In 2011, US ex-pat and former NYC resident Annie Dressner self-released her debut album Strangers Who Knew Each Other’s Names. Now, the UK songstress has announced that the follow-up EP will be called East Twenties and will be released on April 8th. You can pre-order the album from a UK sort of take on Kickstarter, called Pledge Music, right here. Dressner’s debut was filled with upbeat indie folk-pop that wavered between moods both bright and uplifting as well as slow and somber. With songs that incorporate crisp acoustics, background electric guitars, a touch of country, and sometimes saccharine lyricism , Dressner is like an aspiring Laura Marling built on the Softies with a lilt of Jenny Lewis. Below, you can hear two cuts (the first track and single) from her initial release as we await a single to emerge from East Twenties. Dressner is currently on tour; full dates listed below.
Tour Dates:
January 29 – Leaf – Liverpool
January 31 – The Church Street Townhouse – Stratford Upon Avon
February 2 – The Old Cinema Launderette – Durham
February 4 – Jackdaw Social night, at The Castle Hotel – Manchester, UK (supporting Rue Royale)
February 8 – Grain Barge – Bristol
February 15 – Loosely, Folk – Thirsk (supporting Kirsty McGee)
February 21 – Hot Numbers – Cambridge
March 1 – The River Tea Rooms – St. Ives
March 2 – Beach Sessions at The Sun Inn – Waterbeach
April 9 – EP LAUNCH at The Slaughtered Lamb – London
