It seems like a bunch of post-punk acts are coming in my direction lately. Among them, Junius, an acclaimed Post Punk band hailing from Boston Massachusetts. Like many bands these days they’ve been compared to Joy Division and the Cure, but there is something that is palpably dark and brooding about their music. I’m not talking about “Susie won’t go to the dance with me, time to listen to Linkin Park!” kind of brooding. There’s something intellectual and relevant about how the Robert Smith like wailing wraps around the chiming earnest guitars. People are going to make easy conclusions that they sound just like Interpol, Editors, or any other recent post-punk revivalist band, but Junius brings modern inspirations to the table and at times explode with raw radio ready chaos that at once could attract mainstream listeners without compromising their message and image as a band. “A Word Could Kill Her” features an interpol-esque melodic descent into an all out wall of guitars and wailing that could unite the indie kids and the hardcore kids. That is if the hardcore kids can tolerate the sophistication until the breakdown.
MP3 – At the Age of Decay – Junius
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