
One month from now is Christmas Day, which spells a hit-or-miss 24 hours with the fam. It also marks the music industry shutting down shop for another year. Yes, we’re all bummed about the flow of new music being cut off for the sake of 2016 countdown lists. And while I’m also eager to see how Colouring Book and Blonde stack up against one another, I honestly don’t want 2016 to end. Society-wise, 2016 has been a crock. Music-wise it’s been exceptional. Thankfully there’s still a healthy number of artists giving a middle-finger to the payroll and releasing new music just for the fuck of it. In the few weeks Bars has been away some shit has gone down for sure. With this long-awaited return, Bars is ready to give back to the eager masses with a delicate selection of double-kick, feels-heavy, dread-waving good tunes. The trick is not to forget 2016 ever existed; it’s to realise there’s still enough great music to gorge ourselves on to forget the pain. Tequila is a thing too.