Just Friends Podcast: The Juice
Just Friends Podcast: The Juice A show about music, punk, rock, indie, emo, food, and whatever else we feel like talking about. Some days it’s deep, some days it’s nonsense but it’s always The Juice. Hosted by Just Friends, with a rotating cast of characters and absolutely no plan
Episodes
Episode 16 (and another audio only one). Recorded in Late November our beloved Matt Yanko is BACK in the studio aka Brond's living room
We have a jam packed episode straight from Bonne Maman!
We talk Fortnite, Better Caul Saul and Make Up, you know the classics! We have Brond run a victory lap for Mother Selene and recap the Chain's first Full USA Tour
And of course, as promised, as always, as bad as you wanna be... The mailbag bec...
Episode 15 is our second late-night show (and another audio only one).
Recorded way back in the last week of September 2025 while our beloved Matt Yanko was once again out on tour with The Story So Far, but have no fear... Our very own stage right prince Brandon Downum is back on the show and he may just surprise you with that he has to say...
We hit you with the yin and the yang having both My Recent Obsession and Respectfully, N...
Episode 14 is our first late-night show (and another audio only one).
We’re back from the West Coast run and doing it PTI style like the ESPN show where two guys argue with a clock, except it’s three bandmates running through every gig, meal, and mess from the road.
Then we roll out a brand-new segment: Respectfully, No. Sammy says no to Reverend Guitars, Yanko says no to San Francisco bikers, and Brond says no to Walnut Creek’s K...
Recorded in the Goldfield green room in Sacramento after soundcheck, two days into this lil’ West Coast headliner sprint. We’d just sold out Reno at the Holland Project on 8/1 (start the month strong, right?), and the AC is still broken because of course it is. Brandon is in the corner pouring E&J shots and handing out orange slices like some kind of demented soccer coach. Six out of seven band members made the cut (Avi, conspi...
Look who’s back it’s the whole gang: Sammy, Brond, and Yanko. Yanko just got off the road with Balance & Composure and Turnover (he’s still dehydrated). Brond has been running social media from a cruise and somehow ended up hanging out with one of her heavy metal heroes (no, seriously). And we all came together in one place, at the same time for Sammy’s wedding. Miracles happen. Oh, and there’s a mailbag, because of course ther...
Ok, we're not going to sit here and pretend we didn’t vanish for a while. We did. But now we’re two episodes deep into this comeback tour, and frankly, we’re feeling pretty good about it.
Recorded on Memorial Day, powered by Celsius, donuts, and a near-total audio meltdown (we recovered beautifully, thank you).
Will Levy of The Story So Far returns to the pod to talk about the band playing Bottle Rock Festival in Napa and we dive d...
Yanko’s on tour with Turnover and Balance & Composure playing Berkeley so we snuck in a mid-tour check up over some Dunkin. He got a Dunkalatte. First time in about a month we’ve all caught up since Yanko hit the road and Sammy and Brond wrapped the UK Just Friends run.
In the second segment Sammy goes suit shopping for his wedding and gets called fat by some San Francisco stores. Brond did a photo shoot for Mother Selene with ...
UK trilogy: complete! Three episodes, one tour, too many questionable snacks, and unforgettable moments. This episode of The Juice is the full debrief.
We just wrapped our first-ever headline tour across the UK, and now we’re back in the Bay: grateful, emotional, maybe still jet-lagged.
- Every show? Broken down. - Food? Yep, way too much. - Shoes? Discussed & admired.
Highlights? Fans singing the riffs back at us (you made us ...
Recorded just a day before we hopped the pond, this episode is a Central Valley special. We’re joined by Ben from Just Friends, along with Bart and Logan from Chain: the full 559 crew in effect.
We dive into what it’s like commuting for hours, not just for band practice, but also to pile into a van and disappear for a month on tour. We unpack the legendary, steaming green mystery that is Pea Soup Andersen’s. And then it gets real...
We are back! The kickoff to our three part UK Tour series! Recorded one week before we left for our first-ever headlining tour in the UK, starting in Ireland and working our way from Glasgow down to Brighton. Yes, we’re international now.
Sammy and Brond break down what they’re looking forward to, what’s keeping them up at night, and why this tour feels different. In the second half of the episode, we drop some bittersweet news: ou...
This is a monumental episode, people. A landmark. The moon landing of The Juice. Why? Because for the first time ever—we’ve got a guest. And not just any guest. We’re joined by Will Levy of The Story So Far. Guitar slinger. Riff wizard. Chill dude supreme.
We kick things off with some hometown talk—and yes, the rumors are true: the A’s are now in Sacramento, and it hurts. It hurts deep in the soul. So we pivot to something more joy...
We start off the show catching up on the weekend. Brond was back in the studio with Marta, cooking up new stuff but of course, nothing’s ever easy. They discovered an issue with one of the very expensive mics. You know the one. The fancy mic. Meanwhile, Sammy and Yanko were out at the Oakland Roots home opener, and look Sammy’ll say it every time: the Coliseum is his favorite place on Earth.
We talk Mom Jeans Summer, California hea...
Yanko survives a near-death driving experience, then we dive into “My Recent Obsessions” Ibanez guitars, one song on repeat, and Sammy’s passionate (and concerning) love for cold cheese from In-N-Out.
Then, Chain’s debut record No Spirit is out! We celebrated the right way by rolling up to Chain Reaction with a Blackstone grill
And Just Friends is making a new record! Bart Thompson (Mom Jeans, Chain) is producing, and we’re deep i...
Magic of Tajín: Mom Jeans, Metal, and Mother Selene
We kick things off with a gift from the heavens Brond’s signature egg sandwich, featuring mayo mixed with Tajín. A perfect choice.
Then, in The Most Current Thing Happening, Sammy’s band, Mom Jeans, just got announced for Aftershock 2025. Yes, the same festival packed with metal and hardcore bands. Emo at Aftershock? Sacramento’s getting adventurous, and we’re here for it.
Next, ...
On today’s show, we take a trip down memory lane with some tour toilet war flashbacks because of course, that’s where we’re starting. Yanko gives us the inside scoop on a dinner outing at Thee Parkside in SF (was it good? Was it terrible? Who knows?). We break down our weekend run with Chain, and then Brond soft-launches her new doom project, Mother Selene big things happening there. And finally, we dig into the mailbag, where we g...
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