Annie DiRusso is a Nashville based indie-rock artist born in NYC, who wears the influence of both of these cities on her sleeve. Blending buzzing garage rock guitars and high-energy performances with a pop-infused flair, the magic she creates in her hooks and melodies is apparent in her previously released singles and debut EP. She has quickly turned casual listeners into hardcore fans with V Magazine noting she’s “single handedly bringing back that raging rock sound” and Alt Press stating, “she’s set to skyrocket.”

Annie has made quite a mark on the touring world since the launch of her career amidst the pandemic, supporting artists like HAIM, Samia, Declan McKenna, beabadoobee, Djo, Peach Pit and more as well as selling out headline shows at venues such as New York’s Music Hall of Williamsburg, Nashville’s Basement East and Boston’s The Sinclair. She’s currently gearing up to release here first ever full length project Super Pedestrian in March, where her searing guitar riffs and self-deprecating yet heart-rending lyrics infuse the project with a spirit of joy. In NYLON’s words, “she continues to put out some of the most catchy indie rock in the game.”

On Raffaella’s debut project LIVE, RAFF, LOVE (co-written and produced by Jake Luppen of Hippo Campus), the New York City-bred singer/songwriter confronts and contorts the liminal space between adolescence and adulthood, creating a world with as much novelty as there is nostalgia.

The Minneapolis-based artist narrates with a specificity so intense you immediately absorb each sensory detail (the cotton candy and cigarette smoke, drunken kisses and stoned malaise). In following the shape of a play, LIVE, RAFF, LOVE’s Act II takes on a heavier tone. The result is a body of work establishing Raffaella as one of pop’s sharpest observers of human behavior, transforming her self-reflection into revelatory insight on the sublime chaos in coming-of-age.

Having previously opened for Misterwives, Bishop Briggs, Samia, Liz Phair and more – Raffaella brings her story to the forefront on her first-ever headline tour.

Listen to LIVE, RAFF, LOVE (Act II) out now.