Anjimile - You're Free To Go

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4AD

“Rebirth and transformation are recurring themes throughout the record, which opens with an airy, Elliott Smith-style fingerpicked guitar melody and Anjimile singing, ‘There is something like a new being growing on me’ on the title track. ‘Rust & Wire’ and ‘The Store’ are tender, almost breezy love songs, and ‘Like You Really Mean It,’ with its warm synths and insistent beat, is pure, unadulterated pop.” – The New York Times

“Now spinning Anjimile, ‘Like You Really Mean It.’ …a wholesome sugar rush of poprock romance.” – Boston Globe

“Not only does the track {“Like You Really Mean It”} show off Anjimile’s lush, patient vocals, it’s got a pretty fascinating rhythmic structure; his drummer offsets the groove when they arrive at the chorus, almost like the song gets caught between moving too fast and too slow. That momentum really ramps up in the final refrain, complete with some guitar shredding and open hi-hat smashing. It’s a great demonstration of Anjimile’s tasteful ear and his ability to match a song’s subject with its instrumentation…Anjimile is slowing things down with his heartfelt new track ‘Waits for Me.’…It’s a tender meditation on identity and seeking wholeness, emphasized by dueling acoustic and electric guitars and the raw quality in Anjimile’s voice.” – Consequence (Best Songs of the Week)

“{“Like You Really Mean It” is} a glowing, peppy pop-rock cut built around crunchy guitars and a tight drum groove that gives the song a dance-y energy. The shredding solo during the final chorus is worth the price of admission alone.” – FLOOD

“Lead single ‘Like You Really Mean It’ isn’t as straight-up folky as some of Anjimile’s music. It’s got some chugging guitars and a softly insistent pulse in its drums…Anjimile has a knack for making simple concepts feel massive…new single ‘Waits For Me’ expands on the pop-psych concept of healing your inner child, which in Anjimile’s case gets into some real emotionally complex territory.” – Stereogum

“A fully formed, confident voice.” – The Observer

“A celebratory ode to the future is testament to the prowess and deftness of Chithambo’s understanding of life.” – The Line of Best Fit

“An innovative examination of distorted American life.” – Uncut

“The inventive nature of Anjimile is really fascinating.” – NPR Music

“His voice can tenderize your heart as it does on a song like ‘1978,’ but then he’ll turn around and sound positively rakish on ‘Baby No More.’ The glue is a generosity of spirit and fearlessness.” – Rolling Stone

“[“Auld Lang Syne II” is} stunning.”– Stereogum

North Carolina based singer-songwriter Anjimile has released the romantic final single “Rust & Wire” from his highly anticipated upcoming album You’re Free to Go, ahead of its release this Friday, March 13th on 4AD. “Rust & Wire” blooms in warm acoustic guitars, synth textures, lush strings, and delicate rhythmic layers; an intimate document of self-expression and emotional resonance.

Anjimile shares: “This is a song about love and lust, blooming in the summertime. It’s about kissing in the warm rain and sleeping with the windows open at night while the breeze floats by. What it feels like when things are easy.”

“Rust & Wire” follows February’s single “Waits For Me,” a powerful reckoning on childhood identity which sees Anjimile affirm and sooth his inner child, along with January’s luminous lead “Like You Really Mean It” which overflows with tenderness and vulnerability, and November’s stand-alone single “Auld Lang Syne II,” a tender note-to-self on resilience and hard-fought freedom. (continue reading full bio on our DISCO)

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