Anna Burch () is an American singer-songwriter from Detroit, Michigan.

Career

Burch spent her early years as a touring musician as part of

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, until she decided to take a break from music to attend grad school in Chicago. Her musical hiatus ended in 2014 when she moved back to Detroit and continued singing in Frontier Ruckus while beginning to co-front Failed Flowers. While participating in these groups, Burch wrote songs and recorded phone demos, her first solo release being a split single with

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. With the encouragement and help of friend and Chicago musician Paul Cherry, her demos eventually turned into the full band recordings of her debut album. Burch signed to

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in 2017 after PV artist Fred Thomas, formerly of

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, sent demos to the label with the note "This is not a drill. You need to hear this." Burch released singles "2 Cool to Care," "Asking 4 a Friend," "Tea Soaked Letter," and finally "Quit the Curse," which premiered on

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days before her debut full-length, ''Quit the Curse,'' was released on February 2, 2018. Following the album's release, Burch shared a music video for "With You Every Day," which premiered on

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. In April 2020, Burch released her second album, ''If You're Dreaming''. Spring North American and summer European tours were announced in support of the album, but were postponed to spring 2021 and fall 2020 respectively due to the ongoing

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Musical style

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has described Anna Burch as an artist who "cuts with her folk-rock past and turns to 1960s-indebted indie pop and 1990s-schooled alt-rock hooks." As she told

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, Burch cites

Elliott Smith Steven Paul Smith (August 6, 1969 – October 21, 2003), known professionally as Elliott Smith, was an American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. Smith was born in Omaha, Nebraska, raised primarily in Texas, and lived much of hi ...

and

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as major influences for ''Quit the Curse.''

Discography

;Studio Albums * ''

Quit the Curse ''Quit the Curse'' is the debut studio album by American musician Anna Burch. It was released on February 2, 2018 under Polyvinyl Record Co. Critical reception ''Quit the Curse'' was met with "generally favorable" reviews from critics. At Metacri ...

'' (2018) * ''

If You’re Dreaming ''If You're Dreaming'' is the second studio album by American musician Anna Burch. It was released on April 3, 2020 under Polyvinyl Record Co. Critical reception ''If You're Dreaming'' was met with "generally favorable" reviews from critics. At ...

'' (2020) ;Singles *"2 Cool 2 Care" (2017) *"Asking 4 a Friend" (2017) *"Not So Bad" (2020) *"Party's Over" (2020)

References

External links

Anna Burch
{{DEFAULTSORT:Burch, Anna Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Musicians from Detroit American indie pop musicians American indie rock musicians American women rock singers Heavenly Recordings artists 21st-century American women