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.

They've been compared with Sonic Youth, Low, Liz Phair, and Patti Smith.
Heady company.