junior boys - last
exit (kin)
maybe you've seen junior boys on this year's mutek? they're canadian trio with 3
releases till now, all on kin records. the previous 2 were eps and now here's
their first full-length. some of the tracks from the eps are included here and
that's good, because some of them, like 'under the sun' and 'high come down' are
amazing tracks, and i don't own their first ep so it's good to find 'birthday'
and 'last exit' here too. junior boys' music is minimalistic and electro
influenced, not as fischerspooner, more like pole's production, very stripped
down. it's very filtered music, what's left is the essence of melodies, beats,
pop, vocals, electro. that's present in different ways in the tracks, mostly
very laid-back and easy-going, sometimes more up-beat, but even their most
danceable tracks are still kinda slow, extremely relaxed, which sounds really
great. the music is very pure and clean in it's dirty shadowy ways. you can
dance to it like dancing on spiritualized lazy tracks. 'last exit' is a great
release with a very nice selection and careful combination of the finest minimal
synth-pop. i gotta hear that fennesz remix sometime.