You’ve a slick-looking official site and plenty of social groups – did the band embrace the internet at an early stage? I’m afraid not! Being seen as a very electronic-inspired act, it’s perhaps a surprise that we can take our time with things, and not rush anything. That’s maybe why, back in 1998, I didn’t [...]
“In the words of Royksopp’s Svein Berge, “there are things brewing in the north.” Not least among them is the third album from the smooth-talking electro-pop pair. Entitled ‘Junior’, this latest installment of gilded Royksoppian glitch-pop promises to fall somewhere between their million-selling debut of 2001, ‘Melody AM’, and the catchier, melodic sensibilities of 2005’s [...]
“Happy Up Here, the first single from Norwegian duo’s upcoming Junior, is a lightly percolating walk through the clouds, its rubbery synthesizers and wispy vocals suggesting a sunny-day equivalent to Air’s Moon Safar.” Pitchfork.
World premier of ‘Happy Up Here’ on Pete Tong’s Essential Selection, BBC Radio 1. Listen to the track and interview again on the iPlayer:
Röyksopp chat to Stereogum about their forthcoming album plans
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