‘Growing Pains’, the new single from Andy Jans-Brown’s album Airport Departure Lounge, is a precise, atmospherically dense indie rock commentary on the present day. The track captures the feeling of an era that feels like collective emotional jet lag: crises pile up, headlines multiply, and a sense of direction becomes a rare commodity. This is precisely where the song comes in – not with alarmism, but with a coming-of-age metaphor that uses adolescence as a mirror for an overwhelmed society.
Musically, ‘Growing Pains’ impresses with driving drums from Grant Gerathy and Cameron Spike-Porter’s cinematic guitar layering, which gives the song a distinct alternative rock signature. Jans-Brown’s voice comes across as an inner commentary on the present: vulnerable, direct, and underpinned by a quiet determination.
Within the context of the album, the track takes on additional depth. ‘Airport Departure Lounge’ uses the airport as a metaphor for liminal spaces – moments between arrival and departure. ‘Growing Pains’ expands on this motif by adding a social dimension and poses the central question of whether our current anxiety signifies growth rather than decay.
As such, ‘Growing Pains’ establishes itself as a relevant contribution to the current indie rock scene: a track that precisely captures the emotional reality of an overwhelming present whilst simultaneously articulating a rare form of hope.

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