Review MusicMaker (August 2008)

'Pretend I got no voice, so writing this is my way to speak, pretend I am a raindrop but there are no clouds around, so who
drops me?' sings Ronnie Verton in the opening song Heal Me. Beautiful. The rest of the album is composed of musical and textual
climaxes. Think of Dave Matthews Band, but with content, an edge and honesty. Where many bands of this genre lose themselves in
conceitedness, or hide behind instrumental or productional tricks, Junior Eats Alone always keeps 'the feeling' within reach.
Behind every song hides something emotionally intangible that lets the heart of every pop-music lover pound faster and faster.

The arrangements are clever and well-balanced much like those of Dutch bands such as Coparck.
The album artwork is made to come accross as if you were in a restaurant: the tracklist is the menu, the bandmembers are the staff.
You can even find a couple of toothpicks inside the booklet.

The question remains: Isn't there anything wrong with this band?
The answer is no. Junior Eats Alone sets the bar higher for Dutch popbands, and does so in an astonishing fashion.
(Laurens van der Meulen)