Song of the Day: 'War Boys' by Annabella (Lwin)

 

Russia's brutal assault on Ukraine reminded a reader of this one, an underrated (little heard?) freestyle gem from 1986's "Fever," the debut solo album by Annabella Lwin released just after the breakup of Bow Wow Wow. 

While I was looking up information for this post I discovered that Annabella actually had a second solo album -- 26 years after her first(!) -- called "Super Boom!!" (2012) that I'm listening to right now. There also appears to be a 2016 re-issue with two more songs and two less (more?) exclamation points. Question: If I didn't even know about this, who did?

Also: A 2016 interview makes reference to a "new" EP called "Willow Tree," although I can find nothing to back this up. ("Spirits of the Earth" and "Garden of Pleasure" were two of the song titles.) Can anyone help me out? 

UPDATE:

Apparently the songs were written in the late '80s, some of which are demos from "Fever."

Proof of existence, but link on her page is dead. 

And would you look at this? I had no idea she had shared my GoFundMe when Larry was deathly ill. xo

Song of the Day: 'Baby, Oh No' by Bow Wow Wow

With some bootleg version of Bow Wow Wow running around with just one original member -- bassist Leigh Gorman, who I'm sure everyone is dying to see -- I'm happy to report that Annabella Lwin has announced some upcoming tour dates. Now if we can just get her to NYC ...

Buy tickets HERE.

Song of the Day: 'Go Wild in the Country' by Bow Wow Wow

Great news from Annabella Lwin of Bow Wow Wow -- she's playing some East Coast dates! Who's going to the Bowery Electric show? Info HERE.

Song of the Day: 'Louis Quatorze' by Bow Wow Wow

Picked this for the Song of the Day because I wanted to bring to fellow '80s music fans' attention that Bow Wow Wow bassist Leigh Gorman has taken to touring as "Bow Wow Wow" with zero other members -- including Annabella Lwin. (Singer Chloe Demetria may look the part from a distance, but there's only one Annabella.) To fight back against this foolishness, Ms. Lwin has started a new Facebook page that you can like HERE, where she has started to announce fall tour dates. With original guitarist Matthew Ashman having passed away, and drummer David Barbarossa moving on from music -- he recently wrote a novel -- a true Bow Wow Wow reunion will never happen. But if anyone has the right to tour as Bow Wow Wow, it's Annabaella. Show her your support HERE.

Song of the Day: 'I Started Something I Couldn't Finish' by Bow Wow Wow

 The last I heard of Annabella Lwin was when I saw her perform at the Black Cat in Washington with a partially reformed Bow Wow Wow back in the '90s. Turns out the band recorded "I Started Something I Couldn't Finish" for the 2007 "Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This One Before: A Tribute to the Smiths" album -- and even performed it around the corner from my house! -- but I just never got the memo. Now that I'm more on top of things, though, I see they're touring with Midge Ure -- but with no New York City dates are on the sked. What gives, girl?