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ike any good journalist, I spend the week before an interview preparing with a ritual of research and ruthless investigation. While scoping out the Toronto band JUICE, I was struck by youthful faces, bold sounds, and above all else, a strong sense of ambition. The combination of whopping brass with poppy-rock and suggestions of soulful jazz buzzed in my ears and prickled my curiosity. I had to know more. Who are these guys and what is their story? Simply put, JUICE is a group of six hunky dudes who have crazy different backgrounds in music, yet come together to make sweet sounds that induce riots on the dance floor. Meet Tom Hanley, lead guitarist and vocalist who moonlights in multiple Bollywood projects, Kyle Woodard, master of the woodwinds and musicals, and Max Stanutz (aka The Dreamy One) on the trumpet. There is also Claudio Santaluce on drums, who is currently releasing his seventh solo organetto album, Craig Clemens on keys and vocal and the one behind the bands reddit phenomenon, and finally, Andrew Wright