Thursday, May 19, 2011

New music: ANR ? Stay Kids

Fancy listening to some anthemic summer sounds? Then check out an exclusive video by this duo from the Sunshine State


Florida-based ANR (or Awesome New Republic as they used to be known), are Brian Robertson and Michael-John Hancock, a duo who have somehow been compared to both Red Hot Chili Peppers and MGMT. Their debut album, also called Stay Kids, was released in March and they're currently on a brief UK tour before, we imagine, playing a lot of summer festivals ? perfect for their slow-building, but ultimately anthemic, sunshine pop. In the video for Stay Kids ? a Guardian exclusive ? the pair are joined by a bunch of cute-as-a-button kids who are given free rein, bashing at Moog synths, cymbals and then a monster-shaped pi�ata, while balloons and streamers dance. It's the perfect visual representation for a song that, like children of a certain age, seems to flit between hushed calm and fevered panic in just four minutes.

? ANR are currently on tour.


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Source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/musicblog/2011/may/18/anr-stay-kids

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