Name: Anika EP
Brand: Anika

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

LP-STH-2315

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Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: No

Format detail

Format Music US

Limited edition

Release date

2013-04-16

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier US

Redeye

Tax rate US

Sales:8.875

UPC / Barcode

659457231514

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1 / Extended format: No / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

Artist

Anika

Genre US

Rock-Pop

Label US

Stones Throw

Anika is the performing alias of Annika Henderson, a British-German singer-songwriter and political journalist. Known for her unique blend of music and activism, Anika's first album was a collaborative project that showcased her artistic talent.
With a background in journalism, Anika brings a thought-provoking perspective to her music. Her lyrics delve into social and political issues, creating an engaging and enlightening experience for listeners.
Through her captivating vocals and innovative soundscapes, Anika has gained recognition in the music industry. Her work resonates with fans who appreciate both the artistry and the message behind her songs.

Her new EP — also self-titled — opens with a track from that album, The Kinks' "I Go To Sleep," transformed from melancholy to despair. "He Hit Me" and a cover of Shocking Blue's "Love Buzz" (the choice revealing once again the connoisseurship orienting an otherwise perfectly rough-edged project) take place over similarly sonorous, reverberating beats. Chromatics' "In The City" is transformed into low-key yet driving gothic funk, while the EP is rounded out with bad-trip dub versions of two of the album tracks. There are resemblances to Beak&gt; in the strategy of hypnotic, echoing repetition, equal parts Krautrock and dub, and the Ballardian mood, but Anika's choice of covers, and her addictively guttural and heavily-accented vocals, bring to this sensibility a personalizing quality that, paradoxically, riffs on the dehumanizing experience of emotional suffering.

Anika EP

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