Ontario-based Junior Boys began as a duo, with Jeremy Greenspan and Johnny Dark splitting the duties. Influenced by a number of music sectors, including arty synth pop, minimal techno and contemporary hip-hop, they made a demo with no positive results. Dark opted to leave the group, but former Warp employee Nick Kilroy eventually heard the songs and became interested enough to begin his KIN label with Junior Boys as its first artist. Engineer Matt Didemus joined Greenspan, and together they recorded enough material for a full-length album, ‘Last Exit’.
Three months after Last Exit’s initial U.K. release, Domino picked up the album for distribution in the U.S. The Domino version added a bonus disc with B-sides and remixes from the 12” releases. The album ‘So This Is Goodbye’ followed in 2006. The single “In The Morning” was featured in an iTunes commercial in 2007. In September 2008, Morgan Geist’s new album ‘Double Night Time’ was released with five songs performed by Jeremy Greenspan.
Junior Boys just released their third full-length album ‘Begone Dull Care’ on April 7th in the states and March 24th in Canada.
Take A Listen: Hazel by Junior Boys
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