STAY KIDS

TRACKLISTING: 1. Stay Kids 2. Big Problem 3. It™s Around You 4. My Father Worked With Planes 5. Holes 6. The Endless Field of Mercury 7. Don™t Fear The Get Out 8. Tapes 9. This Is The Timing 10. A Year of Solitude Pays Off OVERVIEW: ša joy, emotionally-charged, widescreen pop with drums so enormous, they might as well be fireworks› DrownedInSound šfully formed and totally enjoyable› - PITCHFORK šA marvel of melodic majesty, file next to Jamie Lidell, MGMT› THE GUARDIAN šOne of the newest exponents of this growing tropical bohemia›  NEW YORK TIMES post apocalyptic Disney sondtrack music NYLON šthe driving beats of TVOTR blended with the psychedelic sweetness of Passion Pit›  MTV Buzzworthy Band šOne of the songs of the year› TheLineOfBestFit šlaptop-laced mix of guitar rock, crunked party beats, Hot Chip but„.soaring stadium rock› STEREOGUM šawesome› THE MUSIC SLUT šwild and energetic disco whirlwind rock› PASTA PRIMAVERA ANR is a two-piece band from Miami Beach, Mr Brian Robertson and Mr Michael John Hancock. Each member enjoys Giorgio Moroder, Phoenix, Prince, Liars and Funkadelic equally. In 2010, the duo hunkered down and recorded the Stay Kids album. Influenced heavily by the events of the year, particularly those near to their coastal dwellings, the post-apocalyptic pop record is by far the bands strongest effort to date. The sonic influence of childhood heroes Brian Wilson, Prince, and Keith Emerson as well as the music of the psychedelic warriors of today are very evident therein and continue to inspire the band as they work on new releases and remixes in 2011. Stay Kids is a big fun ride through about ten million style; a ride without any bumps, spilled drinks or ruffled feathers and damn: if each each song isn™t an effortlessly spun pop classic. 60s psych, 70s soft rock , 80s glitter, a teaspoon of cosmic funk, starbound guitars all blend together with ease and, well, just brilliant song-writing. And the key thing here is it just zips by and begs you to play it again and again and again. A brief UK trip at Xmas brought slots with The Concretes, Porcelain Raft and MNDR; radio sessions with John Kennedy and Steve Lamacq along with plays from Rob DaBank and Huw Stephens Onstage, the pair add a rawer dimension to their songs, pummeling through sets with a louder, more virtuosic style than one might expect from simply listening to the records, revealing their love of American punk rock and the British and German progressive acts of the 1970˜s. Blazing out a Sonic Youth cover was how they ended the last show we saw. Born out of gallery and warehouse parties, ANR has become THE most-likely-to band from the South Florida arts scene, and just finished dates with Yeasayer, MNDR, Washed Out and No Age. They have just remixed Hercules & Love Affair, the Naked & Famous, Kele, Visions Of Trees, Million Young. The group is also actively involved in the South Florida music and arts community, organizing shows and aiding the efforts of local peers with production, engineering and scoring a number of short film projects and video art. LOVE„. PRESS: ˜Big Problem™ video debuted on NME.com UK, plus featured on Stereogum and Fader. i-D, NME, XLR8R, Fluokids, PitchforK, Sterogum, Big Stereo, Fader all just run things. Reviews to run in NME, Artrocker, Loud & Quiet, Mojo, Uncut, Stool Pigeon, The Fly, Drowned In Sound, Line of Best Fit. Updates to follow. RADIO: Playlisted on XFM (plus John Kennedy™s ˜Big One™). Support so far from Rob DaBank, Huw Stephens, Lauren laverne, Steve Lamacq, Dermot O Leary, Nemone, Don Letts, Gideon Coe, John Kennedy and more. Radio interviews and acoustic sessions with Steve Lamacq and John Kennedy. Further sessions will be forthcoming LIVE: Dates very recently with Yeasayer, Animal Collective, No Age, Washed Out, MNDR, Concretes 14/05 - Brighton The Great Escape 15/05 - Gloucester Guildhall 17/05 - Cardiff Clwb Ifor Bach 18/05 - Bristol The Fleece 19/05 - Nottingham Rescue Rooms 20/05 - Northampton Roadmender 21/05 - Wolverhampton Slade Rooms 23/05 - London Heaven 24/05 - Manchester Academy 3 25/05 - Livepool O2 Academy 2 26/05 - Leeds Cockpit 27/05 - London Barfly X-Posure Night 28/05 - Bristol Dot To Dot 29/05 - Nottinghan Dot To Dot 30/05 - Manchester Dot To Dot 31/05 - London Mister Laurie™s birthday MARKETING: Track featured on LoveSIC Disco comp on Guardian website (over 50,000 plays) / label press ads / database mailouts OTHER ACTIVITY: www.myspace.com/anrmiami