Crucial Track for January 5, 2026

"When I Was in ________" by Juno

Juno was absolutely one of my favorite bands of the late 90s/early 2000s. I picked up their two-song 7 inch on Sub Pop in like 1997, mainly for "Magnified and Reduced by Inches" (listen to that one too!)... a couple years later I put on a show for them in my friends basement in Buffalo... and surprised them with a request for that song at the end of their set. They obliged because they are fucking awesome people. The three guitar assault was INSANE in a small crowded basement. They blew us away. One of my favorite moments of college... that and putting on a show for The Dismemberment Plan in the same basement a few weeks later. THAT was absolutely insane too, as you'd expect. My (future) wife and a few friends moved to Seattle probably 4 months after those shows... and I got to see Juno in their hometown a handful of times over the next couple years before they broke up... in fact one of my friends tried out on bass before they went with Death Cab's Nick Harmer, after their original bass player left the band. Anyway, a seriously underrated band that isn't on streaming... so definitely check them out where you can! > you said everything like it was an afterthought. > you should have used it more wisely, that soul you bought. > and now your mouth's running on, telling us all the ways she went wrong. > but nobody's listening and so soon we'll all be gone. > wrong, so you didn't get it right. > no one ever gets it right. > > what's it like at AM 5 o'clock when all the love's asleep on your block. > post memorial drive, you'll be the last to leave, to say your goodbyes to ghosts eternally lost inside. > your son's hands stayed warm long after he died. > > it's all a matter of reaching. > it's all a matter of covering. > believe me it's nothing. > believe me it's everything you never wanted it to be. > it's all a matter of reaching. > it's all a matter of struggling. > believe me it's nothing. > believe me it's everything you ever needed it to be. > this can't be an afterthought. > this right here is all i want. > you are the beautiful you are the beautiful you are the beautiful you. Those last three lines are fucking devastating.