Anxious (band)

Anxious
Origin	Fairfield County, Connecticut, U.S.
Genres	Emo emo pop melodic hardcore post-hardcore
Years active	2016–present
Labels	Run for Cover, Triple-B
Members	Grady Allen Sam Allen Jonny Camner Dante Melucci Tommy Harte
Past members	Sam Walter Ryan Savitsky Ross Thompson Michelle Siegel
Website	anxiousband.com

Anxious is an American emo band from Fairfield County, Connecticut. Formed in 2016, the band is currently signed to Run for Cover Records. They released their debut album in 2022 titled Little Green House . ^[1] It received positive reviews, ^[2] and was named Stereogum 's "Album of the Week". ^[3]

History

Anxious was founded in 2016 in Darien, Connecticut, by vocalist/guitarist Grady Allen, vocalist/bassist Sam Walter and drummer Michelle Siegel. In 2017, Siegel left the group and was replaced by Dante Melucci. That same year, the band independently recorded and released their debut EP Carved. In 2019, they recruited lead guitarist Ryan Savitsky and signed to Triple-B Records. That year, the group recorded and released two more EPs: Promo 2019 and Never Better. Also that year, Grady Allen ceased playing guitar in the group. Melucci subsequently switched from drums to lead guitar/backing vocals, and Jonny Camner replaced him on drums/percussion. Shortly afterwards, Walter left the group and was replaced by bassist/backing vocalist Sam Allen.

In 2021, the band recorded and released their debut single "New Shapes", their first with the new lineup. Also that year, the band contributed a new song to the label's America's Hardcore Volume Five, with the song "The Long Spring". In 2022, the band signed with Run for Cover Records, and released their debut album, Little Green House. Shortly afterwards, Savitsky left the group, and was replaced by backing vocalist/rhythm guitarist Tommy Harte. The band subsequently released two singles, "Sunsign" and "Where You Been?" (the first of which was sung by Melucci).

In September 2023, the group released another single "Down, Down", which included shared lead vocals between Grady Allen and Melucci.

On October 17, 2024, the group released their first single "Counting Sheep", off their second album Bambi.

On February 21, 2025, Anxious released their second LP titled Bambi on Run for Cover Records.

Influences

Anxious have cited influences including Samiam, Farside, Texas is the Reason, Dag Nasty, Embrace, Rites of Spring, ^[4] Lifetime, Smashing Pumpkins, Panic! at the Disco, ^[5] Jimmy Eat World, Death Cab For Cutie, Animal Collective and the Beach Boys. ^[6]

Members

Current members

• Grady Allen – vocals (2016–present), guitar (2016–2019)
• Sam Allen – bass (2021–present)
• Jonny Camner – drums (2019–present)
• Dante Melucci – guitar, vocals (2019–present), drums (2017–2019)
• Tommy Harte – guitar (2022–present; touring 2021–2022)

Former members

• Sam Walter – bass, vocals (2016–2020)
• Ryan Savitsky – guitar (2019–2021)
• Ross Thompson – bass (2019–2020)
• Michelle Siegel – drums (2016)

Timeline

Discography

Studio albums

• Little Green House (2022, Run for Cover)
• Bambi (2025, Run for Cover)

EPs

• Carved (2017, self-released)
• Promo 2019 (2019, Triple-B Records)
• Never Better (2019, Triple-B Records)

Singles

• "New Shapes" (2021, Triple-B Records)
• "The Long Spring" (2021, Triple-B Records)
• "Call From You" (2021, Run for Cover)
• "Sunsign" (2022, Run for Cover)
• "Where You Been" (2022, Run for Cover)
• "Down, Down" (2023, Run for Cover)

References

1. Hughes, Mia (January 18, 2022). "Anxious: Connecticut hardcore punks fuse the scene's spirit of old with the future". NME . Retrieved February 4, 2022.
2. Multiple sources:
   • Renshaw, David. "The 20 best rock songs right now". The Fader . Retrieved February 4, 2022.
   • Sacher, Andrew (January 11, 2022). "An interview with Anxious, whose debut LP 'Little Green House' is a breath of fresh air for emo". BrooklynVegan . Retrieved February 4, 2022.
   • Soutar, Elise. "The 10 Best Albums of January 2022". Paste . Retrieved February 4, 2022.
3. DeVille, Chris (January 18, 2022). "Album Of The Week: Anxious Little Green House". Stereogum . Retrieved February 4, 2022.
4. NEWTON, CALEB R. "Interview: Anxious Vocalist Grady Allen on Reflective Debut LP, 'Little Green House'". New Noise Magazine. Retrieved February 17, 2026.
5. Grady Allen (February 17, 2025). Ep. 268: Grady Allen of Anxious. The New Scene (Podcast). Event occurs at 43:38. Retrieved February 17, 2026. Dante was thinking a lot about um Smashing Pumpkins um and was just spending a lot of time with that band... you know Dante was has been really really into Panic at the Disco uh over the past little stretch and I think there's a certain like theatrical and like you know certain words that he's writing and things that I think are kind of you can kind of see the connection point... but then also like plenty of like hardcore stuff and you know bands like Farside or Lifetime
6. Sacher, Andrew. "Anxious talk internal shakeups, disillusionment with hardcore, Death Cab, & their great new LP 'Bambi'". BrooklynVegan . Retrieved February 17, 2026.

External links

• Anxious at AllMusic