ANR (previously known as Awesome New Republic) is an indie dance-rock duo from Miami. Founded in 2004, the duo is comprised of multi-instrumentalists John Hancock and Brian Robertson, who began working together as students at the Frost School of Music at the University of Miami.
Citing influences that range from Prince and Parliament-Funkadelic to Giorgio Moroder and Talking Heads, Hancock and Robertson initially recorded a pair of homemade albums, Witness Now the Birth of an Awesome New Republic (2004) and Courageous! (2005), the highlights of which were later compiled for release on the full-length commercial album debut ANR So Far (2005).
ANR So Far garnered generally positive reviews, including write-ups in mainstream indie publications. A few years later -- following a period during which Hancock released a solo album, Part Mongolian (2007) -- ANR re-emerged on a new indie label, with Post Crunk and Hard as Hell (2008) and Rational Geographic (2009).
In March the group released their latest album Stay Kids . The album is about not letting the act of growing up shame all childlike instincts out of you. Let yourself still be surprised; still wonder, and still try. Don’t take yourself too seriously, because it’s the playfulness that keeps you sane.
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Source: Allmusic, Quit mumbling
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