Barzin's second full-length album, entitled 'My Life In Rooms', walks a minimalist line between chamber pop, alt-country, and indie rock. While continuing the lush, introspective musical dialogue the band first created with its self-titled debut album of 2003, this collection of songs leans toward the melancholic writing of such bands as Tindersticks and Mojave 3. However, what sets this album apart is the way it blends sounds that have not normally been associated with this type of music. Barzin fuses instruments such as French horn, vibraphone, pedal steel, and a drum machine to create a unique, quiet music that is expansive and at times cinematic, while never losing its sense of intimacy or honesty.

Barzin, Tony Dekker (Great Lake Swimmers) and Suzanne Hancock were the central musicians on the album, while Don Kerr, Sandro Perri (Polmo Polpo), Tamara Williamson, Lewis Melville, and Matt Verta-Ray (Heavy Trash) all helped shape its remarkable sound. The lovely string arrangements were scored by Karen Graves (who also arranged Hayden's Skyscraper National Park). My Life In Rooms was recorded by Mitch Girio and Chris Stringer, over two years at locations as varied as a Southern Ontario farm, a NYC studio, and assorted office spaces and basements; the end result is an album that is both haunting and mesmerizing.

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