The Juliana Theory

"Playback '99 (Burn the Cassette Deck)" (Official Music Video)
Watch Now
Filter
    14 products

    14 products

    Quick Shop
    Vinyl jacket with an image of four kids leaning against a railing and holding helmets, skateboards, bikes, and a boombox. There is small text in the top left corner that says THE JULIANA THEORY. Under that there is yellow text that says STILL THE SAME KIDS PT. 1. Peeking out of the side is a black and yellow vinyl.
    Vinyl jacket with an image of four kids leaning against a railing and holding helmets, skateboards, bikes, and a boombox. There is small text in the top left corner that says THE JULIANA THEORY. Under that there is yellow text that says STILL THE SAME KIDS PT. 1. Peeking out of the side is a black and yellow vinyl.
    The Juliana Theory
    Still The Same Kids Pt. 1 • Color in Color Black in Transparent Yellow 10" • Limited to 250
    $20.00
    Quick Shop
    Vinyl jacket with an image of four kids leaning against a railing and holding helmets, skateboards, bikes, and a boombox. There is small text in the top left corner that says THE JULIANA THEORY. Under that there is yellow text that says STILL THE SAME KIDS PT. 1. Peeking out of the side is a yellow vinyl.
    Vinyl jacket with an image of four kids leaning against a railing and holding helmets, skateboards, bikes, and a boombox. There is small text in the top left corner that says THE JULIANA THEORY. Under that there is yellow text that says STILL THE SAME KIDS PT. 1. Peeking out of the side is a yellow vinyl.
    The Juliana Theory
    Still The Same Kids Pt. 1 • Opaque Cream Yellow 10" • Limited to 250
    $20.00
    Quick Shop
    Black vinyl record coming out of vinyl jacket. Art on vinyl jacket is a girl laying on red ground next to the trunk of a tree. Photo is taken in an aerial above view. Text at the bottom of the vinyl jacket says THE JULIANA THEORY A DREAM AWAY
    Black vinyl record coming out of vinyl jacket. Art on vinyl jacket is a girl laying on red ground next to the trunk of a tree. Photo is taken in an aerial above view. Text at the bottom of the vinyl jacket says THE JULIANA THEORY A DREAM AWAY. The vinyl is leaning on a brick wall.
    The Juliana Theory
    A Dream Away • Black • Limited to 250
    $20.00
    Quick Shop
    White short sleeve shirt with a drawing of a cassette tape in black and white. Above the cassette tape, the tape is coming out of the top and is all tangled.
    White short sleeve shirt with a drawing of a cassette tape in black and white. Above the cassette tape, the tape is coming out of the top and is all tangled. An individual is modeling the shirt and standing in front of a slightly rusted fence with trees in the background.
    The Juliana Theory
    Playback 99 • White • T-Shirt
    from $25.00
    Quick Shop
    Black short sleeve shirt with orange cassette tape across the chest. On the top of the cassette, there is text that says THE JULIANA THEORY.
    Black short sleeve shirt with orange cassette tape across the chest. On the top of the cassette, there is text that says THE JULIANA THEORY. An individual is modeling the shirt, sitting on a tree trunk in front of green leaves.
    The Juliana Theory
    Cassette • Black • T-Shirt
    from $25.00
    Quick Shop
    Sand colored short sleeve shirt with THE JULIANA THEORY written in red font across the chest. Below the text, there is a rectangle with a red design of leaves inside it.
    Back of sand colored short sleeve shirt with a large vertical rectangle filled with a red leaves design. To the right of the design is red text that says THE JULIANA THEORY.
    The Juliana Theory
    Fauna • Sand • T-Shirt
    from $25.00
    Quick Shop
    Black hoodie with "THE JULIANA THEORY" written in orange lettering in rows of four. The word 'Juliana' is a solid orange while "The" and "Theory" are black but outlined in orange.
    Black hoodie with
    The Juliana Theory
    Stacked • Black • Pullover Hoodie
    from $45.00
    Quick Shop
    Black long sleeve shirt with CAN'T GO HOME written on the left sleeve in yellow. In the center of the shirt is a square with an image inside. The image is two people walking in front of a billboard sign that says CAN'T GO HOME. On top of that image is THE JULIANA THEORY written in white text.
    Black long sleeve shirt with CAN'T GO HOME written on the left sleeve in yellow. In the center of the shirt is a square with an image inside. The image is two people walking in front of a billboard sign that says CAN'T GO HOME. On top of that image is THE JULIANA THEORY written in white text. An individual is modeling the shirt, standing in front of a white wall.
    The Juliana Theory
    Can't Go Home • Black • Long-Sleeve T-Shirt
    $30.00
    Quick Shop
    Black long sleeve shirt with a red box in the top corner with red text inside that says TJT. On one sleeve there is white text that says A DREAM AWAY.
    Back of black long sleeve shirt with a drawing of a red tree trunk. Below that there is red text that says THE JULIANA THEORY.
    The Juliana Theory
    Tree • Black • Long-Sleeve T-Shirt
    from $30.00
    Quick Shop
    Cream colored coffee mug with "Watch Your Mouth" written in pink cursive lettering. Below that is lowercase pink font writing "the juliana theory"
    The Juliana Theory
    Watch Your Mouth • Cream Coffee Mug
    $15.00
    Quick Shop
    Square CD with art of a girl laying on red ground next to the trunk of a tree. Photo is taken in an aerial above view. Text at the bottom of the CD says THE JULIANA THEORY A DREAM AWAY
    Square CD with art of a girl laying on red ground next to the trunk of a tree. Photo is taken in an aerial above view. Text at the bottom of the CD says THE JULIANA THEORY A DREAM AWAY. Laying under that is a CD disc. The CD disc has images of two male side profiles on a white background. Under that are the same photos on the interior of the CD. All are laying in a patch of grass.
    The Juliana Theory
    A Dream Away CD
    $10.00
    Quick Shop
    Cassette case with two people walking away from a beach, in front of a sign that says CAN'T GO HOME. In the background are some trucks behind the sign, and to the left is a pole. In the bottom center is black text that says THE JULIANA THEORY. Below the case is a yellow cassette that says CAN'T GO HOME on the top, and THE JULIANA THEORY below it.
    Cassette case with two people walking away from a beach, in front of a sign that says CAN'T GO HOME. In the background are some trucks behind the sign, and to the left is a pole. In the bottom center is black text that says THE JULIANA THEORY. Peeking out of the case is a yellow cassette that says CAN'T GO HOME on the top, and THE JULIANA THEORY below it. Both are propped up on a wooden plank.
    The Juliana Theory
    Can't Go Home • Yellow Cassette
    $6.00
    Quick Shop
    Cassette case with two people walking away from a beach, in front of a sign that says CAN'T GO HOME. In the background are some trucks behind the sign, and to the left is a pole. In the bottom center is black text that says THE JULIANA THEORY. Below the case is a pink cassette that says CAN'T GO HOME on the top, and THE JULIANA THEORY below it.
    Cassette case with two people walking away from a beach, in front of a sign that says CAN'T GO HOME. In the background are some trucks behind the sign, and to the left is a pole. In the bottom center is black text that says THE JULIANA THEORY. Peeking out of the case is a pink cassette that says CAN'T GO HOME on the top, and THE JULIANA THEORY below it. Both are propped up on a wooden plank.
    The Juliana Theory
    Can't Go Home • Pink Cassette
    $6.00
    Quick Shop
    Coheed and Cambria
    Tour Black/White - Poster
    $5.00

    MEMBERS
    Brett Detar - Vocals
    Josh Fiedler - Guitar

    BIO

    As genre-defining and genre-bending as ever, alt-emo-pop pioneers The Juliana Theory enter their next era from a position of both experience and excitement beginning with their powerfully defined single “Playback ‘99 (Burn The Cassette Deck).” “Playback…” kicks off the first of 3 intertwined EP’s slated for release on Equal Vision Records in 2022 and 2023 – “Still The Same Kids Pt. 1, 2, and 3” respectively with Pt. 1 releasing May 6, 2022. “Still The Same Kids Pt. 1” features 4 songs that fully embrace the strengths of the band’s catalog of underground anthems without sacrificing an ounce of who the duo is now. Truth be told, The Juliana Theory always owed as much to The Beatles as to Sunny Deal Real Estate, with shades and shimmers of everything from Depeche Mode and Tears For Fears to The Foo Fighters in their arsenal. Formed in 1997 and honored as “timeless,” and even “legendary” by media outlets Billboard, BrooklynVegan, Flood Magazine and beyond, TJT is known widely as innovators in the guitar-driven-pop world. The band combined fugazi-esque guitars and catchy bass-lines with overtly power pop hooks along with synths and drum machine flourishes years before bands like The 1975 followed a similar formula to superstardom.

    About “Playback ‘99,” frontman Brett Detar comments “At a crossroads somewhere in the desert two diverging roads meet. One sand covered street is paved with a sweet nostalgia and the other is the asphalt of accepting a current moment and the speed at which everything seems to fly by on it. Lately I find myself struggling to find a balance between these two completely different paths. Do I have to choose one or the other? Can’t we somehow have both? On one hand I’ve always been quick to want to “burn the cassette deck” – to throw away the past and everything about it (including but not limited to what the band sounded like or was known for previously – as any listening to our catalog would suggest from one era to the next). On the other hand I have an appreciation and even a longing for certain memories or eras of the past. I’m not one of those people who looks back regularly and thinks that things were better back then. I tend to try and stay present and to make the most of the current moment but there still seems to be something lost from childhood. “Now I feel like I’m just not living if I’m just living in the past but I can’t help feeling like something’s missing, I can’t get back .”

    Detar adds, “Musically Playback ’99 sounds exactly like this crossroads. It rides along hastily on top of layers of Joshua Fiedler’s signature guitars and energetic punk rock drums – an updated take on the band’s angstier, distorted-riff-driven songs and then makes an abrupt turn onto a hazier roadway featuring a cascade of overlaid vocal phrases before easing into a borderline dream sequence. “Time was the only thing we had. Now time’s gonna’ take all that we had.” Maybe we can have both. I think what I’ve always loved about music is its ability to NOT make us choose a road. As listeners we are free to be transported back to a moment while simultaneously inhabiting the present. In a song time can stand still and carry you metaphysically – almost spiritually – to another place. “Let’s get so high. Slow dance in time. Playback ’99.”

    The ‘Still The Same Kids’ series is the follow up to the bands 2021 reimagined album “A Dream Away” which featured newly encapsulated versions of beloved songs from the band’s prior albums including the new and masterful ballad “Better Now.” After reuniting in 2019 the band embarked on a full US acoustic tour with The Spill Canvas and soon after partnered with Equal Vision Records to release their first single in well over a decade, “Can’t Go Home.” The Juliana Theory has since toured North America in celebration of the 20 year anniversary of their classic album ‘Emotion Is Dead’ including an appearance at Furnace Fest. Upcoming dates include the Psycho Fest in Las Vegas along with several soon to be announced festival and touring dates throughout North America.

    Their songs remain a testament to the transformative power of music, transporting listeners backward and forward in time, from the cassette deck to the unknown. They are still the same kids, after all.