Barns Courtney

The title of Barns Courtney’s new album will no doubt be familiar to anyone who’s ever searched for something online and found themselves face to face with nothing.

But 404 is an album that explores feelings of loss and benefactress inspired by life’s habit of throwing up its own error pages, with Barns exploring absence, frustration, and the never-ending search for something that seemed like it would always be there until one day, suddenly, it wasn’t: his childhood.

“It’s painful knowing that something has gone, whether it’s a good time, a good feeling, a pleasant section of existence, or something physical” Barns says.