Little Barrie Share New Album ‘Gravity Freeze’ Out Now via Easy Eye Sound

Little Barrie are back with their sixth studio album Gravity Freeze, which is now available through Easy Eye Sound and already garnering rave reviews. The album was released alongside new single “December” and it comes after a string of recent releases that have seen the band gaining strong momentum. With a European tour imminent and frontman Barrie Cadogan also touring as a guitarist, the band is continuing to juggle new material with a full live schedule.

A press release from Little Barrie’s management announced that their European tour will be kicking off on August 15th at the Suffield Summer Fiesta in Norwich, UK.

As for the new album, Gravity Freeze arrives to rave reviews via All Music, Uncut (8/10 stars), Mojo (4/5 stars), Guitarist, Shindig! (4/5 stars), and more.

Listen to the album:

Frontman Barrie Cadogan, meanwhile, is also the latest legendary guitarist featured in Premier Guitar‘s Rig Rundown series. 

The album’s earworm new single “December” is out now as well, and follows additional singles “Luggin’ Hurt“—which recently charted at #1 on KCRW‘s Top 30—”It Isn’t Soul” and “More Bad Miles Of Road,” which earned praise and support from WXPN, Brooklyn Vegan, Rolling Stone (France), Analogue, NME (Japan), SPILL Magazine, and more.

Listen to “December”:

The band of Cadogan, bassist Lewis Wharton, and drummer Tony Coote will embark on a headlining European tour later this year; a full schedule is listed below. Before then, Cadogan will rejoin The Black Keys‘ band as additional guitarist for their U.S. dates beginning May 27th; their full tour schedule is available here.

Gravity Freeze is the first released solely under the band’s own name since the death of drummer Virgil Howe in September 2017. The LP follows more than two decades of activity that have established the band as a key force in UK psychedelic rock and soul. Following Howe’s passing, Cadogan and Wharton placed the future of the band on hold. After initial plans to resume playing were disrupted by the Covid-19 pandemic, the pair began collaborating with long-time friend Malcolm Catto (The Heliocentrics); this partnership resulted in two albums, Quatermass Seven (2020) and Electric War, released on Easy Eye Sound in April 2025.

Now on Gravity Freeze, the hooks are sharper, the grooves are deeper, and the atmospherics thicker, building on the band’s previous, highly-acclaimed work. The album was recorded at Rat Salad Studios in Hornsey, North London, with Rupert Lyddon serving as recording engineer and co-producer. Continuing the band’s established DIY approach, early demos were captured in a friend’s studio in Dalston surrounded by amplifiers, drums, art and photography equipment before formal recording sessions began. Coote joined the band for the album, contributing performances informed by classic jazz, soul and blues rhythms. Recording took place alongside Cadogan’s commitments as a touring and session guitarist, including work with Liam Gallagher and John Squire, The Black Keys, and THE THE, as well as sessions at Easy Eye Sound Studios in Nashville.

Little Barrie Tour Dates:

08/15 – Norwich, UK – Suffield Summer Fiesta

09/18 – Bedford, UK – Esquires

09/19 – Nottingham, UK – Bodega

09/20 – Birmingham, UK – Hare & Hounds

09/22 – Newcastle, UK – Cluny 2

09/23 – Glasgow, UK – Stereo

09/24 – Manchester, UK – YES

09/25 – London, UK – Dingwalls

09/26 – Bristol, UK – Thekla

09/29 – Brussels, BE – La Botanique

09/30 – Hague, NL – Paard

10/01 – Lille, FR – L’Aeroneuf

10/02 – Rouen, FR – Le 106

10/03 – Bordeaux, FR – Pole Invasion

10/04 – La Rochelle, FR – La Sirene

10/05 – Paris, FR – La Maroquinerie

11/12 – Vienna, AT – Rhiz

11/13 – Schorndorf, DE – Club Manufaktur

11/14 – St. Gallen, CH – Palace

11/15 – Munich, DE – Rote Sonne

11/16 – Mainz, DE – Schon Schön

11/17 – Leipzig, DE – Backstein West

11/19 – Hamburg, DE – Hafenklang

11/20 – Berlin, DE – Gretchen

11/21 – Köln, DE – Helios 37

12/03 – Zaragoza, ES – La Lata de Bombillas

12/04 – Oviedo, ES – Sala Gong

12/07 – Barcelona, ES – Aclam

12/08 – Valencia, ES – 16 Toneladas

12/09 – Seville, ES – Sala X

12/10 – Madrid, ES – Canopy

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