UK-based New Yorker Annie Dressner has announced her forthcoming album, Trying To Be Cool, which is due out on 12 February 2027, plus a UK tour for April 2027 (see full tour dates below). And on top of this great news, Annie has also released the video for her new 90s jangle-pop-inspired single Hate Being By Myself.
Nostalgic of singer-songwriters of the 90s, recalling Suzanne Vega, Kathleen Edwards, Tom Petty, or even REM, the single is deeply personal to Dressner, giving voice to the internal battles that so many experience but often struggle to express. “Those days when you don’t want to be alone, but you just can’t pull yourself out of bed. Those days when you can’t be around people, but you crave company. Hate Being By Myself will hopefully make others feel less alone in their feelings of loneliness,” she says.
The accompanyingvideofeatures Annie and her daughter (in the role of “young Annie”), side-by-side to represent herself now and her childhood self. To show how ultimately you have the same inner life from childhood that always lives within you.
Trying To Be Coolis Annie Dressner’s fifth album, and again she shares candid accounts of trying to hold onto a carefree youth in the face of adulthood and motherhood, and keeping relationships together in a world that seems to be rapidly falling apart. Recorded in London with AUK favourite Peter Bruntnell, who also plays guitar, it features a stellar cast of musicians: Peter Noone of The Cross (Bass), Mick Clews (Drums), and Paul Goodwin (Keys). Originally from New York City, Dressner is now based in Cambridge, England, and has released four studio albums so far. The album can be preordered hereand tickets for all dates are available here.
Annie Dressner Tour Dates 2027:
Tues 13th April – BIRMINGHAM – Kitchen Garden
Wed 14th April – BRISTOL – Hen & Chicken
Thurs 15 April – LONDON – The Grace
Fri 16 April – SEVENOAKS – Otford Memorial Hall (St Edith’s Folk)
Sat 17 April – CAMBRIDGE – The Junction
Sun 18 April – SALTAIRE – The Live Rooms
Tues 20 April – LIVERPOOL – Music Room
Wed 21 April – STAVELEY – Roundhouse
Thurs 22 April – BARTON – Ropewalk
Fri 23 April – POCKLINGTON – Arts Centre
Sat 24 April – BURY – The Met
Sun 25 April – SHEFFIELD – Cafe 9
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