Anna Burch - Quit The Curse

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Anna has polished her brand of soft, saccharine, harmonic indie rock.

Anna Burch’s debut 'Quit the Curse' is a fluent collection of sun-soaked guitar pop that keeps going for your jugular. The album is a ragged tale of nonchalant lovers and self-assurance, under Detroit’s stark city lights.

Opener ‘2 Cool 2 Care’ is an honest serenade to an aloof lover, Anna’s crooning vocal scathing its victim. The layered guitars and delicate harmonies continue throughout the record. ‘Tea-Soaked Letter’ is a delectably catchy single, its spiralling guitars enveloping Anna’s spiked lyrics (“I feel so alone/I forgot to fake the way that I was feeling/now all my cards are showing”).

‘Asking 4 a Friend’ takes an overtly darker turn, the slower track not trying to hide its ridicule. With lyrics “If memory is selective/and pain is all relative/it only sinks in/when you’re the victim”, and the repeated, “you’re faking/you’re faking”, 'Quit the Curse' is a record that relies on its haunting vocals. It quickly becomes evident that Anna’s velvety vocal and barbed lyrics drive her songwriting.