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“'2 Cool 2 Care,' plays with 1960s girl-group tropes, including sweet backing vocals, reverb-soaked guitars, and a lyrical nod to the oft-covered 'Crimson and Clover,' but the sunniness at its surface belies something thornier.”
“Anna Burch is a veteran of the Detroit music scene, which helps explains why “2 Cool 2 Care” lands like an old friend. There’s an instant familiarity and warmth to it that can be partially attributed to the song’s gentle sway — all oohs and ahhs and starry-eyed romanticism — but it hits even deeper than that.”
“...we’re suckers for a hazy slice of sun-drenched melancholy, but Anna Burch might just be doing it better than any act we’ve heard this year.”
"Sonically sunny and upbeat, with plenty of indie inflections and slacker stylings, the song seems like a perfectly jaunty number."
“[Burch's] songs have some of the lo-fi finish and scrappy energy of 1990s indie-pop...but with a sharper edge. Frank and gratifying all the same, Burch’s tightly structured pop is an invigorating take on an evergreen sound.”
"A fluent collection of sun-soaked guitar pop that keeps going for your jugular."
“...a tantalizing tease has taken form in the shape of new single “2 Cool 2 Care,” which oozes with ’60s girl-group goodness..”
"With a backbone of sturdy chord strums, the songs sway from '90s indebted indie to '60s girl group swagger."
“Comparisons to Courtney Barnett, Waxahatchee, and Eleanor Friedberger lie within her tight songwriting and infectious lyrics."
"Burch nails the thrills, anxieties, and heartbreaks that come with being in your twenties."
“Burch feels lovably skeptical when touching on attraction and boredom; these are pop music staples for sure, but her spin on them is a fun one.”
“Burch’s latest confirms that her strength lies in her clarity. Her lyrics as well as her delivery is so sharp and straightforward, there’s no way you won’t hear her...”
"Burch has a knack for complex chord changes and personable delivery, the kind that tempts you to blast her music in the car as an inexpensive form of therapy."
“Whether she's singing about falling for a drug dealer or self-sabotaging, you'll be completely charmed by her earnest nature and the honesty behind the harmonies.”
“With their mix of bliss-pop fizz, slacker drag and upbeat jangle, plus her crystalline vocal harmonies, Burch’s songs sound familiar but her lyrics cut straight through the warmth and sweetness..”
"...crazy-catchy... an homage to '60s girl groups and classic pop."
"Quit the Curse feels self-complete but emotionally open: confident in its sound and ripe for an exciting live show without bringing closure to its subject. Its summertime palette of disappointment and joy, nonchalance and care, getting high and sinking low, romance and friendships, paint a life in transition, pink and cerulean. Like all great pop records, Burch’s debut wears heavy-hearted words with sparkly poise and a sense of potential."
“...a shimmering lo-fi landscape of romantic misadventures laced with frustration, mixed signals, and unreciprocated devotion. The record calls to mind the feeling of sending a text that is both delivered and read but ignored — an insatiable need to be noticed.”
“...Anna Burch's defiant, clear vocals that slice effortlessly through the noise to deliver a no-nonsense message.”
"The bravery in hanging out such soiled laundry can’t go unnoticed, and it’s the album’s greatest asset… The fact it’s wrapped in such a lust indie-pop package only makes it more infatuating.”
“With Quit the Curse, Burch has crafted one of the most succinct, refined pop albums in recent memory.”
“Burch’s ’90s-nostalgic voice and tone pairs well with her simple, straightforward, poignant lyrics…”
"With butter-wouldn’t-melt vocals, harmonies indebted to sixties girl-groups, intricate bass parts and lush surf guitars... There are traces of the sugary pop cadence of bands like Alvvays and Best Coast, mixed with a lovably scruffy Tiger Trap liveliness—Burch mixes spontaneity and polish with total aplomb."
"If you thought indie writers had gotten too heartbroken and soft lately, Anna Burch is certainly the antidote. Burch’s bitter but smart writing makes every lyric cutting while she turns her music into deep introspection on the emotions behind every word. Merging the world’s of indie-rock, folk and even some country into her mix for an important reflection on being honest and human, Burch sounds like Julia Jacklin with a bone to pick."
"For a "debut" solo outing, filled with so much self-exploration and what you can and can not give in relationships and other aspects of life, Burch has created a strong and impassioned record."
"An incredibly talented multi-instrumentalist, she writes cloudless pop songs, jangly slacker-rock anthems, even starlight country ballads."
"Anna Burch’s debut album for Polyvinyl, Quit the Curse, is heavily reminiscent of ’90s singer-songwriter Liz Phair, both honest and confessional."
