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Bartees Strange

{{Short description|American musician}}

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{{Infobox musical artist

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| name = Bartees Strange

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| image = Bartees Strange leaping onstage, 2021-10-02 (cropped).jpg

| alt = Strange playing guitar and jumping

| caption = Strange performing on October 2, 2021

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| birth_name = Bartees Leon Cox Jr.

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| birth_place = Ipswich, England{{Cite web|url=https://brassland.org/artists/bartees-strange|title=Brassland | Bartees Strange|website=Brassland.org|accessdate=September 14, 2022}}

| origin = Mustang, Oklahoma, United States

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| genre = {{hlist|Indie rock|alternative|hip hop{{Cite web |url=https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/bartees-strange-pushes-the-boundaries-of-indie-rock |title=Bartees Strange pushes the boundaries of indie rock |date=November 21, 2022 |accessdate=November 22, 2022 |language=en-US |work=PBS News Hour|publisher=PBS |last=Casciato |first=Tom}}}}

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| instrument = Guitar

| years_active = 2020–present

| label = {{hlist|4AD|Memory Music|Brassland}}

| website = {{URL|https://www.barteesstrange.com}}

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Bartees Leon Cox Jr., known professionally as Bartees Strange, is an English-born American musician. Strange was born in Ipswich, England, raised in Mustang, Oklahoma, and is now based in Baltimore, Maryland.[https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/bartees-strange-horror/]

Early life

Strange was born in Ipswich, England, to a military father and opera-singer mother. The family moved from England to Germany, Greenland, and various US states, before settling in Mustang, Oklahoma, when he was aged 12.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/bartees-strange-live-forever-interview-1071470/|title=Bartees Strange Is Tired of Your Genres |first1=Claire |last1=Shaffer| magazine=Rolling Stone|date=October 8, 2020 }}

Before becoming a musician, Strange worked as the director of communications for a nonprofit environmental organization in Washington, D.C.{{cite news |last1=Barrios |first1=Maria |title=Bartees Strange makes some changes |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/goingoutguide/music/bartees-strange-makes-some-changes/2020/09/30/72fb849c-fc69-11ea-b555-4d71a9254f4b_story.html |newspaper=The Washington Post}}

Career

While living in Brooklyn, Strange was a member of post-hardcore band Stay Inside from 2016 to 2018. In late 2017, Strange released his first solo effort, the acoustic folk EP Magic Boy under the name Bartees & The Strange Fruit.{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Bartees-The-Strange-Fruit-Magic-Boy/release/11753138|title = Bartees & the Strange Fruit – Magic Boy (2017, File)|website=Discogs| date=December 8, 2017 }}

In March 2020, Strange released an EP of re-imagined covers of songs by The National, titled Say Goodbye to Pretty Boy, on Brassland.{{cite web |last1=McKenna |first1=Lyndsey |title=For Bartees Strange, Everything Is Everything |url=https://www.npr.org/2020/10/01/919100503/for-bartees-strange-everything-is-everything |publisher=NPR Music |access-date=October 7, 2020}} After being named an "Artist To Watch" by Stereogum,{{cite web |last1=Gordon |first1=Arielle |title=Artist To Watch: Bartees Strange |date=September 16, 2020 |url=https://www.stereogum.com/2098296/bartees-strange-kelly-rowland-video/interviews/band-to-watch/ |publisher=Stereogum |access-date=October 8, 2020}} he released his debut solo LP, Live Forever, on October 2, 2020.{{cite magazine |last1=Shaffer |first1=Claire |title=Bartees Strange Announces Debut Album, 'Live Forever,' Shares 'Boomer' |date=August 12, 2020 |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/bartees-strange-live-forever-boomer-1043164/ |magazine=Rolling Stone |access-date=October 7, 2020}} Featuring a mix of hip hop, indie rock, and jazz music,{{cite magazine |last1=Payne |first1=Chris |title=Meet Bartees Strange, the D.C. Musician Who's Revitalizing Indie Rock |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/rock/9337481/bartees-strange-interview-national-covers |magazine=Billboard |access-date=October 7, 2020}}{{cite web |last1=Chelosky |first1=Danielle |title=Bartees Strange Gives In To Lawless Creation |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/3170224/bartees-strange-interview-live-forever/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200929172144/http://www.mtv.com/news/3170224/bartees-strange-interview-live-forever/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 29, 2020 |publisher=MTV News |access-date=October 7, 2020}} the album was met with positive reception.{{cite web |last1=Josephs |first1=Brian |title=Bartees Strange: Live Forever |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/bartees-strange-live-forever/ |work=Pitchfork |access-date=October 7, 2020}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/live-forever/bartees-strange|title = Live Forever by Bartees Strange|publisher=Metacritic}} Later that year, Strange participated in the 2020 Thursday Signals V2 live show,{{Cite web|title=Thursday Signals V2 2020 Live Event|url=https://www.comeandtakeitproductions.com/e/thursday-presents-signals-v2-livestream-132326936429/|access-date=January 1, 2021|website=Comeandtakeitproductions.com}}{{Dead link|date=July 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} and continued to tour throughout 2021 and 2022, supporting artists such as Lucy Dacus, Phoebe Bridgers, Courtney Barnett, and Car Seat Headrest.

In 2022, Strange released his second album to critical acclaim, Farm to Table.{{cite news|last1=Pareles |first1=Jon |title=Bartees Strange Ponders Success in Dire Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/17/arts/music/bartees-strange-farm-to-table-review.html |newspaper=The New York Times |access-date=June 23, 2022 |date=June 17, 2022}}{{cite web |last1=Greene |first1=Jayson |title=Bartees Strange: Farm to Table |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/bartees-strange-farm-to-table/ |website=Pitchfork |access-date=June 23, 2022}} Following the album's release, he toured alongside artists such as The National, Japanese Breakfast, and Metric.

Personal life

Strange is bisexual.{{cite tweet|user=Bartees_Strange|number=1579917240316866560|title=When I told my mom I was Bi she was very unsurprised. Happy coming out day. Do you, no matter what. ♥️🖤✌🏾|date=October 11, 2022|access-date=October 12, 2022}}

Discography

=Studio albums=

=Extended plays=

  • Magic Boy (2017) (as Bartees & The Strange Fruit){{cite web|url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/music/bartees-strange/live-forever-review/|first=Lizzie|last=Manno|date=October 5, 2020|title=Bartees Strange's Live Forever Refuses to Conform|website=Paste (magazine)}}
  • Say Goodbye to Pretty Boy (2020) – Brassland
  • Tisched Off (2022) – Sub Pop
  • Magic Boy (2024) (2017 EP in new configuration with different art and additional music) – Brassland

=Singles=

As lead artist

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
scope="col" rowspan="2"| Title

! scope="col" style="width:1em;" rowspan="2"| Year

! scope="col" style="width:1em;" colspan="1"| Peak Chart Positions

! scope="col" style="width:10em;" rowspan="2"| Album

US AAA
scope="row"|"About Today"

|rowspan="7"|2020

| —

|rowspan="2"|Say Goodbye to Pretty Boy

scope="row"|"Lemonworld"

| —

scope="row"|"Going Going" / "HAGS"

| —

|rowspan="2" {{n/a|Non-album singles}}

scope="row"|"The Geese of Beverly Road" / "Looking for Astronauts"

| —

scope="row"|"Mustang"

| —

|rowspan="3"|Live Forever

scope="row"|"Boomer"

| —

scope="row"|"Kelly Rowland"

| —

scope="row"|"Weights"

| rowspan="2"|2021

| —

| Live Forever (Deluxe)

scope="row"|"Province"
{{small|(with Eric Slick & OHMME)}}

| —

| {{n/a|Non-album single}}

scope="row"|"Heavy Heart"

| rowspan="2"|2022

| —

| rowspan="2"|Farm to Table

scope="row"|"Cosigns"

| —

scope="row"|"Daily News"

| 2023

| —

| {{n/a|Non-album single}}

scope="row"|"Lie 95"

| rowspan="4"|2024

| —

| rowspan="3"|Horror

scope="row"|"Sober"

| —

scope="row"|"Too Much"

| —

scope="row"|"Xmas"

| —

| {{n/a|Non-album single}}

scope="row"|"Wants Needs"

| rowspan="2"|2025

| —

| rowspan="2"|Horror

scope="row"|"Backseat Banton"

| 33

As featured artist

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
scope="col" | Title

! scope="col" style="width:1em;"| Year

! scope="col" style="width:10em;"| Album

scope="row"|"Plead Insanity"
(Spring Silver featuring Bartees Strange and Sad13)

|rowspan="2"|2020

|rowspan="2" {{n/a|Non-album singles}}

scope="row"|"Goldbrick Champion"
(Broke Royals featuring Bartees Strange)
scope="row"|"love that 4 u"
(altopalo featuring Bartees Strange)

| 2022

| frenemy

;Guest appearances

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"

|+ List of guest appearances as featured artist, with the respective artists and albums

scope="col" style="width:14em;"| Title

! scope="col" style="width:1em;"| Year

! scope="col" style="width:15em;"| Artist

! scope="col" | Album

scope="row"|"It's Gold"

|rowspan="3"|2020

|rowspan="2"|Project Diem

|rowspan="2"|Pluto

scope="row"|"Milky"
scope="row"|"Top of the World"

|Dave Hause

|Patty

scope="row"|"Monsters"

| rowspan="2"|2021

| Hit Like a Girl

| Heart Racer

scope="row"|"The Pearl"

| Lorenzo Wolff

| Down Where the Valleys Are Low: Another Otherworld for Judee Sill

scope="row"|"You Always Hurt the Ones You Love"

| rowspan="4"|2024

| rowspan="2" {{n/a}}

| The New Look (Apple TV+ Original Series Soundtrack)

scope="row"|"Big Glow"

| I Saw the TV Glow

scope="row"|"Wolf Like Me"

| Anjimile, Kara Jackson

| Transa

scope="row"|"You Are Special To Me"

| Cadence Weapon

| ROLLERCOASTER

;Remixes

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
scope="col"| Song

! scope="col"| Year

! scope="col"| Artist

! scope="col"| Album

! scope="col"| Title

scope="row"|"Bone Skull"

|rowspan="7"| 2021

| Glass Beach

| alchemist rats beg bashful (remixes)

| Bartees Strange Remix

scope="row"|"Smartest Man"
(featuring Arlissa)

| Homeschool

| Homeschool: Book I

| Bartees Strange Remix

scope="row"|"Pool"

| Samia

| The Baby Reimagined

| Bartees Strange Version

scope="row"|"Dreams"

| Hannah Georgas

| All That Emotion Versions

| Bartees Strange Remix

scope="row"|"Emergency Equipment & Exits"

| Ganser

| Look at the Sun

| Bartees Strange Remix

scope="row"|"Pool Hopping"

| Illuminati Hotties

|rowspan="2" {{n/a|Non-album singles}}

| Strange Pool Remix

scope="row"|"Kyoto"

| Phoebe Bridgers

| Bartees Strange Remix

scope="row"|"Figure 8"

| 2023

| Paramore

| Re: This Is Why

| Re: Bartees Strange

=Production discography=

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scope="col"| Title

! scope="col"| Year

! scope="col"| Artist

! scope="col"| Album

! Role

scope="row"|"Good Luck Rd."

| rowspan="8"|2021

| rowspan="8"|Harmony Woods

| rowspan="8"|GRACEFUL RAGE

| rowspan="24"|Producer

scope="row"|"Rittenhouse"
scope="row"|"Easy"
scope="row"|"End"
scope="row"|"Holding You to You"
scope="row"|"God's Gift to Women"
scope="row"|"Graceful Rage"
scope="row"|"I Can't"
scope="row"|"Mirror"

| rowspan="31"|2022

| rowspan="5"|Cinema Hearts

| rowspan="5"|Your Ideal

scope="row"|"Your Ideal"
scope="row"|"Everyday Is a Day Without You"
scope="row"|"Can I Tell You I Love You"
scope="row"|"Sister"
scope="row"|"Morning"

| rowspan="11"|Oceanator

| rowspan="11"|Nothing's Ever Fine

scope="row"|"Nightmare Machine"
scope="row"|"The Last Summer"
scope="row"|"Beach Days (Alive Again)"
scope="row"|"Solar Flares"
scope="row"|"Post Meridian"
scope="row"|"Stuck"
scope="row"|"From the Van"
scope="row"|"Bad Brain Daze"
scope="row"|"Summer Rain"
scope="row"|"Evening"
scope="row"|"You Good?"

| rowspan="15"|Proper.

| rowspan="15"|The Great American Novel

| Producer

scope="row"|"Shuck and Jive"

| rowspan="2"|Producer, electric guitar

scope="row"|"Red, White, & Blue"
scope="row"|"Jean"

| rowspan="2"|Producer

scope="row"|"McConnell"
scope="row"|"Ganymede"

| Producer, electric guitar

scope="row"|"Barbershop Interlude"

| rowspan="5"|Producer

scope="row"|"In the Van Somewhere Outside of Birmingham"
scope="row"|"Juvie"
scope="row"|"The Routine"
scope="row"|"Huerta"
scope="row"|"Milk & Honey"

| Producer, synthesizer

scope="row"|"Done Talking"

| Producer

scope="row"|"Americana"

| Producer, synthesizer

scope="row"|"Yeah... I'm Good (Epilogue)"

| Producer

scope="row"|"I Am Right on Time"

| rowspan="14"|2024

| rowspan="4"|Bleachers

| rowspan="4"|Bleachers

| Electric guitar, background vocals, drums

scope="row"|"We're Gonna Know Each Other Forever"

| Electric guitar, background vocals

scope="row"|"Tiny Moves"

| Acoustic guitar, electric guitar, synthesizer

scope="row"|"Alma Mater"

| Electric guitar, background vocals

scope="row"|"Cadence £∞™.mp3"

| rowspan="3"|Cadence Weapon

| rowspan="3"|ROLLERCOASTER

| Co-writer, producer

scope="row"|"YASTM.m4a"

| Writer, producer

scope="row"|"You Are Special To Me"
(featuring Bartees Strange)

| Featured artist, writer, producer

scope="row"|"No One"

| rowspan="5"|Kacy Hill

| rowspan="5"|Bug

| Producer

scope="row"|"You Know I Love You Still"

| Co-writer

scope="row"|"Listen to You"

| rowspan="4"|Producer

scope="row"|"Frog Rinse"
scope="row"|"Poquito Mas"
scope="row"|"Improvement"

| Daphne Eckman

| rowspan="2" {{n/a|Non-album singles}}

scope="row"|"Juliet"

| Kacy Hill

| Co-writer

scope="row"|"Ankles"

| rowspan="2"|2025

| rowspan="2"|Lucy Dacus

| rowspan="2"|Forever Is a Feeling

| Recording engineer

scope="row"|"Best Guess"

| Producer, recording engineer, triangle

Tours

Headlining

  • 2021 Tour (2021){{cite web|url=https://newnoisemagazine.com/news-bartees-strange-announces-headlining-u-s-tour-dates-additional-supporting-dates/|title=News: Bartees Strange Announces Headlining U.S. Tour Dates, Additional Supporting Dates|work=New Noise|date=July 28, 2021|access-date=May 3, 2022|first=Keegan|last=Williams}}

Supporting

  • Phoebe Bridgers – Reunion Tour (2021){{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/phoebe-bridgers-no-longer-playing-indoor-concerts-on-2021-us-tour/|title=Phoebe Bridgers No Longer Playing Indoor Concerts on 2021 U.S. Tour|work=Pitchfork|date=August 23, 2021|access-date=May 3, 2022|first=Matthew|last=Strauss}}
  • Lucy Dacus – 2021 Tour (2021){{cite web|url=https://www.brooklynvegan.com/lucy-dacus-announces-new-album-tour-w-bartees-strange-watch-hot-heavy-video/|title=Lucy Dacus announces new album & tour w/ Bartees Strange (watch "Hot & Heavy" video)|work=BrooklynVegan|date=April 13, 2021|access-date=May 3, 2022|first=Amanda|last=Hatfield}}
  • Courtney Barnett – North American Tour (2021){{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/courtney-barnett-announces-us-tour-dates-for-2021-and-2022-2972634|title=Courtney Barnett announces US tour dates for 2021 and 2022|work=NME|date=June 18, 2021|access-date=May 3, 2022|first=Matt|last=Doria}}
  • Car Seat Headrest – North American Tour (2022){{cite web|url=https://uproxx.com/indie/car-seat-headrest-2022-tour-dates-bartees-strange/|title=Car Seat Headrest Is Going On Tour In 2022 And Taking Bartees Strange With Them|work=Uproxx|date=October 26, 2021|access-date=May 3, 2022|first=Derrick|last=Rossignol}}
  • The National – 2022 Tour (2022){{cite web|url=https://www.brooklynvegan.com/the-national-announce-summer-tour-w-japanese-breakfast-lucy-dacus-bartees-strange/|title=The National announce summer tour w/ Japanese Breakfast, Lucy Dacus & Bartees Strange|work=BrooklynVegan|date=March 29, 2022|access-date=May 3, 2022|first=Amanda|last=Hatfield}}
  • Metric – The Doomscroller Tour (2022){{cite web|url=https://www.livenationentertainment.com/2022/04/metric-north-american-the-doomscroller-tour-to-kick-off-this-august/|title=Metric North American 'The Doomscroller Tour' to Kick Off This August|work=Live Nation Entertainment|date=April 28, 2022|access-date=May 3, 2022}}
  • Boygenius – The Tour (2023){{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/boygenius-announce-2023-north-american-tour/|title=Boygenius Announce 2023 North American Tour|work=Pitchfork|date=March 28, 2023|accessdate=April 12, 2023|first=Allison|last=Hussey}}
  • The National – 2023 European Tour (2023)

References

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