Willowz frontman Richie James Follin has been busy the last 2 years between working on a new Willowz record, releasing an outstanding solo album, and writing and recording with drummer Loren Shane Humphrey under the name Barracks. According to the Barracks bio on their MySpace page:
It was decided that the music would be a mix of psychedelic, punk, and heavy rock in the vein of some of their favorite groups such as Black Flag, James Gang, and Blue Cheer. The album was recorded in 3 days in Los Angeles and tells the story of a young African boy they met one night while playing a benefit for Invisible Children. The boy they met is a victim of warfare and lost his mother to aids. During the recording, Follin lost the use of two of his fingers on his left hand and had to relearn to play guitar.This may have had a hand in the resulting raucous symphony of black and blue noise and texture captured on this debut. The record was recorded in the memory of the late great Lux Interior.
Barracks has made their album available for FREE on their website where you can either grab one song at a time or the entire thing as a ZIP file.
Here’s a sample: “Realize”
Love it? Then head over to the Barracks site and grab it.
