Visa Anxiety Release the debut EP What Can I Get For You? Love.
Emerging from the restless hours where conversation turns inward and instruments do the talking, Visa Anxiety has quickly carved out a space in the indie rock landscape. The quartet (Emilio, Jamie, Jimi, and Ethan) came together in 2021, bonding over late-night sessions that blurred the line between music-making and self-examination. Since then, the band has become known for songs that feel unfiltered and emotionally immediate, resonating with listeners navigating similar questions of place, purpose, and identity.
Their latest EP, What Can I Get For You? Love, was written across continents, shaped by time spent in Asia, the United States, and the United Kingdom. That geographic sprawl is central to the record’s emotional core. Across four tracks, the EP traces the experience of living in motion — between countries, languages, jobs, and versions of the self, while capturing the unease and possibility that come with starting over in early adulthood.
Opening track ‘Closed Eyes’ sets the tone with restraint and warmth. Built on understated British-indie guitar lines, the song reflects on the decision to actively step into one’s own life rather than coast through it. Mandarin lyrics weave gently through the arrangement, framing reinvention not as a dramatic rupture, but as a subtle, brave choice.
The title track, ‘What Can I Get For You, Love?’, pulls directly from Emilio’s time bartending at Liverpool’s Cavern Club. The song sits with the tension between performer and observer, creativity and necessity. It examines the quiet emotional distance that can exist between people sharing a fleeting moment, and between an artist’s aspirations and the realities of a survival job steeped in history.
On ‘Life Is Worth It’, the band confronts modern disillusionment head-on. Inspired by the rise of ‘丧文化,’ the track blends spoken-poetry delivery with stark reflection, questioning the pressure to curate a flawless life while offering empathy instead of despair.
Closing track ‘Summer Is Coming’ looks westward, drawing from memories of Los Angeles. It carries the EP toward a sense of forward motion, choosing optimism after prolonged uncertainty. Taken together, the project reads like a travel log of the inner life, a record shaped by transition, searching, and the fragile hope of arrival.
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