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In times of chaos: London-based bar italia finds the calm on tour, set to make ABQ debut
London-based band bar italia is slated to perform at Sister on Monday, April 1.
It鈥檚 another chaotic day for the members of bar italia.
The London-based trio is in the United States for a national tour in support of its album, 鈥淭he Twits.鈥
Arriving at the venue in Richmond, Virginia, there鈥檚 still soundcheck and more time needed to get ready for the show.
In times of chaos: London-based bar italia finds the calm on tour, set to make ABQ debut
鈥淲e鈥檝e just arrived and it鈥檚 definitely chaotic,鈥 the band says.
The band is slated to make a stop Monday, April 1, at Sister in Downtown sa国际传媒官网网页入口.
The band consists of Nina Cristante, Jezmi Tarik Fehmi and Sam Fenton.
Over the last two years bar italia has released two albums, an EP and several singles on Dean Blunt鈥檚 World Music label.
The band has found success at festivals with performances at Pitchfork Music Festival London, by:Larm, OUT.FEST, Le Guess Who?, and End Of The Road.
鈥淭he Twits鈥 is the band鈥檚 most recent album that was recorded over eight weeks in February 2023 in a makeshift home studio in Mallorca, Spain.
It was mixed by Marta Salogni.
Fehmi says the band had about 40 songs going into the studio.
鈥淚t was quite a process,鈥 he says. 鈥淲e had to work out all of the songs together in the studio. Decisions were made in the studio on what each song would sound like. It was a quick recording process.鈥
Cristante says the current set list consists of about five songs from 鈥淭he Twits.鈥
鈥淲e want to showcase the new material, but we also want to give audiences a complete show,鈥 Cristante says.
The trio says recording in Mallorca, Spain, was an amazing experience because they were surrounded by beauty.
Yet there were some obstacles.
鈥淓lectricity was a bit inconsistent,鈥 the band says. 鈥淲e had to work at night. It really made the experience full of buzz because we didn鈥檛 know what was going to happen. We experienced that for about three months.鈥
Cristante says the first few shows on the tour were great, as bar italia played two gigs in New York and one in Baltimore, Maryland.
鈥淥ur van broke down and we had to get to the show and was able to have a short sound check,鈥 she says. 鈥淭he people were really nice to us.鈥
As bar italia heads out West with its tour, the trio is looking forward to seeing Route 66.
鈥淭he history intrigues us,鈥 they say. 鈥淚t鈥檚 going to be such a great show for us because this will be the first time we鈥檝e played in sa国际传媒官网网页入口. We plan our sets the same way. We want to give an explosive show and introduce communities to our sound.鈥