning Jacket‘s Jim James, Land of Talk‘s Elizabeth Powell, Patrick Watson and Klô Pelgag.
“It just felt right to leave the hiss in,” Andrew says of the sonic origins of the album’s title, a buzz in the studio monitors. “The discomfort, the imperfection, the struggle. We stopped trying to clean it all up. That’s when the music started to breathe again.”
The first single from Let it Hiss is the title track, and you can watch the lyric video for that below.
The Barr Brothers have just announced their most extensive tour in years, playing Brooklyn’s Music Hall of Williamsburg on November 9. All dates are listed below.
Let it Hiss:
Take it From Me
Let it Hiss
English Harbour
Run Right Into It
Moonbeam
She Doesn’t Sleep with the Covers On
Naturally
Owning Up to Everyone
Another Tangerine
Upsetter
The Barr Brothers / Let It Hiss 2025 tour
Nov 4 – Burlington, VT – Higher Ground
Nov 5 – Portsmouth, NH – 3S Artspace
Nov 7 – Vienna VA (DC) – The Barns at Wolf Trap
Nov 8 – Brooklyn, NY – Music Hall of Williamsburg
Nov 11 – Chicago, IL – Thalia Hall
Nov 13 – Philadelphia, PA – Underground Arts
Nov 15 – Woodstock, NY – Bearsville Theater
Nov 16 – Northampton, MA – Iron Horse
Nov 18 – Boston, MA – Sinclair
Nov 19 – Boston, MA – Sinclair
Nov 21 – Hamilton, ON – Bridgeworks
Nov 22 – Toronto, ON – Danforth Music Hall
Nov 27 – Ottawa, ON – Bronson Centre
Nov 28 – Quebec City, QC – Imperial Bell
Nov 29 – Montreal, QC – MTelus