Forever, Always, Never-Ending by Mount Junior

For fans of Jawbreaker, Mineral, Snowing, internet noise rock, and learning to live on after the loss of something that felt eternal, Forever, Always, Never-Ending by Mount Junior employs a varied emo sound to soothe our aching hearts after a romantic catastrophe. Enormous, compressed tones carry all the shimmer of Midwest emo, as sweeping chord progressions send us soaring to the heights of online post rock. This euphoric atmosphere clashes harshly with desperately pained lyrics, poetry of the darkest order detailing a dramatic, unexpected, and self-inflicted loss which leaves the speaker feeling entirely incomplete. However, a bend in storytelling towards perseverance helps explain that brightness found throughout the record, encouraging us to find new paths toward completeness, both internal, external, and everything in between. We know this journey has significant heartbreak still lying ahead, but as long as we persevere with the faith that all the brightest days don’t yet lie in the rear view mirror, we hold on to a deep, fundamental optimism which gives meaning to our every breath.