Annie (From Norway)

http://www.popjustice.com/songs/annie-hold-on/

wow wow wow @ this one

really really like that bass sound

This is probably the best thing she's done since the first album. It's very Saint Etienne which is obviously no bad thing.

"Invisible", new track from the A&R EP. Somewhat similar to "Tube Stops.". I like it!

https://soundcloud.com/richardxbm/annie-invisible

The EP is out and AOTY.

I will be getting this on vinyl, it looks fantastic!

http://www.popjustice.com/thenews/annies-ep-will-be-available-to-buy-as-a-12-picture-disc/117646/

sweet 90s vibes that really hit the spot on the new ep

It sounds a lot like something on the surprisingly good Little Boots album. I think she actually worked on the new EP with Annie and Richard X, not sure if it was this song though.

― Kitchen Person

deffo written by Little Boots http://www.popjustice.com/thenews/little-boots-has-written-a-song-with-annie/113129/

oh THAT'S why it sounds exactly like "Every Night I Say a Prayer"

I love this new video, very cute homage to The Chart Show:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=veqFCCbyrX8&feature=share&list=UU8tgrIkEcEgeEz4J1j0woXQ

UTRECHT AMIGA SQUAD

UTRECHT AMIGA SQUAD

I like this a lot, i prefer it to "Tube Stops", which i couldn't really get into

Cosign

UTRECHT AMIGA SQUAD

That video is genius. ITV Chart Show is still the greatest music show there has ever been.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GsEjw--Gdb4

everything she's released this year has been solid gold

UTRECHT AMIGA SQUAD

http://thehairpin.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/2qp2p1.gif

Need to hear a full version of Mannie.

Was searching for old dance charts on YouTube the other day.

ok. it has to be said, but the colours and gfx style of the video is very age of chance.

Need to hear a full version of Mannie.

er, it's Annie's own "Invisible", posted upthread:

https://soundcloud.com/richardxbm/annie-invisible

Ah, nice. Clips is the best part though, I often had that problem with the real Chart Show too.

love this ep

"back together" is my shiiiiiiiiiiit

this entire EP is awesome

When I can buy this on viny? These are her best songs since Anniemal and I'm kind of in love her with all over again.

'Russian kiss' is awesome, like hardfloor remixing lil Louis

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBO7F0PJP48

^advocacy anthem done right

btw I was kind of disappointed that her EP last year didn't make a dent on either of the EOY polls, considering how good it was and how much ILM loved her back in the day.

Okay, that is flat out stunning

btw I was kind of disappointed that her EP last year didn't make a dent on either of the EOY polls, considering how good it was and how much ILM loved her back in the day.

i still love annie, but that ep didn't do much for me.

That’s how to make a homage.

x-post. The Chart Show video was definitely my favourite bit of that last EP.

A+++++

an album full of stuff like this and "invisible" would def be something i could get down with

i know the 303 never went away but does this mean it is "back"??

Huh, Richards Kern & X. But yeah, gorgeous homage/advocacy.

I can't believe Anniemal is ten years old.

that is v. French Kiss, though I like it, maybe the video supports it too much.

btw I was kind of disappointed that her EP last year didn't make a dent on either of the EOY polls, considering how good it was and how much ILM loved her back in the day.

― Roz

Yeah I agree, that EP was just brilliant. Definitely ready for another proper album now.

setting aside the striking video, that's a helluva song. one of the best songs she's released in years. hope there's a full-length album sometime in the near future.

whoa this is not only great political pop but one of the best tracks she's done ever

1) that bassline. WAU.

2) that video. #RelevantToMyInterests

3) Why the fuck did I have to sign an age verification in order to watch it on YouTube? Why is kissing and dancing inappropriate for viewers under the age of 18? Stark reminder of how Russia's problems really do not exist in a vacuum.

This is wonderful

Agreed. That third album can’t come too soon.

Kinda wonder why this is getting a boner from some people for being "amazing! political! pop!" when on a literal level, it's no more nuanced or less sloganeering than the new Planningtorock album?

(Kind of thinking through my reactions to the video. Because the whole "wow, that fucked with my perceptions!" response was the way, after the first minute and a half, I found myself thinking "hrrmmm, for a supposedly progressive statement, why are all the girls dancing around in their underwear and the dudes fully clothed?" And *literally* the moment that crossed my mind, all of the dudes stood up and took their clothes off, too, and it was like POW. Ok, yeah, that is a powerful statement about gender equality as well as orientation equality. Although I enjoyed the gender ambiguous dancer/gymnast because it's enjoyable watching someone who is so completely in control of their body exercising it beautifully, I did feel a bit... I dunno. Pandered to?)

((This kind of statement is hard to do right, part one billion. I'm still glad it exists.))

Planningtorock makes very different music than Annie though, a lot further away from an accessible pop sound I feel.

I was not comparing the music.

You did use the word "pop" as one of three descriptors.

Ah, never mind. I was just wondering about the "amazing" and "political" part of the equation, but it's not important.

I hate that word “accessible.” It gets brandished about like a bayonet rifle to knock artists and musicians into some sort of preconceived social order; oh, how dare you do something different, why can’t you give the majority of people what they know they want and be ACCESSIBLE?

The new Planningtorock songs sound pretty “accessible” to me but carry an insistent, buried threat – or a plea – which is heightened, rather than diminished, by the constantly repeated phrases and slogans, as though emboldening the thought into people’s minds is the point (and I’m sure it’s at least one of the points). They are also “accessible” in the sense that mainstream radio in Britain would have happily played them in the evening 25-30 years ago – Anne Clark/AC Marias anyone? – but presumably not in the contemporary sense of “When I Was Your Man” and “Pompeii” repeated a million times an hour until one screams because that’s apparently what people want; if not, are you rebelling against the State, are you a WEIRDO? #lynchmobmentality

The first thing that struck me on RK was her disappointing vocals, but after finishing the song I like them as they are as it doesn't detract from the hypnotic production. Glad to see other people here who loved her EP!