Spring Breakup is the unusual musical marriage between Yukon songwriter Kim Barlow and Mathias Kom, nouveau Newfoundlander and leader of The Burning Hell. They like to live as far as possible from each other, and then get together and write pretty little ukulele and banjo songs about the inevitable end of love.Spring Breakup is a new band with very old hearts. Here is what some folks have said about Barlow and Kom:

About Spring Breakup:

“There are no weak songs here (each musician contributed about half), and many leave the world slightly altered when they’re done. Kom, who also leads the Burning Hell, dispenses his pearls (“the world is my oyster, but I’m allergic to shellfish”) in a drooping deep baritone, while Barlow’s lightly rusted soprano seems just right for songs about what happens after you’re pushed beyond your limit and your dead horse is still dead. Buy this record.” – The Globe and Mail

About Kim Barlow and The Burning Hell:

“Barlow’s music pushes folk to the extreme.  Highly innovative, she continually creates new sounds, meshing classical technique with roots and contemporary influences.” – CBC Radio3

“Don’t let Mathias Kom’s doomy Leonard Cohen baritone or the brooding, skeletal folk arrangements upon which he tends to hang his words fool you – the guy’s actually pretty funny, veritably overflowing with black wit and cracked genius.” - Toronto Star

“Barlow is at her best when giving free reign to her marvellous imagination and hybrid approach to construction and phrasing. A fine vocalist with unmistakable traces of Joni Mitchell in her delivery, Barlow really shines as a lyrcicist.” – Goldmine Magazine

“A perfect balance of mirth and the morbid. Every song announces Kom as one of the finest new songwriters in Canada.” - Guelph Mercury

Spring Breakup’s sophomore album It’s Not You, It’s Me will be released just in time for Valentine’s Day 2011.