LA power trio Jr. Juggernaut returns with the new album 'Another Big Explosion,' on August 9th, 2024. The LP marks their first release with Mindpower Records, and the first to feature bassist Noah Green (of L.A.'s The Pretty Flowers). The album, co-produced by singer/guitarist Mike Williamson drummer Wal Rashidi, is now available for pre-orders on vinyl with merch bundles. The first single "Everything I Touch" is now streaming below. Williamson says, "Like a predator pausing to consider its prey, "Everything I Touch" is about acknowledging one's own negative personality traits and how they affect the ones they love, but stopping shy of making any kind of change for the better. Man is flawed, so let's dance to this fact with some chugging, catchy guitar rock."

What Jr. Juggernaut has assembled for its fourth full-length album, 'Another Big Explosion,' emanates from a deeply emotional state, coupled with the sheer power of rimshot-splintered drumsticks, speaker cabinets pushed to their breaking point, and an exceptionally current, fresh take on the warm and fuzzy sounds of '90s style alt-rock. Were MTV’s original incarnation of “120 Minutes” still on the air, the ten songs found on Jr. Juggernaut's latest would all be contenders for Buzz Bin video status.

Most of all, 'Another Big Explosion' unquestionably lives up to its name. From the brightly melodic and driving cuts of “Hang On” and “Lonely Boy,” to the overcast, ominous closer “Total Darkness,” everything on the album is bold and expansive, yet finely tuned for maximum guitar-drenched attack.

Singer/guitarist Mike Williamson had a mix of melody and noise in mind while composing the album. "For this record, I landed on an alternate tuning that let me play thick power chords while the top strings continued to ring out, like a shiny chime on top of a chugging locomotive," says Williamson. "This informed the entire soundscape of the album and gave us what I think is simultaneously our heaviest and prettiest album yet."

RIYL: The Replacements, Sugar, Hukser Du, early Goo Goo Dolls, Jawbreaker, The Gaslight Anthem, Beach Slang

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