Taking their unusual band name from a pornographic Japanese anime, brothers and multi-instrumentalists Rich Hanscomb and Mik Hanscomb first began working as Junkboy in 1999. Originally based in the sprawling seaside town of Southend-on-Sea, Essex, the duo began recording for the independent label Enraptured Records the same year with the single Ifyoulivedhereyou’dbehomebynow and the EP Kraut_Hop Ya Don’t Stop! They switched to the Moshi Moshi Music imprint for 2002’s full-length The Dynamics Of Modern Communication. Drifting by on a bed of acoustic guitars, jazzy saxophone, layered electronics and discreet vocals, the album’s mixture of gentle pastoral folk pop and post-rock structures certainly sounded pretty but ultimately proved rather inconsequential. After a hiatus in band activities, the Hanscombs revived Junkboy in 2005 and returned to the Enraptured stable to record Lost Parade. After relocating to Brighton, East Sussex, the brothers collaborated with a number of guest musicians on their more post rock oriented third album, Three which was out in 2008. In 2010 the pastoral and delicate Koyo was out, but it took fie years to have Sovereign Sky delivered. Trains,Trees, Topophilia came out in 2019 and the new album by the Hanscomb borthers, a companion piece of sorts to its predecessor is Littoral States out now on Wayside & Woodland.