"...like Bob Dylan
fronting some great lost British freak-beat band." - The
Sunday Times
"darkly
intelligent anti-pop of the highest order" - Logo
"A stellar
display of psychedelic power-pop".- Pennyblack Music
"...this man is
a brilliant storyteller with all the vivid efficacy of a well-read,
eccentric, solitary treehugger on acid." - Spin.com
Anton Barbeau is a
cult-hero's cult hero. With his esoteric and highly-personalized
brand of psychedelic power-pop, his "mind-bending" stage
show, and his
auto-neurotic humour, he is quietly yet quickly building a global
fan-base. He has recently headlined shows in London, New York, Los
Angeles and San
Francisco. The release gig for his latest record, Guladong, was
held at the Cavern Club in Liverpool. The album, his 8th, is his
second UK
release, and his first for Bristol's Pink Hedgehog label. His
previous disk,
King of Missouri, recorded in England with psychedelic legends the
Bevis Frond as backing
band, was released in early 2015 in Europe on the Frond's
Woronzow label, and was described as "a stellar display of
psychedelic power
pop."
In his hometown of
Sacramento Barbeau has won a number of SAMMIE Awards for Album
of the Year, Songwriter of the Year, and most recently the somewhat
puzzling Most Popular
Folk Singer Award. In 2001, a 23-hour Anton-a-thon was held
in his honor with over 20 performers covering Anton songs, and the
sleep-deprived star
performing sets with members of his various backing bands.
Upcoming projects
include the North American release of King of Missouri on the
Canadian label BongoBeat and further touring in England. Barbeau is
currently in the studio
working on a new psychedelipop album entitled In the Village
of the Apple Sun, with guests including English folk singer Sharron
Kraus, Alan Strawbridge
from the Lucky Bishops, CAKE's Gabe Nelson and Loud Family/Game
Theory guru Scott Miller.
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