Miss June

Auckland punk’s passion project

When we pick the bands to feature in these pages, the decision – like everything in this venerable mag – ultimately comes down to: ‘Does it make us want to play guitar?’. NZ punk’s Miss June make us not only want to play, but form a band and tour the world fighting injustice with eviscerating, white-hot riffs.

“It’s the ability to be fucking loud,” states frontwoman Annabel Liddell, when we ask what appeals about guitar playing. “My style is very improvised and free-flowing. I am not trained, so for me it’s more of a tool of self-expression.”

Co-guitarist Jun Park studied music at the University of Auckland, but still shares the same sentiment. “What’s the point of playing if I’m not enjoying it?” he says. “[Studying] I saw so many people playing because they had to. That wasn’t even music to me.”