Annee is a twenty three-year old musician from Manchester, England. She has been learning the guitar since she was seven years old but has since also discovered the beauty of the banjo. This is the instrument she features on her release Noon At The Coffee Shop. She mentions “Written and recorded 16th - 18th November 2021 at Parsonage studios with a few cups of coffee” hence the name.
The center of these songs comes from the banjo. There are vocals but they come as pads and atmosphere not too far from an artist like Julianna Barwick. This is a release where the whole is greater than the sum of its parts. A good amount of the songs are between one and two minutes - sometimes shorter and sometimes longer. The album starts with “Usual Seat” and it flirts with one particularly picking arrangement while the next song “Orange Morning Sun” is focused on one more - a hybrid picking/strumming approach. One of the most beautiful pieces is the third song “No Milk” where her performance often speeds up and slows down. The vocals are barely audible but do add a blanket of atmosphere. The next couple of songs move quickly because of their short run time. There are some pleasant and cerebral moments to the music. It’s an interesting combination that’s being achieved with the banjo. The meaty and longer “2pm Haze” is arguably the best song on this release. I loved the picking patterns. It strays from a bluegrass or country quality and the thing that came was something more ancient. In my mind's eye I was thinking of things like medieval times and that era. It felt like it could be used in a period piece movie, This is a very sparse release and I have a feeling you are getting a similar emotion that was experienced as it was being played. That’s not always the case. This is a fine release and hopefully this is just the beginning from this young artist.
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