Quatermass Seven, the meeting of minds between guitarist Barrie Cadogan, bassistLewis Wharton and drummer Malcolm Catto represents a re-birth of sorts for Little Barrie, withthese their first recordings since 2017’s Death Express and the untimely passing of their gifteddrummer and friend Virgil Howe. As Lewis explains, the sessions played a part in the healingprocess, a way to re-connect through music without any intentions to necessarily come away witha finished record. “It was good to get in the studio again after such a long break especially as wedidn’t go in with any agenda or expectations,” he explains. There was no preconceptions that wewould make a new Little Barrie record, it was just an opportunity to work on some things Barriehad written for fun with zero pressure.”

With most tracks recorded live with minimal overdubs, and produced by Malcolm at hisQuatermass studios, The Heliocentrics’ main man brings new flavour to the band’s rhythmsection by blending his power behind the drum kit and his expansive skills behind the mixing deskto take Little Barrie’s music forward into new territories. Recorded on Catto’s treasure trove ofanalogue gear, and mastered onto ¼” tape, the overall effect is guitar, bass and drums findinga sweet spot where genres collide, delivering a record that takes the influences of the pastand pushes them towards somewhere more contemporary. “I definitely hear in Barrie’s songsa lot of common musical ground’” explains Malcolm. “It felt like a great thing to do, work withMalcolm while we’re figuring out what we wanna do,” Barrie concludes, “let’s just go in and dosome playing and see what happens, and we came out with more than we ever intended.”

Quatermass Seven delivers a dark, deep and expansive set of grooves, layered withfrazzled and flawless guitar and flowing melodies, as well as pointing toward a future of excitingnew musical opportunities. “Still here, so fine, just a little darker state of mind” sings Cadogan on‘Steel Drum’, words which sum up hope in times of uncertainty, whilst unintentionally offering aperfect description of Quartermass Seven.

• 1. Rest In Blue
• 2. You're Only You
• 3. Repeater #2
• 4. T.R.A.B.S.
• 5. Steel Drum
• 6. After After
• 7. Repeater #1