Barefoot Confessor
Indie / Pop / Rock

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The Band

Chris Rees - Drums
Erol Yurdagul - Bass
James Towers - Guitar/Keyboard
Michael Shearer - Vocals/Guitar

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The arrival of Barefoot Confessor is pretty much the ‘usual story’ Michael explains. “Three of us started a band in school..Brit Pop wannabes… thought I was a thirteen year old Liam Gallagher. I wasn't”. They played a few gigs, (‘under various awful names’) in tennis clubs, scout huts and basically anywhere else where underage drinking could be achieved. ‘We weren't really any good’ admits Michael “but since there was nothing else for thirteen year old boys and girls to do on a Saturday night we drew quite big crowds”. Couple of years, and bassists later and Barefoot Confessor were born.

Barefoot Confessor don’t really have a ‘specific sound’- and their songs easily span different genres. This is probably due to the fact that Michael cites his song writing influences as anything from Morrissey to Jeff Buckley to Michael Jackson to Wet, Wet, Wet (yes, Wet, Wet, Wet!). Michael’s writing style is simple, he writes about what he sees and feels at one particular time. Take Camden Road, an observation song and insight into a pocket of North London, that takes in the ‘happy slapping’ on the Silverlink train and ‘militant fists’ along the way. Others such as Urgency and The Shape That I’m In reference feelings from past relationships that everyone can relate to, as does live favourite He Doesn’t Love You, which sounds like a 21st century Beatles hit.

Although critics are likely to draw comparisons to those ‘Indie Schmindy’ bands that the boys show such distaste for, Barefoot Confessor have somewhat of an edge to them, an urban eloquence almost. You won’t find them in the usual skinny jeans attire that is so prevalent these days and they certainly didn’t attend a performing arts or drama college. They are just four average blokes from West London with a not so average talent for writing great songs. They come across as being very jovial but also slightly angsty. Not in an emo way, more like they have a working class chip on their shoulder.

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