Bristol, UK trio Beak> announced earlier this year that drummer/singer Geoff Barrow (also of Portishead and Invada Records) would be retiring from the group following their 2025 North American tour.

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Until recently, Beak> have pretty much done one thing. The Bristol-based trio, led by drummer Geoff Barrow of Portishead, make music like a head trip in a sensory deprivation chamber: dark, watery, ...

We get a lot of music sent to us here at the esteemed (and downright stanky) MetalSucks Mansion. Some of it is decent, less is stellar, and as you can imagine, tons fall in the disappointing to ...

Beak>, the trio helmed by Geoff Barrow, have surprise released a new album, >>>>. It comes six years after the similarly titled >>>, preceded by no singles or promotion, as they’ve noted in a press ...

Portishead has never exactly been a touring machine, and we could say the same for Beak>, the krautrock-inspired band led by Portishead production eminence Geoff Barrow. But Barrow and Beak> will hit ...