The differences between snacks and Junior Boys
Nadine and I went to see Junior Boys last night at Bowery Ball Room.
There’s a bunch of hype about this Canadian duo—great Pitchfork ratings and blog buzz galore. Indie kids, Euro-“yah”- mods as well as cross-dressing-Charm-School-clubbers dig the synth beats and tender Jeremy Greenspan lyrics, understandably so, the last full length and upcoming release are sonically accessible. But I’ve got to say: The show was a total disappointment.
How is this progressive and newer than any of the synth-pop we’ve already heard? Junior Boys is two white guys looping beats that lean more toward Disco not Hip-Hop, with lyrics that are a bit more emotionally targeted and not as sexually exclusive as most electro/urban dance. The music lacked variety, and the lyrics were incomprehensible. The matching white outfits (one with a popped collar) were a nice touch, but a British accent would’ve totally helped.
It was nice to be on the guest list. It was nice meeting them and interviewing them (I finally asked good questions, although our 4 tracker broke) but I think my expectations were wa(aaaaaaa)y too high. We ended up leaving before the last song and decided it may be better to just listen and never see them again.
Now, here we are at the office. Both Nadine and I received care packages from our mothers—hers, a wide array of easy bake biscuits and trail mix; mine, filled with enough seeds and tea to become an immigrant all over again. Snacking and chatting we came to the final conclusion about last night:
Snacks never let you down.
posted by olgaloo at 1:11 PM
9 Comments:
you are an idiot.
seriously.
you wrapped up your stupidity in a nice warm blanket with that thoughtful closing line. British accents would have helped? Right.
you left before the best song of the night, good call. always good to leave before the band finishes, then write a review about it.
where can we read the interview?
totally agree. i am really into cheez-itz. when i go to a concert, instead of watching crappy opening bands, i usually hang out outside the venue with a box of cheez-itz and smoke a cig. and i totally feel you on the british accents thing. if guys are going to play disco music, and wear all white, they should totally go the full mile, get the accent, and be full on gay.
no need to name call. its just an opinion. geez.
Anony's #1 + #2, at least my mother still loves me and sends fantastic care packages.
Anony #3 the interview was totally lost. We will have more coming up with Xiu Xiu and Architecture in Helsinki and Annuals. So please do stay tuned.
((thanks BV))
i think you are fantastic
as well as clever.
I think it's a tad unfair, considering the mood and sound of the record. As there's absolutely no club culture in the US for this sort of thing, groups like Junior Boys are forced to play RAWK venues. I think they've done a formidable job translating what they do into some sort of hybrid of both.
If they'd been up there playing a "Laptop Battleship" that's probably a lot closer to the album's true origins, show you'd probably have bitched about that too and perhaps more vociferously.
I always like what you have to say.
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