Dead Nostalgia. Junior Astronomers have titled their début full length album and will be recording it at Legitimate Business Recording Studio in Greensboro, NC June 11.
Junior Astronomers won’t be recording your typical début record. With two EP’s under their belt and thousands of miles on the road in the last two years, the band hunkered down for the first four months of 2012 and wrote their début album. No re-recording songs from the EP’s. Those releases were what they were and shaped who they are today, but they are in the past now. With their new album already written, Junior Astronomers have a vision of what the new album is going to be like. The new songs are tougher, bolder, and flow fast and furious. The 12 songs on the new record are the culmination of them learning how to relate to each other and growing as a band through hard times and extreme highs.
Every decision Junior Astronomers make, is made out of trust. As a band, they have a family first approach. This is the reason they are recording at Legitimate Business with Kris Hilbert, and it is the reason that SceneSC is releasing the news today. Legitimate Business in Greensboro used to be a DIY venue before being shutdown. It was a venue frequented by Junior Astronomers and fellow Favorite Gentlemen community band O’Brother and is the venue that is home to Torch Runner and Braveyoung. It’s a place that doesn’t stand for shitty people. A place that promotes a positive atmosphere and has no tolerance for sexism, racism, or homophobia. It’s where they recorded demos and where fellow NC bands Paint Fumes, Mon Frere, and Odd Czar have all recorded gutsy records with Hilbert in the last year.
This is just beginning on many levels. This is just the first announcement in a series of announcements that Junior Astronomers are making. Announcements that will include videos, songs, interviews, and much more. Dead Nostalgia is just the début album and they have no plans of sitting still. They have b-sides in the plans, and split releases with other bands. While they don’t expect Dead Nostalgia to be out until late fall or winter of this year, they are planning on touring as much as possible before the album is released.
After three years of being a band, Dead Nostalgia is a fresh start for Junior Astronomers. A start as full time musicians.
