June of 44

{{Short description|American rock band}} {{More citations needed|date=May 2011}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2026}} {{Infobox musical artist  | name = June of 44 | image = | caption = | image_size =  | background = group_or_band | origin = Louisville, Kentucky, U.S. | genre = {{hlist|Post-hardcore|math rock|post-rock}} | years_active = {{hlist|1994–1999|2018–present}} | label = {{hlist|Quarterstick|Konkurrent}} | spinoff_of = Rodan | spinoffs = {{hlist|Shipping News|HiM}} | current_members = Fred Erskine<br />Sean Meadows<br />Jeff Mueller<br />Doug Scharin | past_members = }} '''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">{{cite web|last=Huey |first=Steve |url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/june-of-44-p168496/biography |title=June of 44 Biography | website=Allmusic |access-date=May 15, 2011}}</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">{{cite book|last=Strong |first=Martin C. |date=2003 |title=The Great Indie Discography |publisher=Canongate |isbn=1-84195-335-0 |pages=816–7}}</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, consisting of rerecordings and remixes of songs from ''Anahata'', ''In The Fishtank 6'', and ''Four Great Points''. Mueller personally expressed that the band felt a lot of the material from ''Anahata'' was underdeveloped.<ref>{{Cite web |date=July 9, 2020 |title=June of 44 Announce First New Album in 21 Years |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/june-of-44-announce-first-new-album-in-21-years/ |access-date=September 23, 2025 |website=Pitchfork}}</ref> In 2025, Mueller and Meadows began performing as a duo under the name Flowting Clowds, and performed several shows in the Northern US for the release of their debut single. In January 2026, the live album ''Live in Tokyo'' was announced featuring a 6-song setlist played at Club Fever in Tokyo, Japan, on March 9, 2023.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://juneof44.bandcamp.com/album/live-in-tokyo|title=LIVE IN TOKYO by June of 44|date=January 30, 2026|access-date=January 31, 2026|website=Bandcamp.com}}</ref>

==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)

===Live albums=== * ''In the Fishtank 6'' (1999) * "South East Boston" / "Dexterity of Luck" (2001) * ''LIVE IN TOKYO'' (2026)

===EPs=== * ''The Anatomy of Sharks'' (1997)

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20060505110700/http://www.southern.com/southern/band/JUNEO/ Southern.com link] * [http://www.salon.com/music/sharps/1998/01/21sharps.html?acquire review at salon.com] * {{Discogs artist|June Of 44}}

Category:American math rock groups Category:American post-hardcore musical groups Category:Musical groups from Louisville, Kentucky Category:Musical groups established in 1994 Category:Musical groups disestablished in 1999 Category:Quarterstick Records artists Category:Rock music groups from Kentucky Category:1994 establishments in Kentucky Category:1999 disestablishments in Kentucky