Sun June

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The swaying, cloud-covered reflections of Sun June began as the sideline of filmmakers working in Austin, Texas, in the late 2010s. They debuted their hushed, twang-inflected indie rock on Years in 2018. Their second album, the more fully arranged Somewhere, followed in 2021. Recorded while the bandmembers were living in different parts of the country, Sun June's third album, 2023's Bad Dream Jaguar, was altogether more mercurial than its predecessors.

Both then-recent graduates of colleges in the Northeast, singer Laura Colwell and guitarist Stephen Salisbury first met in Austin as editorial crew members of the Terrence Malick film Song to Song. Finding inspiration in the city's bustling music scene, where there were always instruments nearby, they formed Sun June with lead guitarist Michael Bain, bassist Justin Harris, and drummer Sarah Schultz. Recorded live to tape with co-producer Evan Kasper, their dusky debut album, Years, appeared on Keeled Scales in 2018. They followed it with Younger, an EP of Years demos and B-sides, in 2019.

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Dan Wriggins is a Philadelphia-based songwriter, musician, and poet. He grew up in the town of Yarmouth, Maine, and on Islesford, a small island community near Bar Harbor. In high school, he started playing piano and guitar, Michael Cormier and met bandmates and Peter Gill (2nd Grade).

He worked on lobster fishing boats before moving to Philadelphia and starting the alt-country band Friendship in 2015, with whom he has toured the US and Canada extensively. His music is released by Orindal Records and distributed by Mississippi Records. He lives and sometimes tours with his dog, Roy.

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