New “Shadow Mode” + “Batman” Videos Out Now
Solo Debut Album Rules ft. Don Bolles (The Germs),
Stephen McBean (Pink Mountaintops, Black Mountain),
Petra Haden (That Dog), DJ Bonebrake (X)
Available Now on Full Psycho/American Primitive Records
" ...she's crafted one of the most moving pieces of music likely to be released this year." - NPR
“edgy pop” - The New Yorker
“If Kurt Cobain and PJ Harvey had a daughter she might write fuzzy quaalude-rock
tunes like this duo’s charismatic Annie Hardy” - SPIN
“The austerely funereal, organ-pumped ode “Batman” (named after the superhero onesie Silvio was wearing the day he died) echoes the fragile, childlike yearning of Daniel Johnston” - LA Weekly
“After my son died, it all had to come back out. … Writing these songs saved me.” - Annie Hardy
“It’s Mazzy Star for perverts, basically.” - Rolling Stone, Rob Sheffield
“Annie Hardy packs a punch, from her gauzy guitar tones to her arresting stage
presence to her potty mouth.” - The Los Angeles Times
photo credit Lulu Potts
Annie Hardy began her illustrious career as lead singer, songwriter and guitarist of Giant Drag over a decade ago and she has returned to the public eye with her critically acclaimed debut solo debut, Rules. The art-punk masterpiece debuted with with NPR First Listen and is available on Bandcampor anywhere online where fine music is sold + all streaming platforms. In celebrating the 1-year anniversary of its release, Annie has released brand new videos for album tracks “Shadow Mode” and “Batman”.
Self-directed and filmed by Joe Cardamone and Asia Whitney, “Shadow Mode” encapsulates the spiritual way Annie views the world. On her vision for the video she shares, “I experience this dual reality where 3D and spirit merge and I get stuck in these sort of vortexes represented by the two tunnels we shot.“
Directed and filmed by Annie in Desert Hot Springs with a small cast of ducks, “Batman” is a heart wrenching ode to the day she lost her son to SIDS set in a soothing, almost heavenly, environment.
Rules features contributions from Don Bolles (The Germs), Stephen McBean (Pink Mountaintops, Black Mountain), Petra Haden (That Dog),DJ Bonebrake (X) and Joe Cardamone (The Icarus Line). Crafted during a period of time during which she lost both her baby to SIDS at 17 days old as well as the baby’s father, her boyfriend Robert Paulson, the record is simultaneously beautiful and tragic. Produced by Joe Cardamone of LA post-hardcore band The Icarus Line, on Rules Annie trades in the grunge-pop grooves of Giant Drag for experimental art-punk, exposing her fragility in a way she never has before.
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