“Wayne” throws the first major curve ball on the record, a stripped down acoustic number anchored with a backing vocal melody that will drill its way into your skull.įrom here on to the B-side, “Speechless” and “Let Me” both explore slightly more aggressive territory, with the vocals riding that fine line between singing and shouting to great effect. “More Than a Letter,” which was originally released as an acoustic version on the New Shapes 7-inch, reappears here this time with electric guitar. “In April” and “Growing Up Song” both use a similar structure of ending with big sing-alongs that are sure to captivate a live audience. That’s gonna be a recurring theme here, these kids have nailed how to write a hook. But then of course, it hits us with a huge-sounding chorus. Opening track “Your One Way Street” starts with some melodic riffing that then gives way to harsher vocals more in line with the approach employed on the A-side of the Never Better 7-inch than with the primarily clean vocal style on the singles. “Call from You," “In April,” and “Growing Up Song” are fairly representative of the overall tone of the album but that doesn’t mean there aren’t a few curve balls. Little Green House actually employs a fairly diverse sonic palette that is not readily betrayed by its singles so far. And it works, because I am sure whatever the next show Anxious plays, the sing-alongs for “Growing Up Song” will be massive and deafening: In both cases, the intended effect is to capture the electricity of a live show with people yelling back the words at full volume. The kids in Anxious are scholars of Youth Crew hardcore and I will happily draw a parallel between the gang vocals of a Youth Crew record and the way group vocals are used here. There’s an anthemic arena-ready quality to almost every song on this record particularly with the use of heavily layered group vocals on singles such as “In April” and “Growing Up Song." The band’s sonic trajectory mirrors emo’s genre trajectory as a whole to some extent because Little Green House bears many of the hallmarks of the early '00s indie/emo acts that went big at the time. Anthemic songs like lead single “In April” and guaranteed sing-along “Growing Up Song” thread the often difficult melodic-hardcore needle in a way that feels both nostalgic for the emo renaissance of yesteryear and precisely built for the current moment of genre defiant pioneering.The trajectory of Anxious up until this point has been fascinating.įrom starting the band as teenagers playing slightly gruff Revolution Summer-inspired emo to moving into a space that drew them many comparisons to Title Fight and Farside to their forthcoming debut full-length, Little Green House. The Connecticut band unpacks struggles, joys, and hard-earned realizations in a way that makes them feel wise beyond their years. On Little Green House, Anxious explores what it feels like to enter adulthood in unflinching detail. With this amount of effort it’s no wonder that within a few years of graduation, Anxious has built a solid foundation for their debut album to flourish upon. Weekends were filled with regional runs of shows outside of their Fairfield, Connecticut homebase. Early songs were packaged in limited run demo tapes with accompanying zines and hand-dyed t-shirts. This may seem like a simple premise, but for five kids still in high school at the time, it’s quite an accomplishment. Since the inception of Anxious in 2016, the band has always acted with purpose. Horse Jumper of Love Hostage Calm LANNDS Little Big League Makthaverskan mewithoutYou Mini Trees Modern Baseball Narrow Head Nicole Dollanganger One Step Closer Petal Pinegrove Pity Sex Portrayal of Guilt Ricky Eat Acid Runnner Sadurn Seahaven Self Defense Family Spencer Radcliffe Sun June Superheaven The Berries Teen Suicide Tigers Jaw Title Fight Turnover Varsity waveform* Wicca Phase Springs Eternal Young Guv Young Statues Advance Base Adventures Alex G American Pleasure Club Another Michael Anxious Basement Camp Cope Captain We're Sinking The Casket Lottery Cloakroom Creative Adult Crying Field Medic Fury Georgia Maq glass beach Healing Potpourri Hey Mercedes
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