Reports From the Threshold of Death Junius

“Post-punk and metal are natural stylistic companions, though they’re combined infrequently enough that when someone does it right, it nonetheless arrives as something of a surprise. Junius have long been compared to bands like Interpol and The Cure, their atmospheric gloom and dark imagery making for an intellectually novel update on goth rock. One combination of influences being thrown around is Neurosis-meets-The Smiths, which isn’t too far off the mark. But rather than embrace the apocalyptic bleakness of the former or the almost cartoonish drama of the latter, there’s an emotional grounding to these songs that keep them from ever becoming too over-the-top. Their balance of ethereality and concrete-crushing heaviness is, hypothetically, a highwire act that not too many bands would seem capable of pulling off. Junius not only succeed, they actually make it sound perfectly natural.” - Jeff Terich, Treble