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Bnny Share New Track "I'm Just Fine" Ahead of Tour w/ Ian Sweet
Bnny, led by Jess Viscius alongside her twin sister Alexa Viscius, is back, today with a new single, “I’m Just Fine” ahead of a run of dates with Ian Sweet and Molly Burch.
The track follows debut album ‘Everything’, which Pitchfork calls “a beautiful record from wall to wall... worth every year that went into it,” as well as garnering critical acclaim from the likes of AV Club, Bandcamp, NYLON, DIY Magazine, Line of Best Fit and more, and her sparse, wrenching Americana has earned her cosigns from musical peers like Kate Bush and Molly Burch.
"I’m Just Fine is about the sensation of time moving slowly when you are missing someone. It’s about attempting to deny that you are heartbroken in order to protect yourself."
“I’m Just Fine” continues on the moonlit, dream-like quality that imbues much of Viscius’ work, while her knack for storytelling shines through, making the most casual encounters pack a hard emotional punch. Ethereal acoustic guitar carries the wistfulness of Viscius’ vocals, threading together a narrative that cuts deep and lingers far past the song’s three minute mark.
Last year’s ‘Everything’ may as well be a field recording taken from the lone country of grief. Written in sessions that span several years by singer Jess Viscius as she processed the death of her partner, the album is a chronicle of love at its most complex and loss at its most persistent. Viscius and her bandmates render these songs as inky noir vignettes, with her half-whispered vocals giving them a sense of poise and power that’s cool to the touch, even as the songs find her at her most vulnerable. Everything is played in shades of blue, Viscius’ voice the color of morning light peeking through the blinds.
Music Video Bnny - I'm Just Fine (Official Visualizer) - YouTube
Praise for ‘Everything’
- “With a smoky alto and languid delivery, Bnny’s Jess Viscius uses her cloud-vapor voice to bely the harrowing emotional content of her lyrics. Matching them with her band Bnny’s spare, country-tinged Americana makes for a compelling combination, as the group incorporates late-night haze and True Detective levels of noir cool into its arsenal.” - AV Club
- “There’s a lot of beauty in Viscius’ coolly melodic psych rock, not least of all in how honestly she sketches the experience of plumbing such bewildering depths of loss.” - Bandcamp
- “Fragile, tactile, tender... it’s a frequently gorgeous thing.” - DIY
- “A deceptively bold debut that opts to do more with less, relying on polished rock minimalism and the raw emotion of Jess Viscius’ songwriting to land its knockout blows.” - Paste
- “Bnny’s debut album contains multitudes.” - Uncut
Tour Dates
- Fri, Feb 18 - Sioux Falls, SD - Total Drag Records
- Mon. Feb. 21 - Seattle, WA @ Barboza*
- Tue. Feb. 22 - Portland, OR @ Doug Fir *
- Thu. Feb. 24 - San Francisco, CA @ Noise Pop Festival
- Sat. Feb. 27 - San Diego, CA @ Whistle Stop
- Wed. Mar. 2 - Los Angeles, CA @ The Echo *
- Thu. Mar. 4 - Salt Lake City, UT @ Urban Lounge
- Sun. Mar. 7 - Davenport, IA @ Raccoon Motel
- Thu. Apr. 28 - Kansas City, MO @ Record Bar
- Fri. Apr. 29 - Davenport, IA @ Raccoon Motel
- Sat. Apr. 30 - Minneapolis, MN @ Fine Line
- Sun. May 1 - Milwaukee, WI @ Colectivo
- Tue. May 3 - Chicago, IL @ Lincoln Hall
- Wed. May 4 - Ferndale, MI @ Loving Touch
- Thu. May 5 - Toronto, ON @ Great Hall
* supporting Ian Sweet
supporting Molly Burch
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