upcoming shows

Hey, we’ve got some shows coming up! We’re taking ourselves across the midwest for a little jaunt!

March 29th
Kalamazoo, MI
@ Millhouse w/ Seventeen Again, Fossil Eyes, Running Shoes
http://www.facebook.com/events/133404513498697/?fref=ts

March 30
Chicago, IL
@ Gnarnia w/ Mountains For Clouds, tba
http://www.facebook.com/events/422257897864281/

March 31
Columbus, OH
@ Carabar w/ Waxahatchee, tba

April 6
Canton, OH
@ George’s Lounge w/ Cherry Cola Champions, American War, Freeze-Tag
http://www.facebook.com/events/446089812135947/?notif_t=plan_edited

after these, we’ll be taking a month off from shows to charge our batteries for Europe. So don’t miss these shows!

Album Review: Annabel - Youth In Youth

already-heardmusic:

As the tube rolls into Moor Park station I snap out of my own little world and realise that I’ve sailed passed my stop. This isn’t a frequent occurrence. I’m regimented with my travel to the point that I know the doors nearest to the station exits, yet tonight this blip on my commute home isn’t an issue. I’ve been so engrossed in ‘Youth In Youth’, the second album from Ohio based Annabel, that nothing else mattered. It’s never felt so good to miss my stop.

From the marching band inspired drumming on ‘Young American’ to the slow burning ‘Our Days Were Numbered’, Annabel have crafted a release that’s easy to get lost in. Here the beauty lies in the bands ability to lure you into tracks such as ‘Home’, which at first seems like routine indie-rock filler, before then throwing you into one of the most exciting instrumental break down I’ve heard in years. If that’s not enough them ‘The Dept. of Mutual Appreciation’ see us at the peak of our musical journey with its minute long guitar powered interlude. This shouldn’t take away from some of the more direct moments however. ‘Anti-Directions’ is a driven number led by, and rarely must it be said, strong vocal melodies and memorable lyrics.

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