Michael Barrow and The Tourists is a five-piece indie band from Provo, Utah. Their music scales to the softer side of the spectrum, as they blend folk, pop, and soft rock elements to craft exhilaratingly emotional canvasses. Listeners of Coldplay, The Script, and One Republic are sure to enjoy the melody driven spheres of this artist.
The band was founded in 2016 by Michael Barrow and Zachary Collier along with Alessandro Improta, Reed Perkins, and Mac Wright, releasing their first studio album, Juneau in 2017 and their second, Clover in 2021. The group specializes in writing and designing melancholic, yet uplifting tracks about the human condition. The track, One Track Mind from the Clover album beautifully streamlines the sound of Michael Barrow and The Tourists, its soaring beats and glassy riffs, anchored by the gloomy romanticism and poetry.
The track opens with resonant piano melodies. Lined by pulsing beats, the melodies bloom into shoegaze synth motifs. Soft baritones sprinkle the warm riff undercurrent before fading into the effervescent synth skies that fill the track. And the combination of poetic melancholy, surreal sonics, and molten rock fixtures is sure to take the listener to liberating highs. Listen Now!
The track is available for streaming on popular sites like Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube Music, and Amazon Music!
You can listen to One Track Mind from the Clover Album by Michael Barrow and The Tourists here –