JACK GRISHAM (T.S.O.L.) and LARS TRIESCH release debut single "Pieces of the Sun"

JACK GRISHAM AND THE LIFE UNDONE Feat. Jack Grisham (T.S.O.L., The Joykiller) and Lars Triesch Serves Up Debut Single “PIECES OF THE SUN” Self-Titled Debut Album Out July 10, 2026 APRIL 10, 2026 [New York, NY] – “I went to sleep as a kid and woke up as a 64-year-old, wondering ‘what the fuck’,” says Jack Grisham, reflecting on how quickly time flies. In an effort to slow the process, the former frontman of legendary SoCal punks T.S.O.L. and The Joykiller, has formed his new project JACK GRISHAM AND THE LIFE UNDONE with Berlin-based musician LARS TRIESCH. But don’t call it a ‘band.’ “We’re a couple of friends who made a cool record,” he corrects. The first single “Pieces of the Sun” is released today and is taken from the self-titled album to be released on July 10, 2026 via Lost in Berlin Records. “Lyrically, ‘Pieces of the Sun’ was an idea that came from Paul Roessler,” Grisham recalls, crediting the famed resident producer of Kitten Robot Studios and former member of SoCal punk bands The Screamers, 45 Graves, and others. “We were talking about getting older and he asked if aging ever influenced my writing. Before I wrote this song, it hadn’t. I write song lyrics like a kid going through his first break-up. I didn’t think I was gonna live this long! I’m years past my expiration date!” “Pieces of the Sun” recalls the melodic punk of the ‘90s without casting a nostalgic eye. Kicking off with a frenetic guitar attack, the adrenaline rush of the track doesn’t let up easily. “At the risk of pissing people off, I think the ‘90s were a good time for guitar-driven pop songs,” Grisham explains. “There was a lot of cool Britpop stuff, and America had its share as well. It was a good decade for me, and this record was a sort of a redo of my teen years minus the drugs and the alcohol. In the ‘90s, I was touring the world with The Joykiller and I guess some of that bled in.” "Pieces of the Sun" Link/Embed: https://youtu.be/O_XLQ68qS9E?si=-144nHoe4HOJBBHY Jack Grisham and the Life Undone is an album ripe with anthems (in fact, there’s a song on it called “Anthem”) but don’t take that as a sepia-toned revisit of past glories. The 13-tracks on the album cover multiple bases – from an altrock singalong (“Pain Goes Around”), to a midtempo ballad (“John Says”), to an Americana-tinged acoustic paean (“Angel Funeral”), to a searing and propulsive rocker (“Lazing In The Bed All Day With You”). “I think the beauty of this record is in its diversity. A song that stands out today might be skipped this evening,” Grisham says, recognizing the changes in genre and tempos but also noting its cohesion. “My favorites change with my moods. As I say this, I’m a bit pensive, so I’d be rolling with ‘Black Ties’ or ‘Phone Call.’ But in an hour, when I’m on my bike doing a hundred down the Coast Highway, I might have ‘Lazing In The Bed All Day With You’ running through my head.” Produced by Kurt Ebelhäuser, Jack Grisham and the Life Undone started with a random meeting at the proverbial “right place and right time” - this instance at Las Vegas’ Punk Rock Museum. Triesch (whose life path led him away from the punk rock past to much-more-stable vintage furniture and design firm in Berlin) had always harbored a wish to return to his musical past. Striking up a conversation with Grisham, the oft-suggest “hey we should make a record” phrase was uttered… This statement however had legs. And not too long after, Triesch and Grisham made good on that suggestion and started writing music together – albeit from 6,000 miles apart - via Zoom. “‘There’s a three-second delay, so trying to play at the same time was maddening. He had his guitar. I had the piano and the voice, and at times, it was enough to drive you crazy,” admits Grisham. Once they felt the songs had real, solid definition, Grisham jumped on a plane for Berlin to join Triesch in his state-of-the-art home studio in the basement of his California-inspired modern home in Kleinmachnow, Germany. There, they started constructing the music that they had been writing together for the last few months. They were accompanied by a crew of fellow punk musicians, Kurt Ebelhäuser (Scumbucket/Blackmail) on guitar/bass/vocals/keys, Trevor Lucca (D.I./Lovecrimes) on guitar, Michel Wern (producer for Donots and indie musician) on backing vocals. “Kurt and I go way back,” says Triesch. “I recorded my first 4-track punk 7” ‘The Blast Offs’ with him in 1997. We are both from Koblenz and have known each other for 30 years. Kurt brought Michel in as his engineer and co-producer for this record.” “Thankfully, after we had a solid batch of songs, Lars came to California, and we sat knee-to-knee and hammered them out,” adds Grisham. Pulling Roessler into the mix, the two put the finishing touches on the album. “There were a couple of vocal tracks that I wasn’t happy with, so I redid them up at Kitten Robot - Josie Cotton’s studio where Paul is the resident producer. And if you’re at Paul’s studio, you’d be stupid not to squeeze him for a couple of piano tracks, an organ pass, and a shitload of backing vocals from Paul and the engineer John Miller. We sent those tracks back to Berlin and Producer Kurt ,and  engineer Michel gave them the okay.” The final artwork for the album – an oil painting in progress – will be unveiled in three stages. “The cover artwork is an original oil painting by Craig Barker, also known as Skibs,” explains Triesch. “Instead of presenting a single finished image, the artwork is shown in three distinct stages of its creation. These stages are used as the covers for the first three singles on streaming platforms, revealing the image as it gradually takes form. With each release, the painting becomes more defined, leading to the final version, which appears as the album cover. The idea reflects the title ‘The Life Undone’ not as something fixed, but as a process. Something that is constantly shifting, unresolved, and in motion rather than complete.” Picking up on the origin of the second half of the band name, Grisham concludes, “The Life Undone works two ways, possibly more. If you were in therapy, to undo a life is to break it down, dissect it, examine it in pieces and hold it up to the light. ‘Here is what I am, where I’ve been, what I’ve done or wish I had done.’ If I were to look to the future—step out of the grey that I’m often mired in, ‘a life undone’ is a place where there is more on the horizon. It’s not over yet. New pages are still being written. A man I once knew told me that ripe fruit rots on the vine. It’s a reminder to stay green and always keep growing.” Jack Grisham and the Life Undone will be released on July 10, 2026 via Lost in Berlin Records. Jack Grisham and the Life Undone is Jack Grisham and Lars Triesch.

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