# LOKI’S FOLLY Share Jaunty Single “Beaches and Peaches” About The Uncertainty of The Future

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- Published: 2023-01-24T15:30:00-06:00
- Author: Eugene Tierney

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**South Minneapolis-based indie-punk (sibling) trio **
**Loki’s Folly****Share Jaunty
Single “**[**Beaches and Peaches**](https://reybee.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f67b4587af2b2ef9aa80ed984&id=2b41171776&e=615f2b8493)**“
About The Uncertainty of The Future

**Debut Album – **_**Sisu – **_**out Feb 21 **
_**via**_** Josie Cotton’s Kitten
Robot Records**

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**LOKI’S FOLLY**
Photo credit: Mika Larson

**JANUARY 24, 2023 [Minneapolis, MN] — **“’[**Beaches and Peaches**](https://reybee.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f67b4587af2b2ef9aa80ed984&id=07874d3429&e=615f2b8493)’
is a song that began as goofing off during a practice session trying to rhyme different
fruits and vegetables while slowly intermixing stronger feelings about the state
of the world as we went along,” says **Annie Kuchenmeister** of South Minneapolis
based indie-punk (sibling) trio **Loki’s Folly**. “’Beaches and Peaches” is the 
first single from the band’s debut album _**Sisu**_ [release date: **February 21,
2023 **_via_** Josie Cotton’s Kitten Robot Records] **and it’s a magnetic indie 
rock track with playful, frolicking vocals against a frenetic instrumental pileup.
Annie adds, “The song’s result felt like the perfect description of the uncertain
and uncomfortable future that seems imminent. Maybe trying to bring some humor into
the anxiety over things like climate change, politics and where humanity will be
in the next number of years.”

Comprised of two young sisters and a brother from South Minneapolis, Loki’s Folly
plays loud music that makes them happy. Annie (age 21) plays guitar and sings, **
Nissa** (age 16) plays the drums and sings, while **Oskar** (age 12) plays the bass.
Each brings their own unique personality to the music, resulting in a sound gelled
from their shared upbringing. Initially born from Annie and Nissa’s lessons at celebrated
guitar store [Twin Town Guitars](https://reybee.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f67b4587af2b2ef9aa80ed984&id=69946667fd&e=615f2b8493)
with Oskar adding beats to the fledgling band, Loki’s Folly really took off when
folks outside of the practice space started taking notice and helped them graduate
from adolescent play to fully realized “folly.” The siblings’ energetic and passionate
live shows have since garnered a devoted fan base from longtime Minnesota musicians,
including Soul Asylum, Haley, Gramma’s Boyfriend, The Melismatics, and Ryan and 
Pony who have all asked them to support their hometown shows.

Beaches and Peaches

[⌊Beaches and Peaches⌉⌊Beaches and Peaches⌉
Watch this video on YouTube

Since the songs on their debut are a culmination of work done throughout their childhood(
some of the songs for _Sisu_ were originally recorded around 2017, with the rest
from 2019 and on), Annie says it has been an amazing experience getting to have 
this album literally “grow up” with them.  

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**LOKI’S FOLLY “Beaches and Peaches” Single Artwork**
Photo credit: Mika Larson

“A lot of these songs were written during sleepovers in each other’s rooms, often
while sharing new music with each other and dreaming about writing songs like the
ones we would listen to,” Annie says. She also adds that most of the songs on the
album have very personal connections and are portraying a lot of the things they
find “difficult to communicate” in regular interactions. For instance, the fuzzed-
out “**Appease the Girl**,” which features **Soul Asylum**‘s **Dave Pirner **on 
guitar, is a song Annie wrote describing what it’s like having to navigate the world
as an autistic person. “The song itself is a song I wrote describing the autistic
meltdowns I would have in school and the lack of response or care from the adults
at the school in that situation,” she explained. “It was an absolute honor to have
Dave on this album. His guitar solo adds the perfect amount of dimension and emotion
and was such an amazing addition and collaboration.” Elsewhere on the album, the
indie rock outcry of “**The Love Song**” decries the toll that bullying has on someone.
The compelling, high-octane “**No Right**” documents the frustration for the casual
injustices women face every day. “**Into the Darkness**” is a rowdy indie punk song
about trying to escape a disconnected state of mind, while the boisterous “**Don’t
Come Back**” begrudges toxic relationships and situations. Overall, _Sisu_ offers
a captivating view of the complex emotional landscape that we’ve come to know as
modern adolescence, but it does so with freeing, punky abandon.

The band recorded _Sisu _at a few different places, starting off at **Flowers Studio**
recording three songs with **Ryan Smith** and **Ed Ackerson** (_Motion City Soundtrack,
The Replacements, The Jayhawks_) shortly before he passed. The trio recalls their
time working with Ackerson as, “One of the most amazing experiences in the world.”
They then spent a day at **IPR** and recorded eight more songs with **Kevin Bowe**(
_Paul Westerberg and the Replacements_) and Smith. They also recorded “**The Little
Mermaid**” in their basement with their cousin **Russell Mark** while he was visiting
from Los Angeles. It was over the pandemic lockdowns – when Annie and Nissa were
working with Smith at his home studio (The Flight Simulator) doing the overdubs 
and mixing – that the sisters added their little brother, Oskar, onto the recordings
playing bass guitar. “After having learned the instrument to join the band there
is nothing more fun than seeing that happen and getting to hear him on the album,”
Annie says joyously. The band also had the opportunity to work with **John Fields**(
_Pink, Miley Cyrus, Andrew W.K., and Demi Lovato_) who helped them find ways to 
work creatively while doing all the mixing remotely during the pandemic. As the 
pandemic took a toll on Loki’s Folly, similarly to everything else, when they circled
back to the word “Sisu_”_ (a Finnish word that roughly translates to inner strength
or one’s ability to push through and overcome difficult experiences) they felt that
it made a fitting descriptor for what everyone had gone through, “…as well as the
twists and turns the album had gone through. As soon as we were close to finishing
the album, we realized it was the perfect description of both world and personal
events, as well as a bit of a running theme in the songs on the album: persevering
and getting through tough things.” 

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**Loki’s Folly_
Sisu 
Album Artwork_

[[**Loki’s Folly**_** **_**_Sisu_**

**Tracklist:**
1. “The Love Song”2. “Castle On The Moon”3. “Truth Or Dare:4. “Appease
The Girl”5. “Little Mermaid”6. “Poison Heart”7. “Don’t Come Back”8. “Hiding In Plain
Sight”9. “Into The Darkness”10. “Trickster”11. “No Right”12. “[Beaches and Peaches](https://reybee.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f67b4587af2b2ef9aa80ed984&id=dab80c360b&e=615f2b8493)”

With the release of the album coming up, the trio is excited to finally get to share
these songs that they’ve been working on for so long. Annie says it feels very cathartic(
and maybe a little bit scary) since it’s their first album — everything they are
doing is completely new and fascinating, but, she adds, “since so many of these 
songs are so personal it also feels almost therapeutic to get to not only put them
together but also use them to communicate with anyone who listens and share a little
bit of [their] own experiences. It’s about crossing over from loneliness to togetherness,
and the joy that can be found in finding others who share your experiences.”

**Loki’s Folly**’s debut album _**Sisu**_ will be released on **February 21, 2023**
_via _**Kitten Robot Records. **“[**Beaches and Peaches**](https://reybee.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f67b4587af2b2ef9aa80ed984&id=0205bb4e40&e=615f2b8493)”
is available on all streaming platforms now. 

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