Junior BoysBest Junior Boys Albums Ranked

So This Is Goodbye

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9.0

“The second album by this Canadian electronic indie pop band finds vocalist Jeremy Greenspan without the aid of founding member and presumed rhythmic engine Johnny Dark but in greater command of his elegant melodies, exquisite pacing, and marvellously tensile voice.”

Last Exit

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8.9

“These days I tend not to "root" for many musicians, to pledge loyalty to an artist I loved when we both were young, or circle album release dates or try to anticipate when a record will leak. More often than not, I instead brace myself for disappointment-- even from those whose work I most cherish. It's a pessimistic and potentially sad approach, but one that unfortunately seems to cushion blows m”

Big Black Coat

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8.0

“Big Black Coat leaves behind introverted electronica of previous Junior Boys records. There's some mid-era Kraftwerk in its place, as well as a big debt to Detroit techno, that sweet spot in the mid-'70s when krautrock met disco, several of Arthur Russell's many house aliases, and even Prince circa Controversy. But it never lapses into boredom and pastiche, standing instead as one of the highlights of their discography.”

It's All True

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7.8

“On their latest full-length, Junior Boys find a middle ground between the tricky production of their early work and later 1980s-indebted opulence.”

Begone Dull Care

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7.5

“Continuing the straightforward synthetic soul of So This Is Goodbye, Junior Boys' third LP is lush-- sometimes to the point of textural overload.”

Kiss Me All Night - EP

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7.3

“Just six months after their seismic Big Black Coat, the Canadian electronic duo shifts into a lower gear but stays on the vanguard.”