Our latest episode is hosted by JB and he is joined by singer and guitarist, Ross from Junior VP. You can find their socials @juniorvpband on the likes of Instagram and TikTok.

We discuss the planning that goes in to recording, playing gigs and promoting the band online to begin with.

Amazingly, Ross reveals he had a 15 year gap between stopping playing guitar again as a result of Covid.

He is open about some of the mental health challenges that he faced and how he has managed to address these.

The band have upcoming gigs at Bungalow in Paisley on Thursday 7th May and at Hug and Pint on Monday 25th May where they support Ringlets. Check out their socials where you can get tickets.

There is chat about their plans to release their album which has already been written and mastered ahead of 2027.

You can presave their upcoming single, 'Head Full of Sadness' as of Friday 8th May ahead of its release on Friday 22nd May.

Ross gives us an insight in to what to expect and talks about their recent single release, 'Joy'.As is tradition we round up with some quickfire questions.

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Intro - Retro by Brownbear

Outro - A Lesson in Letting Go by the FOLK DRAMA