Jejune

Jejune, an emo rock outfit, came together during the middle portion of the 1990s while its members attended Berklee College of Music located in Boston. There, Joseph Guevara handled guitar and vocals alongside Christopher Mendez Vanacore on drums, both pursuing jazz studies, whereas Arabella Harrison focused on sound engineering for bass and vocals following an initial pursuit of voice performance. The group earned recognition among underground emo acts prior to its dissolution in the beginning of 2000, thanks to its mix of male and female singing along with deeply intimate compositions. Jejune, a name signifying deficiencies in maturity, substance, or nutrition, moved to San Diego—Guevara's native city—by the start of 1997. Nevertheless, the musicians journeyed back to Boston for the purpose of cutting three records via Big Wheel Recreation, a label that originated in hardcore but expanded through the issuance of This Afternoon's Malady during 1998. Outside of their commitments to Jejune and a downtown jazz lounge endeavor, Guevara and Vanacore participated in the High Notes as an additional venture, and they brought in Mark Marino on second guitar for the main band. Once Jejune ended, Harrison lent her voice from time to time to No Knife, the indie rock group from San Diego, and also became a member of the And/Ors, similarly an indie act from that same city. The album R.I.P. appeared after the band's conclusion in 2000.