

Artist: Junius
Featured Songs: "Birth Rites By Torchlight", "The Mourning Eulogy"
Composed by: Dana Filloon, Joseph E. Martinez, Joel Mungia, Michael Repasch-Nieves
Published by: Dreams Die Before Words Music (ASCAP), Elan Fatale Music (ASCAP), Minus Incendiary Music (ASCAP), Infinite Division Music (ASCAP)
Album: "The Martyrdom of a Catastrophist" coming soon
Released by: Radar Recordings
Usage Notes: "Birth Rites By Torchlight" - opening track in Episode / Time: 30 sec
"The Mourning Eulogy" - 2nd track in Episode 6 / Time: 1 min 35 sec
Links: band site | label site | itunes purchase
Junius blurs the line between dark New Wave and brooding cinematic art rock to form a genre-defining Post-Wave aesthetic. Alternative Press says "This darky lush epic...is the best soundtrack for reveling in the melancholy of actually living since My Bloody Valentine’s Loveless."
"Genius as far as contemporary New Wave/cinematic art-rock goes... [an] epic audio masterpiece..." - The Big Takeover
"One of the most engaging dark rock albums to come out since Joy Division last graced a stage." - Disclosure Magazine
"This fiery Boston quartet displays the potential to emerge as the bridge between post-grunge and the future of alternative rock." - Amplifier Magazine
"Breathtaking atmospherics and dark sensibilities deserved of being likened to The Cure’s Disintegration... Vocalist Joseph E. Martinez deadpans a brooding style that clashes at the perfect angle with the swirling sounds that rise around his words. Without straying into anything too heavy, Junius manages to maintain an intense presence that is as stylish as Interpol but carries a sincerity and distinction not found in enough young acts. This band seems to have borrowed just enough from previous decades to build and shape something all its own. This Boston-based quartet approach new wave tendencies with a shield of spacey guitars and artistic vocal stylings to create something that is not soon forgotten. With high energy emanating out of a pensive sound, Junius punctures each track with unshakable singularity until it turns into something addictive and encompassing." - Exclaim! Magazine
"Blood is Bright showcases [Junius’] modern take on New Wave, with spacey guitars, looming vocals and enough originality to set them at the top of the game. The band has created strikingly original material while avoiding many of the trends of the current music scene, in turn bringing forth work that would make their influences proud." - Decoy Music"With their latest release, Blood Is Bright, the Massachusetts quartet has produced a well-crafted EP that will surely grab attention from old fans, new fans, and those simply willing to put their blast-beats on hold for twenty minutes. If you enjoy intelligent music of all genres, then giving Blood Is Bright a couple listens will be well worth it." - Lambgoat.com
"[Junius] owe as much to instrumental post-rock as they do to the Goth acts of the eighties... The arrangements are unique and the sound is, at times, a perfect reproduction of that elusively cool eighties vibe." - Skyscraper Magazine
"They wear their brooding eighties swirling darkness on their sleeve, yet still manage to conjure something fresh, majestic and uplifting. The vocal drips onto a textured canvas of chiming echoed guitars and a throbbing backbeat reminiscent of Pornography-era Cure, with the bombastic crunch of My Bloody Valentine." - The Noise
"Take the darkness of The Cure’s best and mix it with the heaviness of A Perfect Circle and moodiness of Placebo... This fell into my lap at the right time." - Razorcake
"This album certainly might catapult them into the realm of the most revered bands in their genre." - Absolute Punk