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ANIKA FINGER PIES

Berlin-based artist Anika's haunting vocals have been a favourite of ours for a long time, from the stunning collection of covers on her 2010 self-titled album to her contributions as part of Sacred Bones' Exploded View. Returning with an unusually-titled new single, 'Finger Pies' is Anika's first solo offering for 8 years. Out now via Invada Records, the satisfyingly spooky single drifts between softly spoken interludes and thicker, instrumental sections as she repeats the refrain "some may say that you are only interested in one thing, that's to get your own way." Exuding nuances of Kraftwerk and the hypnotic jams of CAN, Anika shares the following on 'Finger Pies'..."A song that never had a name, like an artist that never had a face. Caught between roles, a jack of all trades, she slips between your fingers like a moment that never was, or was it? So many faces tailored to a myriad of occasions. Walls built between ourselves and the outside world. For protection. Passes grant access to another level. So where are you at? Those with all the keys, please remember, access comes with responsibility. Yet responsibility has been lost, like tissue paper in the rain, a battle without rules, to save face, exploit weakness, to save getting slayed, by the faceless generation. Welcome to the world of Finger Pies." Watch the video here now. -Holly Mullineaux 

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