Portishead's Geoff Barrow's Beak> Announce Split EP ... With Themselves

Beak> – Geoff Barrow's not-Portishead band – are putting out a split EP...with themselves. The four-track offering, out this July via Barrow's Invada label, features two tracks from Beak> (Barrow, Billy Fuller, and Matt Williams), and two tracks from <Kaeb, which is being described as Beak>'s "alter-ego" featuring "an ever expanding and floating membership." <Kaeb's "There's No One" features vocals by Jonwayne.

The split EP follows 2012's album >>. Earlier this year, Barrow scored the film Ex Machina. Beak> will score the upcoming film Couple in a Hole, directed by Tom Geens. Beak> also have a few shows coming up; find the dates below.

BEAK>:
01 The Meader
02 The Broken Window

<KAEB:
01 When We Fall
02 There’s No One [ft. Jonwayne]

Beak>:

06-26 Brussels, Belgium - Out Loud @ Beursschouwburg
06-27 Paris, France - Petit Bain
06-28 Metz, France - Tcrm-Bilda
06-29 Amsterdam, Netherlands - Muziekgebouw Aan Tij
06-30 London, England - Roundhouse *

* with Godspeed You! Black Emperor

Stream Beak>'s 2012 single "Mono" / "Kenn":

via Zoe Camp and Amy Phillips