Anxious Share New Single "Head & Spine"

Connecticut's favorite punks, Anxious, recently announced their sophomore album, Bambi, due out February 21st via Run For Cover Records, and today they're back with the record's gigantic second single, "Head & Spine."

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.

The record's lead single "Counting Sheep" drew praise from the likes of Stereogum, BrooklynVegan, Uproxx, Alt Press, and more, and now "Head & Spine" provides another taste of Anxious' musical level-up. The mid-album standout opens with the combination of powerhouse guitars and shimmering textures that defines Bambi's sonic world, and quickly arrives at the kind of sky-high chorus that the band truly excel at. It's another example of Bambi'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.