Juno...

Juno was a band out of Seattle that formed in 1995 and released a couple albums, This is the Way it Goes and Goes and Goes and A Future Lived in Past Tense, on Desoto Records before calling it a day. I like to think that they were a band that were just around during the wrong time, or hung it up a bit too soon. It might have not mattered, who knows. Despite that though, it seems as if an album like 2001’s A Future Lived in Past Tense was released now it would have a chance to be fairly successful due to the heightened interest in post-rock or just music that is of the epic rise and fall variety.

Members Arlie Carstens, Gabe Carter, and Jason Guyer made up a three guitar core that was joined with drummer Greg Ferguson. Over the years the band had a few different bass players both on record and on tour, one of them being Nate Mendel of SDRE fame. However, when it all came down to it Juno’s sound was very largely based around the interplay and the arrangements of the three guitarists that made up the band. They were certainly masters of creating a sound that weaved in out of different textures and riffs, and as to be expected they sounded massive when they completely let loose. Juno weren’t necessarily a one trick pony though. While they most certainly wrote songs that journeyed through the lows and highs of ambience, their sound was also very heavily based around the straight forward rock approach of post-hardcore music in the 90’s.

This is the Way it Goes and Goes and Goes:
Juno – The Young Influentials [MP3]
Juno – All Your Friends are Comedians [MP3]

A Future Lived in Past Tense:
Juno – When I was in _____ [MP3]
Juno – You are the Beautiful Conductor of This Orchestra [MP3]

Magnified and Reduced by Inches 7’’:
Juno – Magnified and Reduced by Inches [MP3]
Juno – Pablo Y Zelda [MP3]

Both of Juno’s fine albums are still available through Desoto Records. If you’re digging the music then definitely go and pick up a record or two. Well worth it.