IMAGINARY FRIENDS ALBUM REVIEW in LEFTLION MAGAZINE...

 Album: The Junipers - Imaginary Friends

Featuring their crispest and most refined sound yet, The Junipers’ fourth record is an album that feels at once fresh and familiar. Though unapologetic in its 60s psychedelic roots, Imaginary Friends oozes confidence and originality. From the delicious distorted groove of album highlight While You Preside to the plaintive lilt of Red Song, the Leicester quartet show the full range of their musical and lyrical abilities. Whimsical storytelling, spotless production and layered harmonies Brian Wilson would be proud of - all these combine to make Imaginary Friends a joyful listen, start to finish. @thejunipersband (Sam Marshall)

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IMAGINARY FRIENDS NUMBER 3 in POPGRUPPEN BEST of 2024

We are very happy Junipers to have our album Imaginary Friends included in Popgruppen' best albums of 2024. Read the full article here

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JUNIPERS ALBUM IMAGINARY FRIENDS NAMED BEST ALBUM OF 2024 in POP CORPS..

Chuffed to bits to have our album Imaginary Friends names best album of 2024 on The Pop Corps. We put a lot of work and love into the album so this makes it all worth it. We had a decent response to the album in general. A few plays on BBC radio in the midlands and 6 music. Sold out of the first batch of CD's and all of the vinyl and seemed to pop up on a few peoples best of the year lists, we can't ask for more than that : )

ALBUM OF 2024: THE JUNIPERS

We reviewed The Junipers newest LP in full here, but for those who don’t want to click a link, in what ended up being a quite difficult decision thanks to the strength of the pack, we decided that Kendrick Lamar' album may have been influenced by some recency bias, it was a straight dogfight between Dina Ogon’s ‘Orion’, and Fabiana Palladino’s self-titled debut, and our eventual winner, The Junipers.

Pure sunshine and inventive playfulness throughout, The Junipers once again reminded everyone that there’s simply no-one else like them. Uplifting melodies, everything and the kitchen sink approach and more hooks than a fisherman’s shed. Absolute perfection, top to bottom.

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IMAGINARY FRIENDS makes SHINDIG MAGAZINES TOP 20 ALBUMS of 2024...

We are absolutely delighted to have made Shindig Magazine' top 20 albums of 2024. Its our favorite magazine so we're over the moon with this.

1 The Lemon Twigs - A Dream is All We Know

2 The Soundcarriers - Through Other Reflections

3 Daniel Romanos Outfit - Too Hot to Sleep

4 Project Gemini - Colours & Light

5 Paul Weller - 66

6 Jessica Pratt - Here in the Pitch

7 Goat - Goat

8 Beautify Junkyards - Nova

9 Gruff Rhys - Sadness Sets Me Free

10 The Courettes - The Soul of the Fabulous Courettes

11 Moon - III

12 Kit Sebastian - New Internationale                            

13 Bananagun - Why is Bananagun?

14 2nd Grade - Scheduled Explosions

15 MJ Lenderman - Manning Fireworks

16 Susan James - Time is Now

17 The Junipers - Imaginary Friends

18 Shadow Show - Fantasy Now

19 Mystery Lights - Purgatory

20 The Prisoners - Morning Star