"sky's falling down"
Junodream is an alt rock band out of London and their orbiting track To The Moon sounds lovely, dreamy and idyllic, kind of like the story of the bands journey. Ed, Tom, Dougal, Jake and Will all met in school at around 14 years of age spending time in Ed's attic, "listening to records and writing songs" (what could be more perfect). To The Moon, with it's kind of 90's folk acoustic strums and tender vocals that give way to trancy guitars, percolating and diving left and right amid pretty keys and melodic bass lines feels like a perfect introduction.
-Robb Donker Curtius
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We are Junodream aka Ed, Tom, Dougal, Jake and Will. You could pigeon-hole us as South London newcomers, but really we aren’t all from the same place and we aren’t new. We met at school when we were fourteen, formed a band and spent our teens travelling up and down the country playing shows - some empty, others less empty. This was not the chance encounter of five insanely talented boys brought together by ‘destiny’: we weren’t good at the start (who is?), but we persisted, fuelled by friendship and delusion.
In summer 2017, we were all in Ed’s attic, listening to records and writing songs. Moral was low: we weren’t where we’d thought we’d be, and worst of all, we’d didn’t like our own music. It was time to pack it in… for two weeks. Naturally, we all came crawling back to each other and pressed the reset button. Out of the ashes of failure, Junodream was born.
What’s different? Junodream is not built upon vain dreams of being the biggest band in the world. Sure, we want our music to be heard by people from all walks of life. Ultimately, we want to play music that’s true to us, to keep challenging ourselves creatively, to keep improving, and to just keep going. After all, it’s what gives us most joy in the world.
We bought a few microphones and spent six months recording in a cottage in the middle of nowhere. Intimacy, fresh air, and a decent dose of isolation cemented our friendship even more. Taking inspiration from 90s alt-rock artists (Beck, BJTM, Spiritualized, you name it), our songs all tread along the fine line between melancholy and optimism.
The music is representative of our personalities. We’re all introverted and deeply cynical, a reflection of Britain’s self-deprecating humour. But we’re also very hopeful. We want to find the romance/humour in the most trivial scenarios, be it an argument in the car (Terrible Things), or getting barged in a nightclub and being too afraid to do anything about it (Limiter). There’s a whole universe to explore in these moments.
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We are Junodream aka Ed, Tom, Dougal, Jake and Will. You could pigeon-hole us as South London newcomers, but really we aren’t all from the same place and we aren’t new. We met at school when we were fourteen, formed a band and spent our teens travelling up and down the country playing shows - some empty, others less empty. This was not the chance encounter of five insanely talented boys brought together by ‘destiny’: we weren’t good at the start (who is?), but we persisted, fuelled by friendship and delusion.
In summer 2017, we were all in Ed’s attic, listening to records and writing songs. Moral was low: we weren’t where we’d thought we’d be, and worst of all, we’d didn’t like our own music. It was time to pack it in… for two weeks. Naturally, we all came crawling back to each other and pressed the reset button. Out of the ashes of failure, Junodream was born.
What’s different? Junodream is not built upon vain dreams of being the biggest band in the world. Sure, we want our music to be heard by people from all walks of life. Ultimately, we want to play music that’s true to us, to keep challenging ourselves creatively, to keep improving, and to just keep going. After all, it’s what gives us most joy in the world.
We bought a few microphones and spent six months recording in a cottage in the middle of nowhere. Intimacy, fresh air, and a decent dose of isolation cemented our friendship even more. Taking inspiration from 90s alt-rock artists (Beck, BJTM, Spiritualized, you name it), our songs all tread along the fine line between melancholy and optimism.
The music is representative of our personalities. We’re all introverted and deeply cynical, a reflection of Britain’s self-deprecating humour. But we’re also very hopeful. We want to find the romance/humour in the most trivial scenarios, be it an argument in the car (Terrible Things), or getting barged in a nightclub and being too afraid to do anything about it (Limiter). There’s a whole universe to explore in these moments.
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