Smile To People
Official Music Video
A pop anthem with bright vocal harmonies
BARKING.
Pop-rock, Bordeaux, France
Formerly The Barking Spiders
Photo @_janesque
New single · In ur Head
A pop-rock four-piece from Bordeaux. Melodies that stick, vocal harmonies and a taste for detours.
Somewhere between the rock energy of The Lemon Twigs, the pop harmonies of The Beatles and touches inherited from progressive rock, BARKING. writes songs as immediate as they are rich in detail.
The bandIn ur Head
New single, released September 2026
The fragmented thoughts of a character drifting between individuality, disconnection and the absurdities of everyday life.
The fragmented thoughts of a character drifting between individuality, disconnection and the absurdities of everyday life.
View releaseIn ur Head
Smile To People and Songs (You Give on a Whim), recorded live at Berduquet.
View releaseLive At Berduquet
Sunny melodies, pop-rock riffs and darker lyrics: an EP where power-pop meets disillusioned words.
View releaseSongs (You Give on a Whim)
Single released in May 2023, later included on the Songs (You Give on a Whim) EP.
View releaseBlind Singers
The band's first EP: six tracks, released in October 2021.
View release¿Ike!
Bordeaux → London
“Music made for the stage, where voices, melodies and arrangements come fully into their own.”
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Videos4
Catchy melodies, vocal harmonies and rock energy.
Wasted Words
Official Music Video
A more introspective track with a vintage sound
Live Session
Rock School Barbey, Bordeaux
A live session capturing the band's energy on stage
Songs You Give on a Whim
AF Sessions
A more intimate version, between melodies and rock energy
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