ANNI ROSSI

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A Bit of A Coo Presents

A new signing to 4ad and whirlwind of energy, Anni Rossi is a startlingly fresh musician from Illinois who has been leaving audiences agog with her unique blend of classical virtuosity, ramshackle percussion and vocal acrobatics. Blessed with a distinctive voice that leaps effortlessly across registers, she plays viola simultaneously, plucking and bowing virtuoso accompaniments as she sings. She has been caterwauling and foot stompin' her way into audiences' hearts across Europe ever since Four Tet spotted her and got her invited to perform at London's Homefires Festival in 2005.

Her songs are alive with possibility and she has that Greenwich Village class via East European barn dance mixed with unkempt singer/songwriter allure all in bundles. Like Beirut, Final Fantasy or Karen Dalton she seems to have come from nowhere and hit upon a sound that is idiosyncratic, uncontrived and wholly adorable. Where ever she plays audiences go crazy for her coffee hit songs.

Anni has recently been working at Electrical Audio, Illinois with Steve Albini on her debut album, which is slated for release on 4AD in the New Year. Anni Rossi's debut EP on 4ad is released in October and follows a sold out 7” on Too Pure.

She’s no slouch, having already extensively toured her solo work and honed her live performances to a jaw-dropping tee. She can also count artists like Electrelane and The Ting Tings among her admirers and has toured Europe and the US with both of them.

'Afton' fleshes out her sound with clarinet, hand percussion, double bass and lush string arrangements. Somehow her songs manage to capture the vitality and abandon of her live shows as she pushes her voice and viola to the limit. Uplifting, joyous and totally unique. 4ad release her debut album in early 2009.

Support on all dates from Rollin Hunt.

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Rollin Hunt

Rollin Hunt is a ramshackle local singer-songwriter who creates hallucinatory narratives and earnest pop songs from fragments of his dreams.