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Annuals announce 2009 tour dates

By Mary Kate Varnau on 10:37 AM on November 13, 2008

Annuals have been touring since the Oct. 7 release of their sophomore album, Such Fun, which featured cover art courtesy our favorite '80s TV-art instructor, Bob Ross. The band has just announced that the fun will continue in 2009, with a handful of concert dates confirmed (below) and more to come. The Raleigh-based sextet will be joined on tour by Jessica Lea Mayfield and What Laura Says (also on the Terpsikhore label). Keep an eye on Annuals' MySpace for tour updates; also, click here to see the music video of "Confessor," from Such Fun....  read more

Found in: Concerts, News

Annuals: Such Fun

By Jesse Jarnow on 4:00 PM on October 8, 2008

Entry from Paste’s Guide to Music, 2050 edition...Annuals (2005-2014, Raleigh, N.C.) embodied the reclamation of engorged stadium epics by bands of the so-called “independent rock and roll” movement. Their second LP, Such Fun, released in 2008, captured the full range of their work, which followed a public appreciation of bands like Arcade Fire (2003-present, Montreal), whose over-saturated drums and anthemic choruses liberated a generation from the tyranny of staring at their own shoes during independent-rock-and-roll performances. On Such Fun, Annuals—led by songwriter Adam Baker—employed sensitive elements of country and western (see: “Down the Mountain”), balladry (“Springtime”) and chamber music (“Blue...  read more

Found in: Music, Reviews