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Jack Grisham and the Life Undone 2026

Jack Grisham and the Life Undone reflects on mortality on new single ‘Angel Funeral’

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By Tom Dumarey

October 6, 2026

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“There was a song on the first Joykiller record—’Seventeen’, It was a count of friends that had died from accidental overdose,” says Jack Grisham, former frontman of legendary SoCal punks T.S.O.L. and The Joykiller, about the new single and video for “Angel Funeral” from his new project JACK GRISHAM AND THE LIFE UNDONE. “30 years later—hundreds of friends gone – and I was thinking about the death of the first woman I married. We promised to stay clean together. I did and I’m still here. She didn’t. This song is for her.”

Taken from their eponymous album (release date: October 30, 2026 via Lost In Berlin Records), the tender acoustic-guitar led Americana-tinged song follows previously released singles, offering yet another different shade from the alt-rock singalong of “Pain Goes Around,” the midtempo ballad “John Says”, and the propulsive rocker “Lazing In The Bed All Day With You.”

“Angel Funeral” captures the diversity of Jack’s past bands’ oeuvre. “I think the beauty of this record is in its diversity. A song that stands out today might be skipped this evening,” he says, recognizing the changes in genre and tempos but also noting its cohesion.

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