Annie DiRusso - Super Pedestrian (2025) Hi-Res

Super Pedestrian is the debut album from Annie DiRusso. Annie DiRusso is a Nashville-based alt-pop artist born in NYC who wears the influence of both cities on her sleeve. Her sound is confessional and moody whilst being upbeat and catchy. Think the euphoric bite of Guts-era Olivia Rodrigo with the gauzy, introspective contemplation of boygenius and the universal-feeling relatability of Taylor Swift’s lyricism. (Paste mag)

Annie DiRusso’s debut album Super Pedestrian channels the raw energy of her live shows into a bold, genre-defying collection that blends garage rock grit with pop hooks.

Annie DiRusso isn’t simply crafting music, she’s starting a movement. The 23-year-old indie-rocker, who splits her heart between New York and Nashville, has been tearing up the road for the past two years, converting casual listeners into die-hard fans with her raw and real shows. Now, she’s found a way to channel that livewire energy into her debut album, Super Pedestrian.

DiRusso’s music is a collision of worlds, where buzzing garage rock grind meets happy pop hooks, her melodies riding a fine line between sensitivity and unfiltered chaos. It’s no surprise that Alt Press said she was an artist “set to skyrocket,” or that V Magazine credited her with “single-handedly bringing back that raging rock sound.” With Super Pedestrian, she takes her place in the new wave of indie rock (NWOIR?) firebrands.

Her rise has been anything but ordinary. After launching her career mid-pandemic, DiRusso hit the road hard, sharing stages with HAIM, Samia, Declan McKenna, Briston Maroney, and beabadoobee. She made her late-night TV debut on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, saw a song go viral, and built a fiercely loyal fan base from the ground up. In the end, Super Pedestrian is about letting go, embracing the chaos, and finding joy in the messiness of life.

“Writing has never come super easily for me,” DiRusso admits. “In the past, I’d write like five or six songs a year - which is not that many.” But for this record, she took a different approach, allowing ideas to flow freely, existing in multiple spaces at once. “I just kind of let things live at the same time,” she says. “It was like swimming in the world of all of these different songs at once.”

That sense of fearless exploration defines Super Pedestrian. It’s an album that crackles with urgency, bursting at the seams with anthems that exorcise demons along with deep confessions that’ll open hearts and minds. On it, Annie DiRusso isn’t holding anything back. She’s turning up the volume, throwing caution to the wind, and inviting everyone to join in.