Ex-Juncos came together in 2023 as an experiment. Singer/guitarist Jill Rogers and drummer Andrew K. Lau arrived from very different backgrounds - Rogers as the singer with the highly regarded Bay Area honky-tonk band Crying Time, as well as vocalist for Orchestra Nostalgico, and her own little big band Imperial Jazz Co. Lau’s experience was in the post-punk and noise scene in Minneapolis with Zapruder's Slungshot and Fly Republic. In Ex-Juncos, those different backgrounds are burned away, leaving behind grounded, roomy melodies, static and noise, occasional odd time signatures, and pointed words.