i didn't like most of what i heard from the 2nd album at all but i'll probably buy the deluxe version for some of the remixes and that itunes under the sun thing.
― babedad, Sunday, 22 July 2007 06:00 (sixteen years ago) link
The Tensnake mix is the only good one.
OTM.
― jaymc, Sunday, 22 July 2007 08:13 (sixteen years ago) link
I didn't go bonkers in 2003, but last year's followup was really, really great. Looking forward to more great electropop coming up next time around.
― Geir Hongro, Sunday, 22 July 2007 12:12 (sixteen years ago) link
jesus
No, sometimes I get genuinely confused when there's so many people talking, I don't know who's reacting to who. Y'know?
― I know, right?, Sunday, 22 July 2007 12:24 (sixteen years ago) link
no one thinks the hot chip remix is any good? really?
― vadx, Sunday, 22 July 2007 15:43 (sixteen years ago) link
any mention of this yet?
― haitch, Tuesday, 15 January 2008 05:09 (sixteen years ago) link
Looks pretty good from here...
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 15 January 2008 05:19 (sixteen years ago) link
where's dave stelfox these days?
― sam500, Tuesday, 15 January 2008 05:23 (sixteen years ago) link
Wow. Was not expecting that. I love that they've used Steadycam's "In The Moog For Love" - I thought I was the only person in the world who thought that was an astonishing track.
― Tim F, Tuesday, 15 January 2008 05:52 (sixteen years ago) link
I'm liking the look of this.
― Raw Patrick, Tuesday, 15 January 2008 09:38 (sixteen years ago) link
in the moog for love is indeed lovely! i think i got it on your recommendation on here tim!
glad people are still playing deer in the headlights, that vocal is one of my favourite things to come from get physical. also thought that might be guitar (the electro-shoegaze band) but, no.
― Crackle Box, Tuesday, 15 January 2008 11:09 (sixteen years ago) link
Listening to it right now. It's good.
― theslothproject, Wednesday, 16 January 2008 22:56 (sixteen years ago) link
the mix is decent but it's not even close to as good as vol5 (chateau fligh) and i'm about finished listening to mixes from people who aren't actual dj's. the mixing on a few of these transitions is terrible despite being done with software.
the first mix is shit. just because the songs are going the same speed doesn't mean you should just mix it in wherever you like. first track fades out too fast, second track enters and it's only just begun, losing all flow from the previous tune. this type of annoying mixing continues throughout. if you're going to do a computer mix get someone who knows how to sequence songs to put the set together and mix it for you.
having said that, it's a decent collection. i won't be buying this like i bought the previous 4 or 5 volumes but it's been a decent way to spend an hour.
― brotherlovesdub, Wednesday, 16 January 2008 23:22 (sixteen years ago) link
just listening again and the transition from 2 to 3 is horrible too. from Supermayer into Chelonis..how the fuck do you trainwreck a digital mix that isn't live? too bad Get Physical is banking on the Junior Boys name selling copies instead of giving us a quality mix.
― brotherlovesdub, Wednesday, 16 January 2008 23:26 (sixteen years ago) link
bad news because that tracklist looks really nice
― tricky, Wednesday, 16 January 2008 23:29 (sixteen years ago) link
was the chateau flight one good? i like them but never picked up a copy.
― haitch, Wednesday, 16 January 2008 23:52 (sixteen years ago) link
the chateau flight mix is great. i've enjoyed listening to it many times. i'd recommend that mix over this one any day.
― brotherlovesdub, Wednesday, 16 January 2008 23:53 (sixteen years ago) link
I guess I'm going to have to try harder to check these guys out. I tried them once before, and nothing came of it, but I'm smitten over the Dead Horse EP. It all started this morning when I heard my alarm clock go off and on the radio was playing "FM (Tensnake remix)". I was like "wow, what is this?"
― Bimble, Saturday, 19 January 2008 11:27 (sixteen years ago) link
Last Exit>>>>>>>>>So this is Goodbye, Bimble. Please retry and repost.
― I know, right?, Saturday, 19 January 2008 14:03 (sixteen years ago) link
If anything the mix prompted me to buy a couple of Stereo Image tracks. Sounding somewhere between Safety Scissors and Junior Boys.
How involved was Johnny Dark in the making of Last Exit?
― arghkaybee, Saturday, 19 January 2008 23:27 (sixteen years ago) link
you know what's bonkers? this is one of, seriously, 24 threads about junior boys on ilm, lol.
― jaymc, Sunday, 21 September 2014 04:42 (nine years ago) link
i think they're a band, tho, where i'll probably listen to anything they do as long as they keep making records. like the sea & cake, you know. even if it's mediocre, it's a sound that i find very appealing.
― jaymc, Sunday, 21 September 2014 04:45 (nine years ago) link
i find it hard to defend certain musical artists who have my aesthetic number, so to speak. i will genuinely stump for last exit and so this is goodbye, tho.
― jaymc, Sunday, 21 September 2014 04:46 (nine years ago) link
For me the 3 most frustrating albums from the 00s onwards are:
yeah yeah yeahs - its blitzThe rapture - house of jealous loversJunior Boys - last exit
I love most of the compositions in those records but hate the way they are mixed. I'm not a producer so I don't know how to describe it properly but it sounds too high on the treble for a dance album. It sounds spike-y, it kind of aches my ears and it frustrates me because with a different, better production I'm sure they'd be amazing
― Moka, Sunday, 21 September 2014 07:58 (nine years ago) link
this could be to do with what's known in the industry as "dynamic range compression", or DRC for short. basically they "compress" the dynamic range, and this basically compresses the sound. it's a real "hot topic" among music buffs, and could change the way we listen to music for years to come
― cool music buff (missingNO), Sunday, 21 September 2014 11:33 (nine years ago) link
It's amazing how well Last Exit holds up 14 (!) years later.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 7 March 2018 23:22 (six years ago) link
New one is gorgeous. I'm in love with side 2, in particular. AOTY material for me
― Paul Ponzi, Sunday, 23 October 2022 00:07 (one year ago) link
Really lovely stuff yeah. Their most ambient release by a wide margin but that seems like a very logical space for them to explore. Not sure where it’ll end up in my estimations, but then I only fully fell in love with the last two albums this year, so.
― Tim F, Thursday, 27 October 2022 21:35 (one year ago) link
I think this is easily their best album to date.
― boxedjoy, Friday, 28 October 2022 07:13 (one year ago) link
Tough to beat Last Exit but this one may be a contender, for sure
Also disappointed that this thread title remains sadly apt. Where is everyone?
― Paul Ponzi, Friday, 28 October 2022 10:46 (one year ago) link
wow this is sublime
― ufo, Friday, 28 October 2022 11:24 (one year ago) link
This is absolutely gorgeous. My favourite since So This Is Goodbye. Exactly the kind of album I needed today.
― kitchen person, Friday, 28 October 2022 14:31 (one year ago) link
this might be my favourite thing they've ever done
― ufo, Saturday, 29 October 2022 14:15 (one year ago) link
Same, I think.
― Paul Ponzi, Saturday, 29 October 2022 15:51 (one year ago) link
certified slapper. both perfect for the current Michael mann moment and also its own irreducible thing
― Vapor waif (uptown churl), Saturday, 29 October 2022 16:53 (one year ago) link
can't wait to listen to this.
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 29 October 2022 17:03 (one year ago) link
This is gorgeous. The last track is the standout at the moment. Sounds like We Are King. Junior Boys do quiet storm.
― Shard-borne Beatles with their drowsy hums (Chinaski), Saturday, 29 October 2022 17:19 (one year ago) link
yeah, I'd put this on in the car and three tracks in I'm not sure the car is the right place for it on a sunny beautiful fall day. think I'm going to go switch to earphones and go for a walk with it.
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 29 October 2022 17:22 (one year ago) link
All about side 2 for me. "Dum Audio" through title track just perfection.
― Paul Ponzi, Saturday, 29 October 2022 18:03 (one year ago) link
ok, better on headphones. I get what they're after but it's really not what I want right now. immediately put on the Cut Copy album from 2020 when this was over.
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 29 October 2022 18:04 (one year ago) link
Freeze Melt is so underrated, imo. I just got shipping notice from Rough Trade so my Junior Boys listening session will still be a few days from now.
― brotherlovesdub, Saturday, 29 October 2022 18:41 (one year ago) link
amazing how totally immersed i am in this on first listen. beautiful sound sculpture, walking home on a foggy night at like 3 am when your senses are kind of brushing the world around you into blurs of paint and you're sort of not even able to put the words in your head into sequence, they're just fragments, loops of anxiety that as soon as you're aware of them they've already faded, blurred over themselves, incidentally this walk is longer than you remembered as time has been stretched at the quantum level and every block seems to be a repeat of the previous and it's like you're stuck in the liminal space between club and home forever
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Saturday, 29 October 2022 18:44 (one year ago) link
Beautifully put. This feels like an album whose rep will grow with time, one of those rare releases that will endure after the novelty of "cult band releases new album" wears off, but I've been very wrong about such things before
― Paul Ponzi, Saturday, 29 October 2022 20:38 (one year ago) link
this shit is indistinguishable from the “lo-fi beats to study to” playlist my kid falls asleep up every night
― na (NA), Saturday, 29 October 2022 23:46 (one year ago) link
asleep to
it’s not bad but I’m not sure what elevates it above that kind of intentional audio wallpaper
― na (NA), Saturday, 29 October 2022 23:53 (one year ago) link
ha ha you guys
my kid’s lo-fi beats podcast was queued up on spotify and started playing after the first junior boys song. that is what I’ve been listening to. and i thought i was being so acerbic up there but I’m just an idiot lol
i apologize
― na (NA), Saturday, 29 October 2022 23:56 (one year ago) link
hahaha
― maf you one two (maffew12), Sunday, 30 October 2022 00:27 (one year ago) link
This made for some weird Friday morning commute music and I look forward to playing it next time I can't sleep.
Just because I don't see her name on this thread and in case anyone needs to hear it, Junior Boys' own Jeremy Greenspan has worked on all 3 of Jessy Lanza's albums and they are beautiful. In googling his involvement just now (writing/producing/mixing) I found that they broke up after the second album and "established a new working relationship" for the third. Oddly the back cover of that one says "by Jessy Lanza and Jeremy Greenspan".
― maf you one two (maffew12), Sunday, 30 October 2022 00:42 (one year ago) link
let's have an embed. the single's video is the Toronto subway in 1986. a beaut. now i'm proper sleepy gnite
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8aic8dgxZls
― maf you one two (maffew12), Sunday, 30 October 2022 01:33 (one year ago) link
whatever happened to Johnny dark anyway? That Stereo Image or whatever album sucked. Miss his fucked up El-b by way of timberland beatz
― lets hear some blues on those synths (brimstead), Sunday, 30 October 2022 02:10 (one year ago) link