Today, ahead of the release of their debut album Can’t Lose My (Soul) — which, in a 5-star review for The Guardian, Alexis Petridis declared “a gospel masterpiece” and “a life-affirming album” — West Point, Mississippi’s Annie & The Caldwells share “I Made It,” an explosive dancefloor soul anthem that MOJO describes as “the Caldwells’ ‘I Will Survive,’ a disco number in which Miss Annie wards off Satan’s bombs.”

Listen to “I Made It” here, and watch a video previewing the track here.

The songs on Can’t Lose My (Soul), while propelled by vibrant, body-moving music, deal with heavy themes of spirituality, struggle, and redemption, all informed by their real troubles and experiences as an intergenerational family run by women. In these passionate performances, their personal stories transcend to a state of universal parable and salvation-driven ecstasy, resulting in the kind of communal uplift any preacher or DJ could envy.

Can’t Lose My (Soul) is out this Friday, March 21 via Luaka Bop (Floating Points / Pharoah Sanders, Alice Coltrane, William Onyeabor).

Pre-order / pre-save Can’t Lose My (Soul) here.

Late in 2024, Annie & The Caldwells turned heads with a lightning bolt of a performance at Le Guess Who? festival in The Netherlands, one of their first performances outside the southern United States. MOJO wrote that “their rhythm section (dad and two sons) would give the Family Stone a run for its money; the front line (mum and daughters) have unquenchable sass and spirituality.” Furthermore, The Guardian described it as “extraordinary: a mother and her three middle-aged daughters, clad in matching multicoloured harlequin-print dresses, belting out raw, disco-tinged soul gospel in the midst of a delirious stage invasion by ecstatic, dancing punters.”

Word quickly got out, and artists like The Avalanches, David Byrne, Cornershop, Gabriels, Hot Chip, J. Rocc, and Musclecars quickly became avowed fans. In February, they made their first successful tour of Europe, selling out at London’s experimental and celebrated series Church of Sound, which captivated audiences all across the UK.

Last month, Studio 54 legend and resident of The Gallery Nicky Siano remixed the Caldwells’ single “Wrong.” Line Noise writes of the DJ pioneer’s first remix in more than a decade: “I can certainly imagine this rollocking, rolling, writing piano-led soul / disco banger tearing it up under the cocaine spoon moon.” 

“Wrong (You Dropped a Bomb) – Nicky Siano Remix” is out now, buy/stream it here.

On May 8th at NYC’s Public Records, Annie & The Caldwells will perform live following DJ sets by Lovie and Justin Strauss. Later in the evening, Nicky Siano will collaborate with the family for a one-night only live experience. Tickets and more info here.

Following a winter European tour that culminated in a sold-out London show at Church Of Sound, more live dates have just been announced, including Australia, Los Angeles, and festivals in Sweden and the UK. See full tour itinerary below, more dates TBA.

Annie & the Caldwells is a family band of three generations, which was formed by their matriarch Annie Caldwell to keep her kids out of trouble. Their sound incorporates music the next generation loved — The Gap Band, Chaka Kahn, Bootsy Collins — infusing their disco gospel with grit and street savvy.

For two decades, the constellation of family members in The Caldwells has been more or less the same as they play together on weekends and hold down day jobs. Annie (The Matriarch) is a member of the Staples Jr. Singers and owner and proprietor of Caldwell Fashions, a beloved staple in downtown West Point for women’s clothing and church outfits since the ’80s. Then it’s Joe (her guitar-player husband of fifty years); sons Willie Jr. (bass) who drives a forklift and Abel Aquirius (drums) who drives hospital patients. Daughter Anjessica (vocals) works in customer care for an insurance company, goddaughter Toni (vocals) is an elementary school teacher, and daughter Deborah (vocals) does hair.