Junior Boys is the labour-of-love of Jeremy Greenspan, an Anglophile from Hamilton, Ontario. He had almost given up on the band after five years of going nowhere fast, but interest from the UK's KIN label reignited Jeremy's passion and he created the 2003 album 'Last Exit' as a solo project, with assistance from engineer Matt Didemus.

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Last Exit was preceded by two EPs strategically placed in the hands of critics/bloggers who were likely to be open to Junior Boys ' sound. These releases offered a mishmash incorporating parts from numerous styles and countless artists while being evasive enough to prevent dismissive accusations of plagiarism. Provided to YouTube by Domino Recording Co Ltd Last Exit Junior Boys Last Exit ℗ 2004 Domino Recording Co Ltd ℗ 2004 Junior Boys Released on: 2007-11-10 Co.

So our friends from the Great White North have decided to grace us with a second full-length visit, So This Is Goodbye. There couldn't be a more apt locale for these Boyz to hail from than Canada, as they serve up another round of music for dance floors made of ice and for heating up wintry bedrooms.

As a fan of Junior Boys' debut, Last Exit, hearing their new offering was absolutely thrilling. As good as it is, though, I can't help but be taken aback by just how similar it sounds to its predecessor. I recently took another listen to Last Exit, and it is quite apparent that Junior Boys are more concerned with refinement than overt progression. Last Exit sounds like a band creating a sonic niche for themselves, such that every timbre of every note sounds perfect, while So This Is Goodbye simply applies this template to a new fantastic string of songs.

So This Is Goodbye wastes no time, beginning with a one-two dancefloor punch of 'Double Shadow' and 'The Equalizer.' Make no mistake, it sounds just like Last Exit, but their reinvigorated sense of pop songwriting takes their sound to new heights. This idea peaks on the maybe-too-sexy 'In the Morning,' which is a flurry of heavy breathing, suggestive lyrics, and fluttering synths. Things change direction a bit with 'First Time,' a ballad of sorts that takes advantage of the band's sound for a different sort of song. In this case, the trick absolutely works and the song proves to be a highlight. However, on 'When No One Cares,' the band again tinkers with their formula but with less compelling results. Stripped-down, vocal-led, and lacking a strong melody, the song takes down the momentum of the second half. This is only one dud among ten, making the album about as solid as they come.

In the end, Junior Boys' improved skills at constructing pop songs within their fantastic sonic template is more than enough to make So This Is Goodbye one of my favorite releases of 2006 so far.

1. Double Shadow
2. The Equalizer
3. First Time
4. Count Souvenirs
5. In The Morning
6. So This is Goodbye
7. Like a Child
8. Caught in a Wave
9. When No One Cares
10. FM

More about: Junior Boys

Last Exit is the debut studio album by Canadian electronic music group Junior Boys. It was released on June 7, 2004 by KIN Records in the United Kingdom and on September 21, 2004 by Domino Recording Company in the United States. The album was promoted by two singles: 'Birthday' and 'High Come Down'.

Last Exit received rave reviews from critics.^[4] The United States release contains a bonus disc adding songs previously only available on their EPs.

Critical reception[edit]

Last Exit received highly positive reviews from music critics. The album holds a score of 89 out of 100 on the review aggregator website Metacritic, indicating 'universal acclaim.'^[4] Writing for Pitchfork, Scott Plagenhoef praised the album for its 'deceptively simple and very approachable tracks' and remarked that songwriter Jeremy Greenspan was able 'to fold elements of nearly a quarter-century of forward-looking pop into a distinct sound without sounding either conceptual or trading on contradictions or the smoke-and-mirrors of attention-grabbing eclecticism.'^[9]Uncut wrote that 'the contrast between romanticism and sonic daring, alien time signatures and freakishly pretty tunes, is irresistible.'^[11]The Guardian's Dorian Lynskey stated that Junior Boys' 'spectral vision of electronic pop is an understated, unpredictable delight',^[2] while PopMatters' Adrien Begrand called Last Exit 'a warm, friendly, entirely accessible pop album.'^[12] Andy Kellman of AllMusic noted that the album's songs 'can be enjoyed with or without all of the analysis and context' and praised the duo's 'ability to be alluringly aloof'.^[5] Leah Greenblatt of Entertainment Weekly called the album 'prettily nostalgic (think New Order, Erasure, Bronski Beat) and gloriously right now.'^[7]

Accolades[edit]

The song 'Teach Me How to Fight' ranked at number 57 on Porcys' list of the best singles of 2000-2004,^[13] as well as number 16 on Screenagers' list of the best songs of the 2000s.^[14]

Acclaimed Music, a site which aggregates hundreds of critics' lists from around the world into an all-time ranking, declares the album as the 1591st most acclaimed of all-time.^[15]

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Track listing[edit]

References[edit]

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1. ^ ^ab'Junior Boys: Last Exit'. Q (215): 98. June 2004.
2. ^ ^abcLynskey, Dorian (May 21, 2004). 'Junior Boys, Last Exit'. The Guardian. Retrieved January 10, 2016.
3. ^ ^abBlashill, Pat (October 28, 2004). 'Junior Boys: Last Exit'. Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on June 11, 2008. Retrieved January 10, 2016.
4. ^ ^abc'Reviews for Last Exit by Junior Boys'. Metacritic. Retrieved April 9, 2015.
5. ^ ^abKellman, Andy. 'Last Exit – Junior Boys'. AllMusic. Retrieved January 10, 2016.
6. ^'Junior Boys: Last Exit'. Blender (31): 136. November 2004.
7. ^ ^abGreenblatt, Leah (September 24, 2004). 'Last Exit'. Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on January 18, 2017. Retrieved January 10, 2016.
8. ^'Junior Boys: Last Exit'. NME: 41. July 31, 2004.
9. ^ ^abPlagenhoef, Scott (June 15, 2004). 'Junior Boys: Last Exit'. Pitchfork. Retrieved January 10, 2016.
10. ^'Breakdown'. Spin. 20 (11): 118. November 2004. Retrieved December 18, 2015.
11. ^ ^ab'Ready To Depart'. Uncut (86): 102. July 2004. Archived from the original on December 1, 2017. Retrieved January 10, 2016.
12. ^Begrand, Adrien (October 13, 2004). 'Junior Boys: Last Exit'. PopMatters. Retrieved April 9, 2015.
13. ^'100 Singles 2000-2004'. Porcys. Porcys Media. 11 July 2005. Retrieved 9 April 2015.
14. ^'Podsumowanie dekady'. Screenagers. Retrieved 9 April 2015.
15. ^'Acclaimed Music'. acclaimedmusic.net. Retrieved 2015-09-15.

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