The Barr Brothers have announced their first major headlining tour since 2019 today, which will kick off November 4, includes Music Hall of Williamsburg in Brooklyn November 8 and concludes in their hometown of Montreal on November 29 at the 2,300 capacity MTelus. They will be touring in support of their new album Let it Hiss, which was just announced last week and will be released on October 17 (Secret City Records).  While this is the first headlining tour of big rooms in quite a while for the band, led by Brad and Andrew Barr, they completed an intimate run of duo shows in fall of 2024, selling out spaces like Mercury Lounge and Levon Helm Studios, and reunited their beloved early outfit The Slip for a series of dates in 2021 and 2022.  Tickets will be available for general on sale this Friday June 20 at 10AM local time. See below for the full itinerary and pre-sale information and at this link: http://www.thebarrbrothers.com/  

Let it Hiss was produced by Brad and Andrew, working primarily as a duo out of their Montreal studio, and worked with mix engineer Jon Low (The National, Taylor Swift, Bon Iver).  The album features guest appearances from Jim James (My Morning Jacket), Patrick Watson, Elizabeth Powell (Land of Talk), and Klo Pelgag. Their long-simmering and long-awaited fourth studio album isn’t just a collection of 10 vital new songs, it’s a document of transformation.  The result of a pivotal shift: a pause for reflection, a reckoning with vulnerability, and a reconnection between two brothers - Brad and Andrew Barr - who’ve spent their entire lives making music side by side. 

Along with the album announcement they’ve shared the project’s first single - listen to the title track “Let it Hiss” here: https://found.ee/letithiss-single 

Since releasing their 2011 self-titled debut, The Barr Brothers have been welcomed onto international festival bills and late-night talk show stages (including multiple Letterman appearances, and CBS Saturday).  2014’s Sleeping Operator (certified Gold in Canada) yielded the breakthrough single “Even the Darkness Has Arms,” which has racked up 110-plus million Spotify streams and counting.  2017’s Queens of the Breakers showcased their improvisatory chops with a greater emphasis on raw blues jams and experiments with brass and strings.

Across this span, they earned three Félix Awards in Quebec, three JUNO Award nominations for Adult Alternative Album of the Year, and a Polaris Music Prize longlist placement, are regular-rotation fixtures on NPR, SiriusXM, KCRW, KEXP, and AAA radio.  Their music has also been heard on programs like True Detective, Your Honor, Catfish, Rookie Blue and more, and their work has earned praise from legends such as Robert Plant, Bon Iver, David Crosby and Bill Kreutzman.

While Let it Hiss is eight years in the making, it does not suggest a period of stagnancy.  Andrew has spent time playing drums for Feist, Mumford and Sons, Gracie Abrams and Broken Social Scene.  Brad has explored a wide array of collaborations, and released a meditative solo album in 2022, The Winter Mission. The Barr Brothers touring has included dates with My Morning Jacket and War On Drugs, and their beloved former band The Slip also reunited.  Brad and Andrew also co-wrote a song for the movie “The Iron Claw” featuring Jeremy Allen White titled “Live That Way Forever” with Richard Reed Perry and Little Scream. 

Since 2017’s Queens of the Breakers, life has pulled Brad and Andrew in new directions both professionally and personally.  It altered their creative process, a deep-rooted approach that required triage. “In 2022, we found ourselves at a breaking point,” says Brad Barr, the band’s guitarist, vocalist, and primary songwriter. “It was clear something had to change. The real story of this record is the story of that change and everything that came after.”  “Let it Hiss is what happened when we stopped pretending everything was fine and finally listened to what was actually going on,” says Andrew, the band’s drummer, percussionist, and vocalist.

Pre-save Let it Hiss here

Pre-order the Let it Hiss vinyl here

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

PRESALE (artist): Weds, June 18th 2025 @ 10:00am (local) until June 19th @ 10:00pm (local)

PRESALE (promoter): Thurs, June 19th 2025 @ 10:00am (local) until 10:00pm (local)

ONSALE: Fri, June 20th 2025 @ 10:00am (local)