Royksopp: Junior

[holden]

Coming March 3 and 29th, 2009, Royksopp's collab-heavy 3rd LP, "Junior"
Here's the lead-off single "Happy Up Here" stream:
http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/download/148404-new-music-ryksopp-happy-up-here-stream

Darned if it doesn't sound like Air circa "Talkie Walkie". Still some recognizeable Royksopp blips, but certainly more , uh, "happy" than the prior records. The album art looks cheese-tastic,
http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/news/148466-new-ryksopp-album-cover-is-freaky
reminiscent of Beck's "Midnite Vultures" inner art to me.

[Leon]

I really like it. The beat is very Eple-like, but good. And I like the vibe of the track. Don't know if I'm going to like the album if all the tracks sound like this, but we'll see.

[Dirty0900]

Sounds better then half the shite on the 2nd rekkid. Artwork aint to bad either.

[dubnobasswithme]

thanks for the heads up! first i've heard of it.

[Eikman]

it does sound a bit cheesy, but so did some of their earlier work. not too shabby, this one.

[holden]

Just downloaded and played a few times this weekend...
as other reviews have said, it does neatly cover both their cheeky pop side and darker, analog techno sound.
A bit too many guest vocalists and mid-tempo synthpop for my taste (e.g. I much prefer Melody A.M. and the harder instrumentals on Understanding), but it's still enjoyable.
It's just, well, we know they're capable of more than the polished pop.

[Bargo]

I seem to have the same problem with Royksopp that I do with Chemical Brothers, in that I find their work that doesn't feature guest vocalists vastly more interesting than the stuff that does. If both bands just stuck to instrumentals I'd like them a lot more.. and that's pretty much the same thoughts I had when listening to this for the first time.

[Dirty0900]

I seem to have the same problem with Royksopp that I do with Chemical Brothers, in that I find their work that doesn't feature guest vocalists vastly more interesting than the stuff that does. If both bands just stuck to instrumentals I'd like them a lot more.. and that's pretty much the same thoughts I had when listening to this for the first time.

Well, all the vocalists are heavy hitters - Robyn, Lykke Li and thingy from The Knive.

[dubman]

i agree with bargo, even with spank rock the chem bros get on my nerves when they collaborate. singers are like crutches to them.

[Eikman]

don't like it.

suprisingly, karin dreijer andersson (of the knife fame) provides one of the better performances. and i used to hate the knife.

[//\/\/]

I seem to have the same problem with Royksopp that I do with Chemical Brothers, in that I find their work that doesn't feature guest vocalists vastly more interesting than the stuff that does.

agreed in part about the chems - apart from 'let forever be'...

as for røyksopp - 'what else is there?' would be nothing without the vocal, similarly 'this must be it'... ...then again; that's the same vocalist, so maybe they should take to being her guest band...?!:confused:

[dubnobasswithme]

listened to it half a dozen times so far and i really dig it. of course, i like a number of tracks by the guest female vocalists, so perhaps i am biased from the start.

'this must be it' is my personal favorite at the moment. certainly worth the individual track download if you don't want to commit to the whole album.