Awesome New Republic!
ANR is a team of two multi-instrumentalist performers Brian Robertson (age 22), and Michael-John Hancock (age 23), who met and began playing together as students at the University of Miami School of Music. They have the worst name since Ninja High School. They recorded half of their lastest album "ANR So Far" in a bedroom. And they appropriate dance and pop music like smarmy indie kids, grabbing whatever they want and singing in a crooning falsetto lyrics that barely take themselves seriously. Every warning light went off when I started listening to Awesome New Republic, and yet I can't stop playing the album, which not only lives up to its own jokes and conceits but delivers some of contemporary indie rock's best neurotic party tracks.
Genre: Indie-White-Boy-R&B
Promo Pics: ! @ # $ % ^ *
Their material is really rough just like "Arctic Monkeys" where u get the feeling of live recordings and gigs rather than modern digitalised studio productions. In short description: AWESOME NEW REPUBLIC write and record psychedelic soul and rock music with an eclectic mix of instrumentation and studio techniques. ANR combine keen musicological knowledge with a bursting sense of optimism, while investigating socio-political issues.
*Now after they released their official album through a label they are offering the whole promo prototype version "Witness Now The Birth Of An Awesome New Republic" of their debut album "ANR So Far" to download for free on the official site (or Right Click & Save Target As below) but keep in mind the retail release has new versions of songs and couple new tracks.
Witness Now The Birth Of An Awesome New Republic
1. 10K
2. A Solemn Son
3. Going Down
4. Post What
5. Dirge
6. Overhead the Bridge is Made of Glass
7. The Clap
8. Tape They Don't Want You to See
9. 10K Finish
All Party Talk (EP)
1. Parachute The Movie
*If you like their music i recommend you to try & find their debut album "ANR So Far" it contains the best and final versions of all their previous releases, tracks.
Links:
Official Site
Official MySpace
