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Annuals sketch out 'Fun' club tour
Indie rockers Annuals have lined up a headlining trek early on in 2009 to back their recently released sophomore set, "Some Fun."
The North Carolina natives--who are currently on a co-headlining road trip with experimental indie act Minus the Bear , an outing that continues tonight (11/13) in Tempe, AZ--will kick off the tour Jan. 20 in Minneapolis. The itinerary currently shows 13 dates, and runs through a mid-February stop in Phoenix. The full schedule is shown below.
The band's second album, "Some Fun," hit stores in October. The set was co-produced by Annuals' frontman Adam Baker and producer Jacquire King (Modest Mouse, Tom Waits).
"Some Fun" follows the group's 2006 debut, "Be He Me," which garnered the band a huge online following, as well as a slot at Lollapalooza.
To tide over fans waiting for a full-length follow-up, Annuals released the "Wet Zoo" EP this spring. The five-song set is actually a split EP featuring three Annuals tunes and an introduction to the band members' side project Sunfold. The EP's lead track, "Sore," is streaming at the Annuals' MySpace page.
Three of Annuals' members--Baker (vocals/multi-instrumentalist), Kenny Florence (lead guitar/backing vocals) and Mike Robinson (bassist/backing vocals)--started playing together almost 10 years ago while they were still in grade school, according to the band's bio. The lineup was solidified in 2005 with Zack Oden (drums/guitar), Donzel Radford (drums/percussion) and Anna Spence (keyboard/piano/backing vocals).
