Following a sold out album launch in 2021 and some rescheduling, Junk Drawer finally return to home soil to launch their new EP, 'The Dust Has Come To Stay', out 11th March via Art For Blind.

Incorporating the imprint of Krautrock, post-punk, and psychedelia, Belfast's Junk Drawer's intuitively loose and idiosyncratic brand of indie rock mines anthems from their crate-digging tendencies. Featuring four multi-instrumentalists & vocalists fluid in their roles, they're driven by the inevitable harmony and discordance that comes from the sibling creative rivalry at the helm, and remain one of the most dynamic bands you’re likely to catch live.

Junk Drawer have been played by the likes of KEXP, BBC Radio 1 & BBC 6Music, and featured in Stereogum, Paste, The Quietus, Clash, So Young, and The Line Of Best Fit, amongst others. They have shared stages with acts like Built To Spill, Temples, Mclusky & Jeffrey Lewis. Following an early pair of self-released EPs, the band spearheaded the grassroots Irish music community with their part in regular sell-out independent vinyl compilation A Litany of Failures.

Their single 'Year of the Sofa' (described as a 'slo-mo guitar pop jewel' by CLASH) took Best Single at the NI Music Prize 2019, making Junk Drawer the first DIY band to take home a prize at the ceremony. Debut LP 'Ready For The House’ was released in April 2020 through Art For Blind Records; Across eight tracks, the band filter their typically broad range of influences to deliver a brutally honest, yet sardonic exploration of some stonecold classics: anxiety, depression, social conscience, chronic illness and identity. It placed on The Quietus’ Best of 2020 albums list, and saw Junk Drawer named by leading US-based outlet PASTE Magazine as one of the Irish Acts to Watch in 2020. They sold out the first pressing, as well as each Irish date since its release.

Their forthcoming EP ‘The Dust Has Come To Stay’ comes out on March 11th on 12” recycled black vinyl via Art For Blind. Lead single ‘Tears In Costa’ has already been covered by the likes of KEXP and Stereogum, was included on Paste Magazine & The Quietus’ Tracks of January 2022, and was added to Spotify’s Fresh Finds Indie playlist.

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“Their warm, fuzzy indie-rock edge makes for a familiarity that does not sound stale. Junk Drawer is an apt name for their hodgepodge of influences, but is not an indicator of their quality in the slightest.  – Paste

“'Tears In Costa' is a charming instrumental, winsome jangles of guitar and looping riffs, taken to the next level by Stevie Lennox's delightfully emotive vocal. It's hard not to get swept up.” - The Quietus

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Early fans of the band include Steve Lamaque (BBC6), Tom Robinson (BBC6) & Don Yates (KEXP, Music Director).

The band released their debut EP 'Slugger's Bridge' with Art For Blind Records in July 2021.

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