In his first apartment in the new city, Brad shared an adjoining wall with Sarah Page, a classically trained harpist from Montreal with a propensity for the experimental. Her melodies would seep through the cracks of the wall and into the music Brad was writing. A friendship developed and the brothers, with Sarah, began recording and performing around Montreal. Soon, the multi-instrumentalist Andres Vial was brought in to lend his wide array of expertise to the outfit, and they called themselves The Barr Brothers. Recorded in their makeshift studio in an old boiler room at the foot of Mount Royal, the ten song album The Barr Brothers (2010) was written over the course of the brothers’ time in a city full of strangers, lovers, old ghosts and new friends. Hushed Americana lonesome and future-primitive delta blues clear the path for West African polyrhythms and classical motifs. It’s all tied together by the commitment to the sources of the styles and their inherent connections to each other. Nominated on the Polaris Music Prize Long List in 2012 and in three categories at l'ADISQ 2012, the band performed on The Late Show with David Letterman in early January and have toured non-stop since the released of their first self-titled record.