Ahead of the release of their new album Some Like It Hot this Friday, October 17, bar italia unveil new single ‘omni shambles’, a taut rocker veering between syncopated, angular riffs and cathartic singalong within an action-packed 2 minutes.
‘omni shambles’ follows recent singles ‘rooster’, ‘Cowbella’ and ‘Fundraiser’, with the latter A-listed on BBC 6 Music.
bar italia – ‘omni shambles’
Some Like It Hot is a 1959 film starring Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon about a group of rogue musicians on the adventure path. It is funny, sexy, rambunctious and evergreen – a showcase of a triple-threat cast at full-throttle. Certain parallels are perhaps not accidental. The new album by bar italia pulses with romance, intrigue, self-discovery and rapture over lustful rockers, spellbinding folk pop, punch-drunk ballads and undefinable moments that sneak up on you like a burst of 5pm sunshine. The record is the culmination of the joint world of Nina Cristante, Jezmi Tarik Fehmi and Sam Fenton – three singer-songwriters who have transcended their underground roots to embrace a bold, widescreen horizon.
The cultivation of their sound, from early homespun recordings like hand drawn sketches (the band presented an exhibition of their drawings in 2023) into the ceiling-wide brush strokes of Some Like It Hot, was chiselled via relentless writing and touring. When bar italia emerged in 2023 from an underground following to release two critically acclaimed albums on Matador only several months apart – the poised Tracey Denim and the grand The Twits – they were a shy, eye-contact-avoiding band, starting sets in darkness and just as soon disappearing backstage. They spent the next two years traversing the globe, with headline performances from Istanbul to Tokyo, sold-out multi-night stints in New York and Los Angeles, and festivals including Corona Capital, Glastonbury and Coachella. With over 160 shows worldwide across 2023-2024, they dispelled any mystique by becoming an exhibitionist and muscular five-piece that gives multiple encores – equally comfortable at festival mosh-pit incitement and moments of pin-drop intimacy.
Some Like It Hot New Zealand Shows
bar italia recently announced live dates for New Zealand
December 13 2025 – Auckland, New Zealand – Hollywood Avondale
December 14 2025 – Wellington, New Zealand – Meow
Tickets at Banishedmusic.com
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Some Like It Hot
NEW ALBUM SOME LIKE IT HOT OUT FRIDAY
TRACK LIST
- Fundraiser
- Marble Arch
- bad reputation
- Cowbella
- I Make My Own Dust
- Plastered
- rooster
- the lady vanishes
- Lioness
- omni shambles
- Eyepatch
- Some Like It Hot
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