We’re proud to announce the imminent release of the obliterating debut self-tiled album by NYC dark hardcore punk dissidents Junta, slated for a January 26 2024 release date on LP, digital and cassette formats worldwide via Sentient Ruin.
The release has been announced in collaboration with iconic European punk zine DYI Conspiracy who in premiering the track “Mi Violencia” have remarked that“the upcoming eleven-track album is a powerful statement of social upheaval and dissent, reflecting the band’s deep connection to marginalized and indigenous communities fragmented by segregation and injustice. It’s a raw and intense manifesto of struggle that blends hardcore punk aggression with the poetry of the dispossessed, embodying both idealism and stark realpolitik in their music.“ - you can check out the feature and track HERE.
Raw hardcore punk insurgents Junta arise from the concrete purgatory of New York City with their pulverizing debut self-titled full-length offering, a twenty-minute incursion of blistering upheaval and caustic retaliation. This dark document of crystalline urban terror introduces the NYC four-piece at the height of their rage as they emanate a grim edict against imperialism, genocide, capitalism and social injustice. Junta's uncompromising and militant vision has been known for years in New York City, frequently manifesting with benefit shows across the city aimed at the empowerment and defense of the city's vibrant multicultural underground to which they belong and have committed unconditional militancy. The self-tiled eleven-track weapon of social unrest and abject refusal represents the band's sense of belonging and commitment to a social fabric torn by segregation and injustice and their strenuous combat against powers much larger than themselves which has resulted in a bleak manifesto of cultural warfare. The work encompasses the most bitter aspects of idealism and realism, with this ambivalent concept animating a raw onslaught of blown out, dissonant hardcore aggression interwoven with passages of poetry and spoken word that define and exalt an existence spent at the forefront of strugge and in a perpetual fight for enlightenment and retribution.
Formed in 2015, Junta is a hardcore punk band from New York City with its roots stemming, and running beyond. Over the years the band has brought its dark, dissonant and caustic raw hardcore attack and uncompromising commentary to many stages in and around NYC, playing endless shows with bands Like Dead Heat, Regional Justice Center, Skourge, Spy, Blu Anxiety, Jarhead Fertilizer, Deli Girls and many more. In joy and resistance, the band has also played numerous benefit shows over the years as a motive and drive for continuing their fight. The band then prepared to release its debut album on Sentient Ruin in early 2024, a record that is a focused demonstration and byproduct of the cruelty from our past, the community of our present and the obstacles of our future.