With their blend of alt-country, surf rock and lo-fi, Juniper Rising put a radical spin on music of the past while remaining in the present. The band cites early country and western music as an influence, but you’ll find a fair share of Spaghetti Western elements in there as well. In our favorite track ‘He’s So Blue’ (streaming), vocalist Holly Overton’s homage to those old timey genres is rather casual, while the twangy guitars flirt with the "three major chords" punk aesthetic, creating a sound that will induce a soothing nostalgia for an extremely contraddictory lifestyle nobody is probably bound to ever experience (surfing punks running a ranch in some border town in Texas near the ocean?). – Jack McGovern, photo by Grace Lestrange
We added this song to The Deli’s playlist of Best rootsy songs by emerging NYC artists – check it out!