404 Barns Courtney

• 1Hollow03:31
• 2You And I02:57
• 3"99"03:19
• 4London Girls03:02
• 5Fun Never Ends03:18
• 6Boy Like Me03:14
• 7The Kids Are Alright03:55
• 8Castaway02:44
• 9Babylon03:41
• 10Cannonball03:55
• Total Runtime33:36

Info for 404

Hailed by Rolling Stone as a “stomping, swaggering rock & roll balancing act teetering between blinding light and total darkness,” Barns Courtney releases his newest album, 404, on September 6 by Capitol Records. Barns wrote and produced the 10-song collection with synth wiz and longtime friend Sam Battle.

The album will feature 10 new tracks and will explore his transition into adulthood with conflicted feelings of loss, frustration and optimism. Fans can expect to hear his deep vocals bringing adding an energy to a mixture of intense rock grooves and softer melodic sounds. Recorded in the middle of the night, the vocals were recorded in only one take and are largely improvised. It is perhaps Barns’ most raw and intimate work yet as he invites listeners into some of his deepest thoughts.

Speaking about the album, Barns says: “The album circulates around the themes of existential authenticity, and how we lose ourselves as we age. A 404 error is when a computer can’t find what it’s looking for. It connects with the server but the page isn’t there anymore. As a child of the digital age, the comparison felt apt. And although in some ways, our former lives still exist inside of us, they’re ultimately hollow shells of what they once were, living breathing experiences. We can follow the links to our past, but there’s nothing there. It’s a painful realization and one that fascinated me whilst writing the record in my friends’ old bedroom in the backwaters of Yaxley where we first started almost 10 years ago.”

Barnes Courtney

Barnes Courtney
is a British folk pop and blues rock singer-songwriter from London. He released his debut single, Glitter and Gold, in 2015. Courtney is touring the UK this autumn in support of his 2017 album The Attractions of Youth. He will be kicking things off in Nottingham before heading to Manchester, Glasgow and London.

Barns Courtney has already surpassed a half billion cumulative streams globally –including more than 200 million streams in the U.S. His 2017 debut album, The Attractions Of Youth, sold over 300,000 adjusted album units worldwide. It contained the singles “Golden Dandelions,” “Fire,” and “Glitter & Gold.”

This album contains no booklet.