This rock and roll music poll is a showdown between a pair of songs from June IND’s Optimists releases that are top streaming tracks for 2023 (so far).
Choose your fave: the stanky, stomp-y “Free* World” OR the golden grudges of “Trouble Tomorrow.”
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Desktop and laptop rockers, treat yourself. Five-ish of you can score music downloads of First Annual Meeting of Optimists on the house today. We say five-ish because any of these codes may work more than once. Cheers!
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When: Friday, November 25, 2022, 9:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m. ET
Where: 380 Brown St West Lafayette, IN 47906
Info: Add June IND to your Record Store Day haul! #HillsterHipbilly and First Annual Meeting of Optimists Vols. 1 and 2 CDs are available. Here’s a handy video of where to find these in the JL Records local music stash.
When: Saturday, November 26, 2022, 12:00 – 3:00 p.m. ET
Where: 115 Farabee Dr N, Ste A Lafayette, IN 47905
Info: #HillsterHipbilly and First Annual Meeting of Optimists Vols. 1 and 2 CDs are available along with Don’s great selection of musical instruments and accessories!
Info: All NOISEtrends Online Store merch sales in November support Rick Mummey and family! This includes all June IND, NOISEtrends, Frank Muffin and Justice Fuller swag.
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Grab or gift music from June IND on Bandcamp Friday
When: Friday, December 2, 2022, 3:00 a.m. ET – Saturday, December 3, 3:00 a.m. ET
Desktop and laptop rockers, treat yourself. Five-ish of you can score music downloads of First Annual Meeting of Optimists on the house today. We say five-ish because any of these codes may work more than once. Cheers!
On mobile? Better results may occur if you switch to desktop or laptop for this… or you can opt to stream these songs on Apple Music, Spotify or YouTube instead.
Copy a code below and click its link to the June IND Bandcamp page to redeem:
Terrible twos: Nov. 12 is cake day for First Annual Meeting of Optimists, Vol. 1
Lafayette, IN rock band June IND’s First Annual Meeting of Optimists project is still halfway complete and on-hold due to the ongoing pandemic, but today there’s a reason to celebrate: 36 score and eleven days ago (Nov. 12, 2019 if you don’t want to do the math), June IND released the angry, wholesome sounds of First Annual Meeting of Optimists Vol. 1. AND IT STILL JAMS.
A departure from their norm and influenced by previous efforts to rearrange earlier material for unplugged shows, the First Annual Meeting of Optimists material was written in a singer-songwriter format: one voice and an acoustic guitar. From there, bandmates Chris and Emily self-produced the songs at their home studios in Lafayette, IN; adding walls of guitars and drums, bass that won’t sit still and layers of background vocals, vocal harmonies and various instrumental leads and counter lines.
The duo enlisted the help of Dan Precision (Rise Against, 88 Fingers Louie, The Mound Builders) at The Bombshelter to engineer and mix the effort in Chicago, IL. Artists Brandon Ahnert and Stacy Bogan were recruited to visualize the songs, creating original paintings to be used in album artwork and music videos.
Celebrate Vol. 1’s terrible twos: pop in some earbuds, put on some headphones or turn that volume knob clockwise.
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