Today’s Song of the Day is ‘Hey Annabelle!’, a Japanese pop-punk psyched anthem by London outfit FIGHTMILK.
The single, released in April is taken from the band’s second album Contender via Reckless Yes.
Fuelled by excessively strong coffee and ’60s girl groups during a week-long bout of insomnia, it’s a cracker for those times we’ve all asked a mutual friend how an ex is doing, and secretly hoped they’re as miserable as you.
“Putting the ‘angry’ in ‘Shangri-La’s’, this is arguably our pettiest song,” explain the band with a wry smile. “‘Hey Annabelle!’ is about that very specific thing you do when you’ve split up with someone and part of moving on entails just very casually asking mutuals what they’re up to and, more importantly, whether they’re also miserable. And also subtly encouraging those mutuals to get the hell out of Dodge too.
“There’s probably a German word for it. There’s definitely a real Annabelle–as with a disturbing number of Fightmilk songs, this is a true story–but there’s also a 98% chance she’ll never know this song exists.”
