My favorite Fearless band is back with a new six songs EP after a superb debut full length album entitled “This Vicious Cycle”. The new songs are someway even better than the ones on this old album: the production is very tight, the songs sound complete and perfect in everything, the ability of Junction 18 to write good tunes is simply amazing. From the opening “Life Is A Racetrack” to “Lil’ Joey” and my favorite “Flooding Up The Deep End” you can see how this band is growing up fast and is developing a very nice taste for pop melodies mixed with hardcore and rock energy: every tune is quite different, but the constant thing is that Junction18 are always looking for blistering harmonies and melodies. The singer has a gorgeous voice and all of the instruments sound perfect right as they are put on the record. “The Weight” and “Wrong Way Out” are two pop songs where the band shows all of their inspiration, creating some very catchy and nice mid-tempo tunes. If I had to pick a new band that I want to see big, this would be Junciton18: I bet that with their next full length album these five guys will make you forget New Found Glory, Saves The Day and company. Keep an eye in this band, buy both “Heroes From The Future” and “This Vicious Cycle” and you will have two very fine masterpieces of emo influenced rock music. | carlo@staff.truepunk.com