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The Junipers are a psychedelic pop band based in Leicester, UK. The band are Robyn Gibson (vocals), Joe Wiltshire (Guitar/Organ), Pete Gough (Guitar), Ash Selden (Bass) & Ben Marshall (Drums). 
In 2007 The Junipers signed to San Remo Records, a record label based in Wolverhampton ran by Felt guitarist Marco Thomas.

The Junipers recorded & released their debut album "Cut Your Key" in 2008. The album was self-produced & mainly recorded at The Junipers own studio in Leicester & partly at Magic Garden studios in Birmingham with Gavin Monhagon, known for his work with Kings Of Leon, The Editors & Ryan Adams. Three singles were pulled from the album, "Callooh Callay!", "Gordie Can’t Swim" & "So the Feeling Looms/Out My Pocket".
Cut Your Key received rave reviews from the likes of Uncut Magazine, The Word & Record Collector. "Callooh Callay!" Was named single of the week on BBC Radio 2 & all three singles gained airplay on Radio 2 and BBC 6 Music from dj's, Bob Harris, Steve Lamacq, Mark Radcliffe and Janice Long, among others. The band played two live sessions for Marc Riley on BBC 6 Music that year & the following year.
The band began recording their follow up to Cut Your Key in 2011.
The Junipers second album "Paint the Ground" was released on 22 February 2012, again receiving rave reviews.
"Paint the Ground" was followed by "Red Bouquet Fair" (2016), "Imaginary Friends" (2024) and an EP release in under the moniker of Euphonious Trolley, a sideline for the bands more poppy material. 
A folk inspired side project was also released as Yellow Pegs in 2021.

Paul Trippier - Vocals, Martin Kitcher - Bass, Simon Warne - Guitar, Andy Robins - Keyboards, Kris Yates - Drums
 In 1978 in New Milton in Hampshire, Paul Trippier and Martin Kitcher first met at a gig by Pauls band "The Inserts" at New Milton Drama Centre. They stayed in touch for a long while and occasionally , Martin played (or attempted to) play bass in Pauls reformed band "Product 109" on nights when bassist Mark Cooper was not available, whilst meanwhile forming his own bands, The Comic Action Heroes and Cuba. Product 109, meanwhile , started to build a huge following and crossed over well between ArtHouse and Punk Rock with little competetition in the South of England. Around the spring of 1979, Paul met Andy Robins and Kris Yates in Southampton who were playing at the time with their band the Averse. A freindship was formed and along with then manager, mark baker, Paul regularly traveled to Southampton and the two joined the band on keys and drums, replacing John Parrot and Mark Cooper and making the slightly anti-punk move of adding keys to the line up. A part time bassist, Terry, was added to the line up as Product 109 started an endless rehersal programme at the Drama Centre and the New Milton Boys Club. these events were attended enough to appear as actual gigs at the time. In the summer of 1979, Martin returned to visit the band a few times and felt that his own work was nowhere near in the same league and on hearing that the bassist had in fact not fully committed to the band, offered his services and joined the next day using borrowed equipment.
The name was soon changed to Program and a debut gig was scheduled to come soon and was much hyped, to the point in which the band were already treated as a "name" and started to fill venues. Fanzine support from Printed Matter, Vague and Complete Control was huge and continued the acts legend and despite having a difficulty in being booked on the conventional "circuit" , gig were plentiful and often in wonderfully obscure places as well as New wave clubs.
Before finally splitting in 1981 Program had become a post punk legend. Very little remains (all in one place) and this Soundcloud Site is an attempt to start finding and compiling what there actually is in existence of a very good time had by a lot of kids in the late 70s and early 80`s.






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