Last week, country music trio the Pistol Annies announced the May 7 release date for their second album, Annie Up.

For the album cover, though, the three bandmates (Miranda Lambert, Ashley Monroe, Angaleena Presley) chose to release it to fans via Twitter–and not just any old tweet, but using Twitter’s brand-new video technology, called Vine, which allows users to embed small videos inside individual tweets.

One step closer to 5/7/13…here’s the cover of our brand new album! #annieup vine.co/v/bpJb61Jbvjl

— Pistol Annies (@PistolAnnies) March 18, 2013

Annie Up is the follow-up to their popular debut album Hell on Heels. The Annies also have a new single, the lively, sassy “Hush, Hush.”

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