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Awesome New Republic is a two-piece
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consisting of Michael John Hancock and Brian Robertson. Their debut album, '' ANR So Far'', was released with critical acclaim from online magazines such as Stereogum, and received play on the
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. '' ANR So Far'' was featured on
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and received 7.9/10.


History

Awesome New Republic was founded by Michael John Hancock and Brian Robertson at the
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in 2004. The duo had previously performed together in a 5-piece band called Empirical Mile with other University of Miami music school students. In 2005, "MJ" and "B-Rob" combined two previously hand made studio albums ''Courageous'' and ''Witness Now the Birth of An Awesome New Republic'' to create their debut release " ANR So Far". ANR has shared bills with a variety of acts, including
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, Girl Talk, Animal Collective,
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and the Benevento Russo Duo. Awesome New Republic played the 2008 Langerado Festival and was scheduled to play the 2009 festival before its subsequent cancellation. They have twice played both the Pop Montreal and CMJ music festivals. In 2008, they were featured as a center piece in an article in ''
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'' about the budding Miami music scene which hailed them as "one of the newest exponents of this growing tropical bohemia." Awesome New Republic uses Twitter actively. In August 2011 the group collaborated with acclaimed performance artist Jillian Mayer for their "It's Around You" music video


BitTorrent Advertising Campaign

The release of "Rational Geographic Volume 1" coincided with a sponsorship campaign of isoHunt by Honor Roll Music. This is first time a record label has actively advertised a band directly to BitTorrent users.


Discography

;Studio albums *''Courageous'' (2004), Self-Released *''Witness Now the Birth of An Awesome New Republic'' (2004), Self-Released *'' ANR So Far'' (2005), Sutro *''All Party Talks'' Vinyl (2005), Sutro *''Rational Geographic, Vol. I'' (April 14, 2009), Honor Roll Music *''Rational Geographic, Vol. II'' (July, 2009), Honor Roll Music *''Hearts'' (October 27, 2009), Honor Roll Music *''Stay Kids'' (2011), Ten Thousand Islands


References


External links


Official Website

Honor Roll Music
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