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PREMIERE: 10 String Symphony navigate hope and fear on new track Anxious Annie

Since joining together in 2012, Nashville, Tennessee based duo 10 String Symphony have managed to craft some of the more engaging and unique sounds in modern music.

On the surface, it’s simplistic. However, the closer you listen, the more intricate and considered their music becomes. And with their clever lyricism, multiple listens are always rewarded.

Anxious Annie, the new track from Nashville duo 10 String Symphony, approaches fear and hope in the most authentic and organic way possible.

On their new single Anxious Annie, Rachel Baiman and Christian Sedelmyer seamlessly weave together elements of bluegrass, roots, folk, and more to develop a sound that belongs entirely to themselves.

The new song manoeuvres through captivating scenes of hope and fear with a charming sense of confidence seldom found in the Americana genre. With stunning instrumentals and Baiman’s stirring vocals, the track pulls you in and leaves you hanging on every word.

10 String Symphony have toured extensively through Australia and New Zealand of late, hitting Blue Mountains Festival, Port Fairy Folk Festival, and a number of solo shows. Here’s hoping they’ll be back again soon.

Speaking of the track, both band members had plenty to share.

“I started writing this song in New York City,” said Baiman. “It was the January following the presidential election and everything felt sort of apocalyptic. It was freezing cold outside and I was staying in a friend’s apartment hearing sirens and yelling all night, trains shaking the building. Sometimes the best thing you can do with anxiety is just be honest with yourself about how dramatic it feels.”

“Admitting to myself that I was literally afraid of dying, even though that seems so over the top actually brought be a lot of comfort. I thought maybe singing it would bring others some comfort too. We are all crazy to some extent, we all experience anxiety and depression and there’s nothing we can do except tell it like it is in order to move forward.” 

“When Rachel and I started writing the second verse together,” Sedelmyer added, “we were trying to think – of all the overtly traumatic moments one can experience in New York City, what’s one that’s subtle, that maybe doesn’t freak you out until you think about it? How about the subway moving through a body of water? Even though it’s highly unlikely that the waves come crashing through the tunnel, is it really irrational to freak out a little bit about what would happen if they did?”

“When we recorded the song in Scotland with Kris Drever, he helped us capture the disquiet we wanted the song to convey with sounds, as well. That’s why the end of the song sounds so frantic – but only for a second or two at a time – the same way you might feel a pang of anxiety before your body rights itself again.”

Anxious Annie is the second single off of 10 String Symphony’s upcoming album Generation Frustration, set to be released later this year. And if this track is anything to go by, then we’re in for something truly special.

For now, do yourself a favour and listen to the new track above.

Catch the band live at The Pinhook, North Carolina on Sunday August 5.