Anticipation, by Grass Jaw

Anticipation

by Grass Jaw

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1.	Dark Months 03:03
2.	Displacement 03:10	info
3.	Anticipation 02:40
4.	WEIGHT / Chemicals 05:06
5.	Juggling 02:45
6.	Poltergeist 03:30	info
7.	Target 03:34
8.	Siblings 05:03

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Anticipation - the fourth full length album from Grass Jaw, the solo project of post-punk band Eighteen Hundred And Froze To Death drummer Brendan Kuntz - is a brutally honest, self-reflective project drawing on alt-country, slowcore, lo-fi indie, and garage rock. Kuntz isn't afraid to dig deep into his psyche, mining the life experiences of the past two years, from a move to a health scare to depression and the challenges of parenthood - he lays it all out on the table. This isn't wallowing in despair - it's catharsis. On "Target," the sparseness of the music leaves room for Brendan to howl into the night "would you be better off if I was gone" - the track rises and falls, collapsing under the weight of that question. That theme underpins much of the album, with self-doubt paired with a deep care for others, as in "Juggling," with the line "Tired, busy, worried. Sometimes it's just juggling too many things. You're not a thing, it's not fair for you to be up in the air." With each revelation, each questioning of the meaning of it all, the album inches closer to something that feels like closure, repeating "What a nice way to end today."
- Bryan Bruchman

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released November 5, 2021

Recorded at Stromboli Sound in 2020-2021 (it's my basement)
All songs written, performed, recorded by Brendan Kuntz
Piano on Displacement by Jim Briggs III
Pedal Steel on Anticipation by Sam Norris
Thanks: Meghan, Tom, Jim, Joe, Dave, Kevin, Dan, Mom & Dad
Mastered by Matthew Barnhart
Layout / Design by Kevin Dossinger

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Grass Jaw Ithaca, New York

Grass Jaw is Brendan Kuntz. He lives in Ithaca, NY, after a long residency in NJ. He's played drums in eighteenhundredandfrozetodeath.bandcamp.com (and other associated projects) for two decades.

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I Don't Want to Believe

Feb 2024
OH NO

Sep 2023
Circles

Jun 2022
Anticipation

Nov 2021
Germs

Sep 2020
Jump

May 2020
Father Xmas

Dec 2019
Good Enough

Apr 2019

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