Old-timey Band To Watch Annuals were rocking “Carry Around” everywhere this past SXSW: Now they have a proper video for the tune, the same puppy they performed on Conan way back in January. Yup, it’s kinda fascinating when a group develops a signature song (think “Young Folks,” young folks), but it’s more interesting to see where they go after the freshness of the first chorus fades. In this high-color vid the well-dressed North Carolina kids partake in some extreme croquet — a sorta mix between Heathers and that old board game Mousetrap…
Or maybe the Rube Goldberg breakfast in Pee Wee’s Big Adventure. Whatever the case, there’s enough inventive mallet action shoved into this thing (note the conveyor belts, tea-time train tracks, ski jumps, waterworks) to make us forget we’ve even heard the song before: Right, it’s all fresh again. Can’t think of a better reason for a video — so two thumbs up, mightily.
Be He Me is out on Ace Fu.
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Rest of the cd is also really good. Cool video, I’m glad the annuals are getting some exposure. They seem like a really promising new band. “Brother” and “Sway” are great songs
ANNA SPENCE!
The opening “i got magic” monologue is way too pretentious for this band to be considered decent yet.
wonderful setting, amazing song, nice balls.