Anxious have returned! The Connecticut-based punk favourites have announced their sophomore album, Bambi, is due out February 21 via Run For Cover Records & Civilians. Bambi follows Anxious’ acclaimed 2022 full-length, Little Green House and finds the band fully embracing the widescreen alternative rock songwriting they’ve always hinted at. It’s a record of growth and depth that’s sonically ambitious, while further amplifying the seamless combination of hardcore grit and classic emo dynamism that’s made them such a beloved young band.
To mark the announcement, the group have shared their gigantic lead single Counting Sheep. From the song’s very first seconds, it’s clear that this is Anxious on another level. Lush harmonies ring out over shimmering guitars before the song explodes into walls of distorted guitars and powerhouse drumming, wrapped up with one of the biggest choruses the group ever penned. It’s a track that manages to nod to the album’s maximalist direction and influences – everything from Jimmy Eat World and Third Eye Blind, to The Smashing Pumpkins and even The Beach Boys – while sounding definitively like Anxious.
