Video directed by Mikel Cee Karlsson.

Sweden’s critically acclaimed JUNIP are set to release their eponymous, self-titled sophomore album.

Formed in Gothenburg, Sweden, in 1998 and fronted by inimitable singer-songwriter, José González, Junip the album has been a long time coming.

Junip comprises ten tracks of existential crisis that González describes as being “…about growing up and taking responsibility in that moment when all of a sudden your life changes, you’re in a new situation…your ideals are challenged and you have to think things through from a new angle.”

The attitude and mood of the album is expressed at the outset with opener, ‘Line of Fire’. Melding melody with motoric repetition while building to a dramatic, symphonic climax, González asks, “What would you say/ If you had to leave today/ Leave everything behind/ Even though, for once, you’re shining?”

Grab a copy of the album from April 26, 2013 via Shock Records.

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