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Something of a supergroup of second-generation New Zealand rock stars and their pals,
BARB is comprised of
Liam Finn,
Eliza-Jane Barnes,
Lawrence Arabia,
Seamus Ebbs and
Connan Mockasin.
Finn and
Barnes -- the son of
Split Enz/
Crowded House’s
Neil and daughter of
Jimmy, respectively -- had previously worked together as a duo, releasing
Champagne in Seashells in 2009, but the members of the quintet had crossed paths much earlier, running in similar circles and playing music on occasion. These loose associations tightened when the musicians formed
BARB in early 2010, heading into Roundhead Studios in Auckland to record and winding up with a hazy psychedelic pop album released under the name
BARB in the summer of 2010. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine