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It’s been a long time since we’ve heard from Annuals. The North Carolina BTW released Such Fun, their sophomore collection, in 2008. And that was that. (If you recall, way back when, they played “Confessor” on a show hosted by Conan O’Brien.) The sextet’s returning next month with the five-song Adam Baker-produced Sweet Sister EP. Our first taste comes via the sunny elecro-blended opener “Loxtep,” which definitely goes well with the Sweet Sister table setting.

Sweet Sister:

01 “Loxtep”
02 “Turncloaking”
03 “Sweet Sister”
04 “Holler and Howl”
05 “Flesh and Blood”

Sweet Sister is out 3/30 via Banter. They’ll be touring this Spring.

Comments (15)
  1. Evan  |   Posted on Feb 16th, 2010

    This band is sweet, sister.

  2. Started off meh, ended up YEH
    lots of cool instrumentation, this band has a lot of potential if they can ever focus their sound

  3. CindyCin  |   Posted on Feb 16th, 2010

    Wow! Never a disappointment from Annuals. Lovely song.

  4. Justin  |   Posted on Feb 16th, 2010

    This is great! It’s got some strong Mr Bungle vibe going on.

  5. caleb  |   Posted on Feb 16th, 2010

    whoops, they forgot the song.

  6. Nathaniel  |   Posted on Feb 17th, 2010

    @Sam
    The band is awesome BECAUSE they don’t focus their sound.
    Their songs sound very different from each other, and that keeps it interesting.

  7. Alex  |   Posted on Feb 17th, 2010

    genius. cool album cover too

  8. Matt Powers  |   Posted on Feb 17th, 2010

    Very catchy!

  9. Emily A.  |   Posted on Feb 17th, 2010

    I love how different it is. Makes me want to get up and dance and the plate cover is neat ;)

  10. Is anyone else hearing the Monkey Island theme in this or it is just me? I like the Annuals and their endless exploration of their sound, but I can’t divorce the image of Guybrush Threepwood wanting to be a mighty pirate whenever this plays.

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