The Solid and the Hollow album review on Jittery White Guy Music..

We received a lovely album review for our 2026 album The Solid and the Hollow on the Jittery White Guy Music blog:

Been spending the past couple weeks cozying up with The Solid And The Hollow, the latest from UK indie pop band The Junipers. The band falls into my sweet spot of musicians who sound like they spent a few weeks hunkered down with their parents' copies of Revolver and Pet Sounds and decided to make an album--one of my favorite genres! There's a lot here that reminds me of Elephant 6 acts like the Olivia Tremor Control and Apples In Stereo, or Paisley Underground bands like Rain Parade, though they at times swap out some of the DIY edge for gentler sunshine pop. Beyond the slightly psychedelic baroque pop ("When She Turns," "She Makes The Sun Shine"), there's also some pretty straight jangle-pop out of the Teenage Fanclub/Cosmic Rough Riders playbook ("Where I'm Landing"). It's all really lovely, and has sent me scurrying through their back catalog to check out their prior records.

IMAGINARY FRIENDS ALBUM REVIEW on MONOLITH COCKTAIL..

 

The Junipers…now then, if I’m not mistaken my band The Bordellos once appeared on a compilation album alongside these lovely lads. The Future Is Bright The Future Is Cloudy or vice versa. Anyway, a fine compilation from many years ago. But I digress once again.

What we have here is the fourth album from the group, and what a cracking little pop gem it is. An album of pure pop, the kind Macca and Gilbert O Sullivan used to make in the early seventies, with a touch of pure 60s pop harmony magic that The Zombies would no doubt write home to their mothers about, and playful psych undertones that yearns for the day when London used to swing  and Russ Sainty used to loiter outside the Bag O Nails with that bunch of dandies The First Impression. Imaginary Friends is a wonderful album filled with quite wonderful songs. And is really made for your record collection.

Read the full review and more on Monolith Cocktail Blog

Buy The Junipers Imaginary Friends here!