Why is everyone not going totally bonkers about the junior boys?

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junior boys are sexier tho.

― bnw (bnw), Friday, 21 May 2004 14:14 (nineteen years ago) link

I really like this record. Despite having heard the majority of it before, I have a newfound appreciation for tracks like Bellona and Last Exit in the context of the album. Listening to this and that Justus Koehncke covers thing actually made me want to go and buy some New Order.

― @d@ml (nordicskilla), Friday, 21 May 2004 14:48 (nineteen years ago) link

Actually, am I going to be one of the only people here to rep for Bellona in particular?

― @d@ml (nordicskilla), Friday, 21 May 2004 15:00 (nineteen years ago) link

Listening to this and that Justus Koehncke covers thing actually made me want to go and buy some New Order.

You are wise and good.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 21 May 2004 15:14 (nineteen years ago) link

'more than real' really moves me. in a dark, stalkerpop kind of way.

i also think that new order comparisons are very lazy.

― myke boomnoise (myke boomnoise), Friday, 21 May 2004 15:15 (nineteen years ago) link

Really, why? You'd prefer something a little more "contemporary? I should add that I don't know New Order very well, so it was a comparison based on a very sketchy appreciation of their sound. Anyway, one of those Koehncke tracks has a scandalously Peter Hook-esque bassline.

― @d@ml (nordicskilla), Friday, 21 May 2004 15:37 (nineteen years ago) link

not getting on the offensive sorry. and i was talking more in general than about what you said nordic. all i really meant was that i think that there's room for a more developed analysis of their sound than simple and obvious comparisons to new order.

― myke boomnoise (myke boomnoise), Friday, 21 May 2004 15:56 (nineteen years ago) link

Probably, but it really never struck me until I heard the whole record.

― @d@ml (nordicskilla), Friday, 21 May 2004 16:05 (nineteen years ago) link

does anyone know what bellona is about? this isn't a trick question

― nick.K (nick.K), Friday, 21 May 2004 17:08 (nineteen years ago) link

You mean you don't?

― @d@ml (nordicskilla), Friday, 21 May 2004 17:13 (nineteen years ago) link

"last exit" is by far my favourite track on the record.

btw, nick, i am so SO sorry. soon i promise.

― mark p (Mark P), Friday, 21 May 2004 17:23 (nineteen years ago) link

assuming this isn't a trick question which you say it isn't nick, my early interpretation is about losing somebody to someone else, despite a long relationship and dedication to them and the frustration at the situation etc. bellona is the roman godess of war so the conflict idea follows. perhaps the subject is the same individual as in 'more than real'

but maybe i'm on the wrong lines all together.

― myke boomnoise (myke boomnoise), Friday, 21 May 2004 17:50 (nineteen years ago) link

i'm amazed at how much i like this album - over the last few years i've tried to get into junior boys stuff other than 'birthday', but it's never really grabbed me. i've listened to the album quite a lot over the last week, though, and it's really becoming quite a compulsion.

― toby (tsg20), Friday, 21 May 2004 17:55 (nineteen years ago) link

i will join you in your particular bellona reppage, adam.

― m. (mitchlnw), Friday, 21 May 2004 18:01 (nineteen years ago) link

just interested in hearing what other people think of it, I had an early history of skipping the track. i used to dismiss it because of the impression it gave me, without ever listening or thinking about it much.

― nick.K (nick.K), Friday, 21 May 2004 18:11 (nineteen years ago) link

"Bellona" stood out, especially on the original sampler ep, as an oddly bouncy number partly due to the house beat (I think I initially thought of it as v. Jurgen Paape-like). Not to mention that with the more groove-focused 2-step tracks like "I'm So Into You" that were on there it felt like the furthest edge of JB's song/groove spectrum, whereas on the album it rubs shoulders with the v. song focused "Teach Me How To Fight". Frontloading it near the beginning was a good idea I think, because it makes it seem less of a diversion.

Still trying to work out what to say about this album that isn't essentially a reiteration of my earlier comments on the group.

― Tim Finney (Tim Finney), Friday, 21 May 2004 23:21 (nineteen years ago) link

Who is issuing this in the UK? Amazon isn't listing it.

― N. (nickdastoor), Friday, 21 May 2004 23:48 (nineteen years ago) link

it's not showing up in any of the online store databases.

baked goods is the uk distributor for KIN, so Boomkat will definately be the first to stock it.

― DJ Martian (djmartian), Saturday, 22 May 2004 00:10 (nineteen years ago) link

"teach me how to fight" is particularly amazing.

― toby (tsg20), Saturday, 22 May 2004 06:26 (nineteen years ago) link

trying to work out what to say about this album that isn't essentially a reiteration of my earlier comments on the group
Tim, you wouldn't believe how many journalists have been in touch to say something similar.

― nick.K (nick.K), Saturday, 22 May 2004 07:03 (nineteen years ago) link

In case I didn't make it clear, I absolutely love Bellona, and More than Real is one that stands out on vinyl - they both work in clubs. Also I'm sure this has something to do with what Bellona's about (although i'm not sure jeremy would agree)

― nick.K (nick.K), Saturday, 22 May 2004 07:17 (nineteen years ago) link

Junior Boys - Last Exit now available to pre-order at:

Warp Mart
http://www.warprecords.com/mart/music/release.php?cat=KIN03

also available at HMV UK
http://hmv.co.uk

― DJ Martian (djmartian), Sunday, 30 May 2004 20:43 (nineteen years ago) link

try again...
http://www.hmv.co.uk

― DJ Martian (djmartian), Sunday, 30 May 2004 20:44 (nineteen years ago) link

too expensive

― rs, Monday, 31 May 2004 17:05 (nineteen years ago) link

eh? thats just what records cost now (in the UK anyway).

― jed_ (jed), Monday, 31 May 2004 17:19 (nineteen years ago) link

i was blind, now i can see, the Junior Boys album made a believer out of me...

― martin (martin), Monday, 31 May 2004 22:14 (nineteen years ago) link

as usual I am late to the party, but I'm really liking this album this morning

― J0hn Darn1elle (J0hn Darn1elle), Wednesday, 2 June 2004 12:35 (nineteen years ago) link

play.com
http://www.play.com/play247.asp?source=676&page=title&r=CDJ&Cur=257&title=172261

have the Junior Boys album for £ 9.99 [free delivery to the UK]

However they normally source CDs from suppliers outside of the UK, and have the album down for June 21st. Play.com trade from Channel Islands = no VAT to pay ..therefore cheaper.

― DJ Martian (djmartian), Wednesday, 2 June 2004 12:48 (nineteen years ago) link

i can't believe this thread has gone on so long and nobody has mentioned TEARS FOR FEARS yet (okay, jess and Ned did come close to doing so)

come on ppl, it's freakin' obvious!

― zebedee (zebedee), Sunday, 6 June 2004 12:23 (nineteen years ago) link

(the comparison's a compliment btw)

― zebedee (zebedee), Sunday, 6 June 2004 12:23 (nineteen years ago) link

boomkat, have the album for £9.99
http://www.boomkat.com/item.cfm?merchID=13958

― DJ Martian (djmartian), Sunday, 6 June 2004 12:27 (nineteen years ago) link

*** ATTENTION - those who've requested links for places to buy it in the on-line states - try Ear-Rational
+ Forced Exposure / Other Music / Bent Crayon will be stocking it next week

― nick.K (nick.K), Sunday, 6 June 2004 17:54 (nineteen years ago) link

I will buy this despite the annoying fake .mp3s that have circulated!

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Sunday, 6 June 2004 17:57 (nineteen years ago) link

Nick, when will it be in the actual real life shops?

― jed_ (jed), Sunday, 6 June 2004 18:19 (nineteen years ago) link

it's in the shops tmmw morning but I've already seen a few copies on sale in the independent shops. A few chains are taking it, just go in and ask for it.

― nick.K (nick.K), Sunday, 6 June 2004 18:38 (nineteen years ago) link

hey nick tell your band to email me back

― strongo hulkington (dubplatestyle), Sunday, 6 June 2004 19:43 (nineteen years ago) link

also spin straw from gold

― strongo hulkington (dubplatestyle), Sunday, 6 June 2004 19:43 (nineteen years ago) link

i still don't see this on forced assposure.. WHAT THE DEAL

― cutty (mcutt), Tuesday, 8 June 2004 15:46 (nineteen years ago) link

the 2 shops i went into today didnt have it - Fopp and Rub-a-Dub - i bought the 2 singles from Fopp and they guy said the album wasn't even on the database or the "about to be released" list.

― jed_ (jed), Tuesday, 8 June 2004 18:52 (nineteen years ago) link

The UK distributor is:

Baked Goods
http://www.baked-goods.com/contact2.html

― DJ Martian (djmartian), Tuesday, 8 June 2004 18:55 (nineteen years ago) link

Boomkat dispatched mine today.

― Sick Mouthy (Nick Southall), Tuesday, 8 June 2004 18:57 (nineteen years ago) link

So, can I pick this up in Toronto or do I have to get it off the net? They'll be selling it at NxNE right?

― bee bop, Tuesday, 8 June 2004 19:21 (nineteen years ago) link

nick was nice enough to agree to send a copy to my station. i will purchase my own copy when I get a job.

― christhamrin (christhamrin), Tuesday, 8 June 2004 19:53 (nineteen years ago) link

Was that CD singles or 12"s for the singles, jed? How much?

― N. (nickdastoor), Tuesday, 8 June 2004 19:55 (nineteen years ago) link

album of the year for me at the moment, edging The Streets and Kerrier District

― Paul (scifisoul), Tuesday, 8 June 2004 20:19 (nineteen years ago) link

Maybe me too. This or Wiley.

― @d@ml (nordicskilla), Tuesday, 8 June 2004 20:20 (nineteen years ago) link

i bought the 2 singles from Fopp and they guy said the album wasn't even on the database

N., i should have said I had PREVIOUSLY bought the singles from fopp. they were a fiver each but this was a while back - they dont have them in stock at the moment. They may still have them in stock in Rub A Dub but they will probably be £7 in there.

― jed_ (jed), Tuesday, 8 June 2004 21:01 (nineteen years ago) link

That's rub a dub.

― N. (nickdastoor), Tuesday, 8 June 2004 21:37 (nineteen years ago) link

I Had trouble getting the Album , unavailable in Hmv/Fopp, but finally came across it in select-a-disc (Berwick st)

― marc read, Wednesday, 9 June 2004 08:01 (nineteen years ago) link

Try the independent shops first.. then the chains.
btw - it'll be MOJO's Dance Album of the Month in August...

― nick.K (nick.K), Wednesday, 9 June 2004 08:09 (nineteen years ago) link

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