Hauntings

Richard Barbieriremains one of contemporary music’s most distinctive voices.Hauntings(2026) is Barbieri’s first studio album since 2021’s Under A Spell. A diverse collection of immersive sound worlds, both dark and uplifting in equal measure, the album is influenced by a nostalgia for the past, the future, and for things that didn’t happen yet still manage to haunt the mind and soul.Hauntings finds Barbieri at the height of his powers, his sonic architecture conjuring a shadowy, creeping Lovecraftian atmosphere. The music wanders through the streets of a gloomy lamp-lit Victorian London and drifts into grain-speckled snapshots of Belle Époque Paris. These journeys into the past are contrasted with nihilistic but euphoric forays into the future, bristling with the itchy modern anxiety that often runs through his best work.Accompanying Barbieri's sound designs are performances from musiciansMorgan Agren(drums & percussion),Percy Jones(bass guitar) andLuca Calabrese(trumpet).