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.

“Thank you for coming to this show…we know there are loads of other shit English bands to see this week.” Geoff Barrow and the rest of Beak> (bassist Billy Fuller and keyboardist/guitarist Will Young) ...

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 ...

In the topsy-turvy music business of the 21st century, the element of anonymity can often be as impactful as instant identification. Take Beak>, the Bristol, England, trio composed of Geoff Barrow, ...

BEAK> have made a statement announcing the departure of Geoff Barrow from the band after the upcoming live dates. "After nearly 16 years of bad language & random tempo decisions, Geoff is sadly ...

“If you’re a Beak> fan,” suggests the band’s bassist Billy Fuller, “to wake up in the morning and go, ‘Fuck me! There’s a new Beak> record! Fucking hell, there’s a tour’ – it’ll just be a nice little ...

Dave Pehling is website managing editor for CBS Bay Area. He started his journalism career doing freelance writing about music in the late 1990s, eventually working as a web writer, editor and ...

Geoff Barrow is leaving Beak>, the band he co-founded, in 2009, after Portishead released Third. The band will complete its forthcoming tour dates, in Europe and North America, before Barrow moves on ...

It may be a full decade since Portishead's last album -- the still-deeply-haunting Third-- but Geoff Barrow is always popping up with new music elsewhere. Earlier this year, he unveiled the stunning, ...