ANTON BARBEAU 

Psychedelic / Pop

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Anton Barbeau represents the Sacramento chapter of that nameless coterie of enduringly reliable, acid-tinged singer-songwriters that includes XTC's Andy Partridge, Robyn Hitchcock, Julian Cope and the Bevis Frond's Nick Saloman. His new album bathes beautifully constructed, thoughtfully arranged songs in a fading psychedelic sunshine, and it would be many casual consumers' album of the year if only they got to hear it. 'Alphalpha Bhang' is a snake-charming slow burn, while 'Boncentration Bamps' is lysergicly incoherent and inexplicably affecting. Why buy George Martin's rebooted Beatles? Classic guitar pop isn't dead. Four stars. - the Sunday Times

Barbeau peddles neither pop nor psychedelia, it's power that's the important word. Though they're completely unrelated references, think of Julian Cope's sprawling Krautrock and Zappa's ironic everything as touchstones for how outsider music can get inside you and change the way you think, feel and hear. Barbeau deserves a place alongside them. - Logo

Despite his American passport and an enormous collection of guns and wives, Anton Barbeau is as English as he can possibly pretend to be. Often seen wandering Mill Road, he is doing what he can to make Cambridge his second second home. He's recorded with legendary Soft Boys' guitarist Kimberley Rew and gigs regularly at the Living Room, the Portland Arms, the Man on the Moon and other venues around town. He likes chocolate and custard and his favorite colour is grey.

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