Kevin Bronson on September 30th, 2014

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Despite a catalog of four albums, U.K. trio Little Barrie doesn’t enjoy as high a profile in the U.S. as in their native England, where other associations (frontman Barrie Cadogan plays guitar in Primal Scream) make for valuable currency. Little Barrie – Cadogan, along with bassist Lewis Wharton and and drummer Virgil Howe (the son of Yes’ Steve) – earlier this year released its fourth album “Shadow.” Made on vintage gear in Edwyn Collins’ studio, it’s a sprawling slab of scuzzy psychedelic blues that’s liable to hurt a little bit going down. Gil De Ray’s video for “Bonneville Ride” uses old footage of Wharton’s father in his crazy dirt-bike days. Goes well with a long drive in the desert? Quite possibly. See below.

||| Live: Little Barrie joins artists such as the Dandy Warhols, Ringo Deathstarr, He’s My Brother She’s My Sister and David J at the Desert Stars Festival on Friday and Saturday at Pappy & Harriet’s Pioneertown. There are 32 artists in all, and weekend passes are $65.