“Junior is a proper fantastic return for the ‘sopp, and is the sort of thing you could imagine sound tracking all the best events in life – whether having a cuppa, or shape-throwing down the rave-up. Interesting fact: very few albums will be as enjoyable as this in 2009. Brilliant” Read the full review here
“For those who appreciated The Understanding‘s shift toward craftier, radio-ready pop, Junior is bound to please. Though Röyksopp have always relied on the contributions of friends for their vocals, Junior leans even more of its weight on its guests. And what an A-list of Scandinavian’s finest they’ve assembled, with cuts from Robyn, Lykke Li, Karin [...]
“Junior is Röyksopp’s third album in eight years and finds them synthesizing the highs and lows from their previous records to strike a knowing middle ground. While it might be oversimplifying matters to suggest that it splits the difference between the cute, poppy Röyksopp and the darker, techno-friendly Röyksopp, the most satisfying thing about Junior [...]
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Data Transmission asked Svein and Torbjorn to talk about the soundtrack to their Desert Island Disco – check it out here. Includes tracks from Kraftwerk, Burial, The Irrepressibles, The Knife, M83 and Vangelis! “In the second of our features with the lovely Norwegian duo, we asked them to run us through their essential Desert Island [...]
“Junior is intoxicating, ecstatic electro at its peak that twists, turns and evolves with every spin. And as for the Norwegians’ chameleonic adaptability assigning the record an ambience where it’d be out of place seems nigh on implausible. Listen closely and even the crunch of a few guitar strings pricks the subconscious.” Read the full [...]
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