Annuals, 'Be He Me' (Ace Fu)
Indie-rock phenoms reveal a dazzling sonic kaleidoscope.
By Julia Simon 11.17.06 4:00 AM
The debut album by this Raleigh, North Carolina collective sprawls with confidence, combining sunny layers of strings, classical piano, stomp-rock riffs, entrancing space noises, and triumphant shouts. Twenty-year-old frontman Adam Baker writes melodically intricate and ecstatically dissonant songs that recall Arcade Fire and Broken Social Scene, but Annuals have their own utterly exotic aura.
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