The Junior Varsity Band

The Junior Varsity are an alternative indie emo pop rock band from central Illinois. They were mainly active from 2002-2007. In that time, they released three full length albums The Great Compromise (2004), Wide Eyed (2005), & Cinematographic (2007).

beginning in 2010 they have played sporadic reunion shows throughout the years. They have officially released their first new song in over a decade dubbed 'Anxiety'.

Recorded & produced by Andy Wildrick
Mixed by Rich Kelly
Art & Video by Tyler Eveland
Produced & Edited by Nick Dodson

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Wide Eyed is great. Seriously impressive musicianship and hooks for days.

 

say less! so good, plus top tier production by Matt Squire

 

So there’s now bands called The Junior Varsity and Junior Varsity?

 

Yeah it’s super confusing. I get ads on Instagram from Junior Varsity and it really confused me at first.

 

there's also an old powerpop band called the varsity that i doubt anyone remembers, i found them through purevolume back in the day. i am not familiar with junior varsity, never heard of them, just TJV

 

Wide Eyed was a super important record for me, and I really like the other two albums too.

New song is solid, though I guess the video is mostly AI?

 

Wild! I just heard of Junior Varsity and love them. Never heard of The Junior Varsity.

 

anyone ever check out the re-recording of house fire? it rips!

 

Used to love this band I when I was 16. So much so that I wrote tried writing an APnet user review for Cinematographic lol

AI music video is extremely wack but I’ll give the song a listen at some point

 

if anyone has never seen them live or wants to watch a live set from the comfort of their own home this is from one of their reunion shows in 2022!

 

New song is out on streaming platforms today.

 

Wide Eyed used to get a lot of play from me back in the day. It was one of the first bands I discovered by reading album liner notes. Though, now I can't remember what album they were mentioned in.

 

a week out on spotify and it has over 2K plays, not to shabby for a band that hasnt put out new music in 18 years!

 

New song up

 

wow will listen later

 

The One Percent (Wide Eyed) by The Junior Varsity

Another new song. I like it, but I wish they’d cool it on the AI art. At least it looks like AI to me, and the music video for the first song obviously is.

 

agreed, that artwork is meh

 

video up

 

Has there been any indication of an album or has it just been loose songs?