Juno
this is the way it goes and goes and goes

Released in 1999, "This Is The Way It Goes And Goes And Goes" marks the long-distance debut of Juno, a Seattle band born from the ashes of the grunge scene, which before this album would release a couple of EPs for Jade Tree Records and Sub Pop Records.

"Leave A Clean Camp And A Dead Fire" is a track of almost ten minutes that with a slow and relentless advance perfectly divides between post-rock, post-hardcore, shoegaze, and the best that the '90s could offer us. It's a train that's picking up speed, heading to crash against the awareness of needing to be strong, but only if you want to. Arlie Carstens' lyrics are deeply focused on the individual, always on the brink of disaster but always managing to redeem themselves. In this album, a decadent vitality is glimpsed in which defeat is the springboard. A springboard for the infinite spatial deserts that are reached with the intertwining of the three guitars. Unusual number, but thanks to the different variations offered by these three guitars, the sound is dense and ethereal at the same time. To understand, listen to the beautiful "A Listening Ear". The trick is always the same, a slow progression that grows slowly, this time even a subtle female voice and suddenly an explosion, a spaceship has taken off, taking us into space, that sad and red one of the sunset.

Alongside these long pieces, there are post-hardcore gems like "Rodeo Programmers" or "All Your Friends Are Comedians", the riffs are jagged in the Unwound manner, and the stop-and-go's are those of Fugazi. "The Young Influentials" is perhaps the song that best summarizes the album. It opens with an organ and continues perfectly balanced between arpeggios and guitar riffs.

According to the writer, this album is one of the most important of the '90s. It's understood, not for its originality but on the contrary, for its continuous citationism. A small musical vocabulary in which the Seattle band tried to make a summary of the American musical undercurrent of those years. Unfortunately, the band will not be able to confirm itself in the second LP, and the artistic differences of the members will lead them to split up.