Originally written for Exclaim!
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Boston, MA-based space rockers Junius have produced an album of contrasting and contradictory textures for their second full-length. On one hand, Reports from the Threshold of Death is anchored in heaviness. The drumming clashes and clangs, while the bass lines are often as heavy as iron ore. On the other hand, there’s a spacey lightness to the vocals. Joseph Martinez’s voice is as rich and sumptuous in tone as it is un-tethered in style. The choral vocal elements also have a …