Junior Boys - So This Is Goodbye - Indie Electro Synth Pop 2LP
2LP

Junior Boys - So This Is Goodbye


Label: Domino USA – DNO 114
Format: 2 × Vinyl, LP, Album
New
Country: US
Released: 07 Sep 2006
Genre: Electronic
Style: Synth-pop


Tracklist


A1 Double Shadow 4:22
A2 The Equalizer 4:57


B1 First Time 5:26
B2 Count Souvenirs 4:45
B3 In The Morning 4:42


C1 So This Is Goodbye 5:18
C2 Like A Child 6:06


D1 Caught In A Wave 3:39
D2 When No One Cares 3:49
D3 FM 5:53



Credits
Mastered By – Nilesh Patel
Saxophone, Flute, Clarinet – David Levy
Notes
Recorded at St. Martin Tonstudio, Dusseldorf, Germany.

This album is dedicated to Nick Killroy



The Junior Boys have made a solid second album in "So This is Goodbye"... which hopefully isn't a bad omen. Because it would be a shame to quit when this electro-indie band is still making good music -- smooth dance beats and satiny vocals, with a heavy dose of chillout and downtempo.

It opens with a string of hiccupy blips, and soon a breathless voice murmurs, "You're two faced.../all sideways.../you're dry-eyed.../and night fly..." A funky rhythm kicks in, keeping the spare beats from sounding too dull, but it's still only an introduction.

The good stuff is with "The Equalizer," a solid beat that regularly softens those cold beats with stretches of shimmering downtempo. Then they change the same formula for "First Time," which is a pretty trip-hop sound that gets sprinkled with sharp computerized beats. Not catchy, just so you know.

That mix of sharp beats and downtempo continues as the album trips on. The melodies are fragile, the beats are robust -- they glide through the vaguely ominous "In the Morning," cascade through the bittersweet sound of "So This is Goodbye," and jerk through the robotic "Caught in a Wave." The ending song, "FM," is a surprisingly soft finale, with a very soft melody and those computer beats.


-- the chillout electronica lulls you, and the cold robot beats snap you out of the trance. And while the first song strives to be catchy, the later ones abandon that in favor of experimental sound and chilly soundscapes, flavoured with the occasional burst of static.

Jeremy Greenspan's voice is the opposite of full-bodied. He sounds drained, worn-out, as if he's wandering around in his own wintry music. This impression certainly isn't hurt by lyrics like, "stay awhile/we don't have long/we could talk for hours/till my strength is gone/though I get so tired/I still get wired/my pulse is still... I'm like a child."

A delicious mishmash of hard electronica and soft downtempo, this chilly little album is a solid second album for the Junior Boys.


Junior Boys - So This Is Goodbye

awesome comb of analog synths roland jupiter & oberheim matrix 6




Junior Boys - Double Shadow

The Grog Shop in Cleveland, OH




Junior Boys - In The Morning


this song has the sexiest synth line ive ever heard, so good
(2007)