Annie (From Norway)

Where?

yes, where?!

On a Univ. Music "Upcoming in 2008" sampler CD.

Any good?

It's even more bubblegummy and 80s than the Anniemal stuff, I think. She could pass for 12 years old on the vocals in the chorus. She sings "You're so loco, everybody says that you're a no-go. I know. Baby take me down before you go-go." The verse is mega-catchy. The vocals are mixed really high. There's a kind of spoken-word breakdown. It's super short, like 2:30 or something. It's no major departure, so if you liked that stuff...

The vocals are mixed really high.

That's either a really good thing or a really bad thing..

sounds a bit like 'The Crush'. i STILL haven't heard 'Songs Remind Me Of You' - YZI?

From Popjustice:

«(...) Annie, whose as-yet untitled new album features collaborations with Franz Ferdinand, Girls Aloud and Datarock and kicks off with comeback single 'I Know Your Girlfriend Hates Me' (produced by Richard X) in a few months.»

features collaborations with Franz Ferdinand, Girls Aloud and Datarock

"Loco" definitely doesn't sound like it's one of these 3 collabs...

http://www.myspace.com/anniemusic has the new single (linked offa Popjustice).

This is good. Smart, sharp lyics and catchy. Thanks, WBS.

seems to have gone already

Weak.

poptastic news:

according to teletext the new Annie album is titled: Don't Stop
due for release in July
http://tinyurl.com/6zuews

looks like an exclusive scoop for teletext

u could've totally done a rickroll there

I Know Your Girlfriend Hates Me video

new 11 minute album sampler now available to mailing list people.

It sounds OK. A few nifty sounding things, and some that just sound like, um, Girls Aloud rejects ("Loco", especially). "Girlfriend" sounds a LOT better in high-quality (her vocals aren't so indistinct and overly covered by the production). One song sounds like it should be bootlegged with "Jailbreak" by AC/DC!

"My Love Is Better" sounds like a good single-in-waiting.

Oh, I guess, "What Do You Want" sounds like it could be properly awesome but it's hard to tell jsut yet.

I may be wrong but I hear a few more voices out there than just Annie's (eg "What do you want for breakfast"??). I agree, the sampler's sounds like an alternate version of "Chemistry".

http://img412.imageshack.us/img412/6849/picture4562yq0.png

I haven't decided how I feel about the album cover art yet.

I haven't decided how I feel about the album cover art yet.

I feel as though she is very cute on the album cover.

(OTOH, she looks as though she is weighlifting and/or sweeping the floor in those pictures).

I listened to Anniemal again the other day and past the first four tracks or so it doesn't really stand up. Not particularly psyched for this one.

I've listened to the sampler mix about a million times now and boy is it awesome! I'm worried that when I finally get to listen to each song separately I'm gonna start missing the parts where the clips are mixed.

I have to say "Bad Times" is probably my fav since its got best chorus Xenomania has come up with since Biology (or maybe ever). "My Love is Better" is also amazing and impossible not to tap your feet to.

is this album actually coming out in the u.s.?

I'm sure it will, but probably around the end of the year or later.

I listened to Anniemal again the other day and past the first four tracks or so it doesn't really stand up. Not particularly psyched for this one.

I actually think it holds up really well, Matt. In fact, I think Anniemal is notable for being one of the few recent discs that -- if not backloaded -- has songs towards the end that compare favorably to the songs toward the beginning (Obv., Chewing Gum stands above the others, but what disc these days doesn't have one or two towering songs, and a bunch of good-but-lesser-songs?).

I've always thought Anniemal was a bit overrated/overhyped. I remember listening to it quite a few more times than I actually felt like just because it sounded like the kind of thing I should love ...but to be honest the only tracks I really liked were (still are) "Chewing Gum" and "Me Plus One". I like that the new album sounds a lot more pop. Hopefully, it'll disappoint her hipster fanbase.

does SONGS REMIND ME OF YOU actually exist or is it a prank by Popjustice?

-- pisces (piscesx), Thursday, September 7, 2006 10:19 AM (1 year ago) Bookmark Link

Popjustice song of the day!

And "Loco" is floating around since it got sent to iTunes by accident.

The new single is awesome, but when is the album release date?

October :(

When did it get pushed back? I thought it was the first week of August.

It was September but I think Island are incompetent / waiting to drop her. My fear is it'll be shelved and that'll be that…

Not with the positive pre-release buzz it's generated (mild as it may be). And if she was released from her contract and the record shelved, I'd bet some enterprising label would sign her and buy the rights to the disc. So never fear.

damnit, my hacking "skillz" only got me to an mp3 of the 30 sec. sample :(

Well, it hasn't leaked to my knowledge.

BTW I think "Loco" is also amazing, even if it sounds too Xenomania, as some people say. It's got a million things going on.

"Loco" really isn't as good as it should/could be. But I do like the production/instrumental track. There's a lot going on, many disparate elements, and it works. Who needs a Girl Talk album when you have Xenomania? (This probably doesn't make much sense, but anyway,)

Popjustice + Annie's MySpace have clips of "Songs Remind Me Of You" and MY GOD that chorus is the most beautiful thing I've heard in a while.

loco is yawn

Xenomania are past it. If Brian Higgins is Trevor Horn, then Gabriela Climi is his Seal.

Gabriella Cilmi's album isn't the usual Xenomania business, but it's a good one and has at least 2 excellent songs.

I'll agree that the latest Xenomania rock-ier direction has been a bit dull, but I think they still have a lot to offer. Well, they better have, considering they're working with the Pet Shop Boys and all that.

To me, the stuff we've heard from Annie so far is more than enough proof that Xenomania are still on top of their game.

everytime the boyfriend puts her on, i ask what it is.

This is retarded. Literally, this could be a perfect summer soundtrack.

I'm seeing suddenly how it could work for Autumn though.

Annie's music has always felt really chilly to me, it has something to do with the flimsiness of her voice. Eye dee kay though, give it to Rachel Stevens and I'd be screaming "put it out now so I can have it in August!" and her voice is almost as flimsy as Annie's so it could very well be just my association of Annie with Scandinavia in general.

Xenomania are past it. If Brian Higgins is Trevor Horn, then Gabriela Climi is his Seal.

Awesome, we've got his Fundamental and his Seduction Of Claude Debussy to look forward to!

Ooh. A five-track promo of the album has leaked.

I really like "My Love is Better" - I wonder how it will sound with the Girls Aloud vocals stripped out though.