ANXIOUS Share New Stand-alone Single "Sunsign" Produced By Mike Sapone Ahead of Fall Tour with Oso Oso (Run for Cover Records)
Since the release of ANXIOUS' debut album, Little Green House, earlier this year, the band hasn't spent much time at home. In support of the record, ANXIOUS has toured relentlessly, playing five consecutive US tours in the eight months since the album was released. That busy schedule has meant ANXIOUS has barely had a moment to stop and catch their collective breath, but that frantic pace, also, inspired them to keep on pushing forward. The result is new single, "Sunsign," a stand-alone single that builds on ANXIOUS' sonic signature and expands the band's sound simultaneously.
On "Sunsign," ANXIOUS—made up of vocalist Grady Allen, guitarist/vocalist Dante Melucci, bassist Sam Allen, drummer Jonny Camner, and a mysterious fifth(?) member—takes yet another step forward. The urgency that carried Little Green House is still there, but it's presented in new, engaging ways. "Sunsign" has a sprawl that feels like a marked evolution of the band's sound while retaining all the earnest emotion that fans have come to love. "We've gotten a lot of questions around Little Green House if there were conscious efforts to do certain things and the answer is no, there was no conscious effort ever to create a sound, replicate a sound, any of that," says Grady Allen.
"It was just us trying to create something that we felt was wholeheartedly something we wanted to do. And I think that energy was consistent with us putting these songs together." Additionally, with Mike Sapone (Taking Back Sunday, Motion City Soundtrack, The Early November) producing and engineering, ANXIOUS are given a layered warmth that suits the band's growing interests. At times, sounding like if The Get Up Kids & Modern Baseball both had studied the Revelation Records catalog, "Sunsign" is a fresh take on the band's signature sound. "I don't think ANXIOUS is trying to constrict itself to any [genre] and is, instead, trying to lead with what feels organic and what we want to create, rather than trying to chase something," says Allen.
Lyrically, the song taps deeper into the transparently reflective nature that ANXIOUS has always put on display. "Sunsign" grapples with feeling inadequate next to your romantic partner and wishing to be more than you are, all while still remaining true to yourself. It's about the wish to close the gap between distances both real and metaphorical, the perfect emotions for ANXIOUS to explore. ANXIOUS' current line-up showcases members of more Punk/Hardcore-leaning bands, like One Step Closer, Last Straw, End On End, and G.I. Bill. ANXIOUS will join Oso Oso on their Sore Thumb Album Release Tour through October and November, as well as their own Holiday Show on 11/25. ANXIOUS' "Sunsign" single is out now on Run for Cover Records.