Credit: August Schultz Despite the world dragging by amidst the pandemic, it hasn't been too long since we last heard from Minneapolis' Double Grave. The band released their second full-length album Goodbye, Nowhere! in August of last year, which gave them some of the national attention they deserve. While continuing to work on new music, Double Grave is putting out a few shorter, quieter releases as a stop-gap between albums. Today, we're premiering the title track to the first EP, "Chrysanthemum." You've already heard "Chrysanthemum" if you were among the lucky few who snagged one of the first 50 vinyl copies of  Goodbye, Nowhere! — the entire EP was included on CD with a cardboard sleeve and handwritten tracklist. The songs themselves originated from guitarist/vocalist Jeremy Warden's now-defunct Animal Actor  solo project, which featured Warden singing with a four-string bass. There were plans to put out a full-length Animal Actor record, bu...

Late last year, a video of Double Grave frontman Jeremy Warden playing solo with a bass guitar popped up on social media . That performance turned out to be the quiet debut of Warden's solo project, Animal Actor. Coming from the world of sludgy pop-grunge riffage, Warden's debut of the new project felt like a fresh take on the typical singer-songwriter genre. The song, with its distorted bass and monstrous sound, still felt intimate and sincere. Earlier this week, Animal Actor dropped the first single off of a forthcoming debut record, Not Enough . The single is extremely bare, with only a driving bass and Warden's voice. In just over two minutes, Warden sings about feelings of inadequacy and passivity. Accompanying the song is an animated loop made by Wishbone Zoe 's Sara Kochanski. Animal Actor's debut will be released through Jeremy's label, Heavy Meadow Records , later this year. Animal Actor will be on tour during the first half of September. Yo...