June of 44

Template:Short description Template:More citations needed Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox musical artist June of 44 is an American rock band which was formed in 1994 from ex-members of Rodan, Lungfish, Rex, and Hoover.<ref name="Huey">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The band's name refers to the period during which writers Henry Miller and Anaïs Nin corresponded.<ref name="Huey" />

The band toured extensively, reaching as far as Australia. They were a collective from 1994 to 2000, and reunited in 2018. Their style consists of a post-hardcore and math rock base, while their later releases delve into experimental jazz, ambient dub and angular post-punk.

Their debut album Engine Takes to the Water (1995) drew comparisons with both Slint and Will Oldham. The following year's Tropics and Meridians saw the band compared to Tortoise and The For Carnation.<ref name="Strong">Template:Cite book</ref> Drummer Doug Scharin had started HiM as a side project, which sometimes also featured bassist Fred Erskine, and Scharin also later started the avant-garde band Out in Worship.<ref name="Huey" /> Meadows also had a side project, forming Sonora Pine with Tara Jane O'Neill.<ref name="Huey" /> June of 44 released three further albums, incorporating more electronics and jazz influences, before the band split up in 1999, with vocalist/guitarist Jeff Mueller forming Shipping News and vocalist Sean Meadows forming Everlasting the Way and later Letter E.<ref name="Strong" /> Erskine joined Abilene, while Scharin continued with HiM, also guesting with several other bands.<ref name="Huey" /> The band reunited in 2018 and released a new album titled Revisionist: Adaptations & Future Histories in the Time of Love and Survival in 2020.

Members

• Fred Erskine – bass guitar
• Sean Meadows – vocals, guitar
• Jeff Mueller – vocals, guitar
• Doug Scharin – drums

Discography

Studio albums

• Engine Takes to the Water (1995)
• Tropics and Meridians (1996)
• Four Great Points (1998)
• Anahata (1999)
• Revisionist: Adaptations & Future Histories in the Time of Love and Survival (2020)<ref name="revisionist">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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Live albums

• In the Fishtank 6 (1999)
• "South East Boston" / "Dexterity of Luck" (2001)

EPs

• The Anatomy of Sharks (1997)

External links

• Southern.com link
• review at salon.com
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