Giant Drag

Giant Drag’s Annie Hardy has been through several incarnations at this point; the girl we came to know and love, voted 50th Coolest Person in The World by NME Magazine back in the day. Then came Annie Hardy 2.0 who gave us the chaotic yet magical Giant Drag Farewell Tour. Post-farewell Hardy has seen much loss and tragedy, her infant son and his father both died within the same year, friend and bassist Alvin DeGuzman died of cancer and even her cat was tragically killed. Through it all, somehow, she has transmuted her pain into glorious works of art such as 2017’s debut solo LP ‘Rules’ (Yeah! Right Records/Full Psycho Records) and in so doing has been transformed into Annie Hardy 3.0, a ballsy powerhouse of freestyling comedy mastery with the same vulnerability and tender heart that has always been her mainstay.

This winter she will triumphantly return to Europe and UK to take Giant Drag for a spin once more, partially to promote ‘Hearts & Unicorns’ being re-released on vinyl very soon, but also to promote her new solo EP ‘Saves’ which is out now digitally on Full Psycho Records. The EP is a themed record of all what Hardy calls “flow state songs that came out finished from start to end, as if I was receiving a fax from the 7th dimension”, it features guest appearances by Don DeVore (Collapsing Scenery, Ink and Dagger), Ryan Rapsys (Euphone, Joan of Arc) and is produced by Hardy and Collin Deatherage.