Canadian Songwriter Barzin Makes Everyday Life Sound Like A Symphony With My Life In Rooms, Out This Fall From UK Label Monotreme Records

London, UK (Monotreme Records) - With lyrics like "Everything is like a photograph / We'll hang it on the walls / Picture frames and postcards / We're in love with everything that's lost" from his sophomore full-length, My Life In Rooms, it's easy to see how Canadian songwriter Barzin might gain comparisons to lauded indie artists like M. Ward, Sparklehorse, Cat Power, Tindersticks and Smog. Look and listen a little deeper however, and you'll find this song is more reminiscent of Jesus and Mary Chain's classic "Just like Honey" and the lyrics to another of the album's tracks "Just More Drugs" play on Pink Floyd's "Comfortably Numb".

Barzin composes verses that most of us only dream of writing, and arranges them into heart achingly beautiful songs that say what we could never put into words. With the help of a few friends and their instruments, he molds them into the symphony that is My Life In Rooms.

The nine intrinsically melancholy tracks on the album, delivered in Barzin's whispery lo-fi vocals, are backed by an orchestra of instruments ranging from a French horn to a Vibraphone. The lush string arrangements heard on songs such as "Leaving Time", "Acoustic Guitar Phase" and the title track were scored by Karen Graves (Hayden), Great Lake Swimmers' Tony Dekker lends his songwriting skills on "Take This Blue", and Toronto-based poet Suzanne Hancock also contributes her talent to the record.

Barzin will perform in New York City at The Knitting Factory on October 22, 2006 before heading Belgium, France and Spain for a string of dates in those regions.

Barzin On Tour:
10/22/06 New York, NY Knitting Factory
11/11/06 Brugge, Belgium Cactus Club
11/14/06 Paris, France Tryptich
11/15/06 Barcelona, Spain Sala Castello
11/16/06 Tarragona, Spain Sala Groove
11/17/06 Ciclo Sons Castellon, Spain Centre Municial de Cultura
11/18/06 Huesca, Spain C.C. Matadero
11/19/06 Don Benito, Spain Rincón de Don Pio Sound