Junior Boys - Birthday

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Release Date:: 10/01/2003
Label:: Domino
UPC:: 801390005329

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This 12" is the first release on an upstart English label, from a group of Canadians who are capable of plucking elements from numerous styles within the span of a few minutes. Theirs is a cunning approach that results in a sound that is urban, bittersweet, vulnerable; these songs might just unravel in your hands if you were to mishandle them. From a production standpoint, lead track "Birthday" falls somewhere between the jittertwitch of JayZ's "Nigga What, Nigga Who" and the arctic chill of Ultravox's "Vienna," with the limited but effective voice of Jeremy Greenspan singing with tender resignation. The relatively hushed "Last Exit" "relatively" because "Birthday" could've been recorded beside a napping studiohand is even better, with Greenspan's whisper an instant pull. This has a similar solitary drive at dusk feel. Two exceptional remixes fill out the flip side, including a Fennesz remix of "Last Exit" that wobbles and squeals around until bursting into confetti. If you happen to be a DJ who has been searching high and low for a way to link Berlin dub techno to Timbaland, or Japan to Dem 2, here is your fix. What amazes most about this group is that they can be easily appreciated by those who are oblivious to the all of the sources.

- Andy Kellman, All Music Guide

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A Hamilton, Ontariobased electronic pop group, Junior Boys began as a duo with its duties split between Jeremy Greenspan and Johnny Dark. Influenced by a number of music sectors including arty synthpop, minimal techno, U.K. garage and contemporary h...Full Junior Boys Biography