Throughout her storied music career, Anna Karney has performed across the country and released an incredible catalog of chart topping and critically acclaimed music. Always keeping her mind on social justice and positive messages, KARNEY channels her love for the planet and the beauty of the earth into her powerful new full-length album CREATURES IN THE GARDEN, set for release August 18th, 2023.

Using themes of climate change awareness and respect for the planet as a focal point for her writing, CREATURES IN THE GARDEN showcases an incredible blend of soulful and dreamy acoustic arrangements, easy indie rock beats, dusty distortion, winding bass lines, and astounding indie, emo, and shoegaze rock styles, all as KARNEY weaves images of nature throughout and incorporates a high-spirited positive message about finding solutions to our current climate crisis.

CREATURES IN THE GARDEN features several prominent Bay Area musicians. Longtime drummer Jeff Herrera plays on several tracks including “Peace Is More,” which also features guitarist Erik Smyth and bassist David Doucet. A special lyrical addition to this track is the quote by Fred Rogers (aka Mr. Rogers), “Peace is far more / than the opposite of war.”

1. Sinners and Saints (acoustic)
2. Across The Planet (remix)
3. Creatures In The Garden
4. Peace Is More
5. Rainbow In The Dark
6. Shell Shock Girl (acoustic)
7. Eternity (remix)
8. Aurora (remix)
9. Wildfire
10. Sinners and Saints (full band)

The album opens on an emphatic acoustic version of Sinners and Saints and a free flowing remix of Across The Planet, before then bringing us the veritably shimmering, titular Creatures In The Garden, the pop-rocker Peace Is More, and then we are given their guitar-fed, albeit lighter in delivery than the original, Ronnie James Dio track Rainbow In The Dark.

Along next is an acoustic version of Shell Shock Girl, with a couple of remixes backing that up in the form of the free-wheeling, countrified Eternity and the drum-fed Aurora, the album rounding out on the all-embracing rock within Wildfire, coming to a close on a full band version of the opener Sinners and Saints.

The title track along with “Sinners and Saints” and a powerful cover of “Rainbow In The Dark” by Ronnie James Dio all feature James Deprato on guitar, Kevin White (Chuck Prophet Band) on bass, and new addition to the Karney crew, drummer Kyle Capistra.

KARNEY is also honored to feature two Santana band members on CREATURES IN THE GARDEN, trumpet player Bill Ortiz on the track “Across The Planet (remix)” and percussionist Karl Perazzo on the track “Wildfire.” The track “Eternity (remix)” features slide guitarist Gawain Matthews.

Anna Karney’s lyrical content offers an impassioned and straightforward approach to many of the issues facing people today. Her musical influences include Bob Dylan, Neil Young, Patti Smith, John Lennon, Sheryl Crow, Chrissie Hynde, and Joni Mitchell. As an arranger, pianist, and guitarist, she has worked with artists such as George Clinton, Linda Perry, and Dennis Bovell.

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