MAKE-OUT MUSIC'S GUIDE TO...JUNIOR BOYS

MAKE-OUT MUSIC’S GUIDE TO…JUNIOR BOYS

With a new album just a week away, we present to you our ‘Best of’ spanning three LPs, numerous remixes, comps and side projects

MP3: Junior Boys - Make-Out Music’s Guide (from Various, 2004-09)

f for some reason you failed to hear 2006’s ubiquitious go-to electronic LP, So This Is Goodbye, now is your chance to catch up on one of the freshest, most detailed and romantic acts of the decade. Resembling the best parts of 80s R&B, New Order, Timbaland’s beats, glitchy techno, and, finally, Wham!, Junior Boys craft both dancefloor-ready and headphones-required indie electronic. They also happened to soundtrack my isolated yet adventurous freshman year of college.

This 13-song guide (.zip file available for download above) comes on the nearing release date of the Canadian duo’s third album, Begone Dull Care, and an accompanying world tour. Like most electronic acts, Junior Boys didn’t automatically adapt to the live setting. In fact, they were cold and awkward when I first saw them in 2005. They’ve since magically 2-stepped their way out of their shell. As evidenced by a gig I attended in Cleveland last night, the JBs have evolved into a crowd-pleasing, club-packing trio (includes extra live drummer) that I’d pit against any Girl Talk show (though they lack the latter’s horny, drunk female tween demographic).

Rather than simply highlight the accessible singles, our guide includes some of the newly-leaked tracks, remixes (including one by dance God Morgan Geist and one done for Sarah McLachlan…yeah, I know, but don’t knock it ‘til you’ve heard it), a live Frank Sinatra cover and even a rarity from departed member Johnny Dark, the mad genius who concocted Last Exit’s stuttering beats.

Enjoy this new feature, which will probably become monthly unless I get arrested for posting so much of one’s catalog. As always, follow the links above to purchase the LP. And if you n00bs have any requests for bands you’ve heard of and/or seen name-dropped but never actually bothered to check out, leave some requests in the comments section below and Make-Out Music will personally deliver your very own Best of collection. Fuck you, Time-Life.

Tracklisting:

1.) Bellona
2.) Hazel
3.) In the Morning (Hot Chip Remix)
4.) Like a Child
5.) Last Exit
6.) Bits and Pieces
7.) Birthday (Manitoba Mix)
8.) Sarah McLachlan - Fumbling Towards Ecstasy (Junior Boys Remix)
9.) The Equalizer (Morgan Geist Remix)
10.) Johnny Dark - HCD2
11.) The Animator
12.) Teach Me How to Fight
13.) When No One Cares (Frank Sinatra Cover Live iTunes Session)

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