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Junior Senior - Hey Hey My My Yo Yo


In case it hasn't been made abundandtly clear by my previous posts about Tom Vek and LCD Soundsystem (scroll down), I am an ardant supporter of the resurgance of disco in modern day pop music. I loved disco and new wave growing up, even though they were considered dead and dying ever since my infancy, respectively. It was that great desire to hear disco and new wave come back that made me listen to so much Jamiroquai and Zebrahead in high school (hey, Zebrahead's "Fly Daze" was straight-up awesomesauce disco, okay?). I don't think any present-day music artist embodies the joy and life of disco/new wave as much as the Danish duo, Junior Senior.
So everybody remember's their outrageous dance hit "D-D-Don't Stop The Beat" from a couple years back, what with the ingenious pixelicious Shynola-produced music video that depicted a rowdy squirrel getting drunk and blowing shit up while the guys from Junior Senior basically had a damn fun time hanging out and dancing with anthropomorphic toast, hot dogs, horses, ducks and stick figures, right? Well they're back, and while none of the tracks are as standout fantastic as that debut single, the album as a whole is a more satisfying and enjoyable romp than their debut. On "Itch U Can't Skratch," Junior and Senior swap lines back and forth playing off of their similarities and differences and generally calling as many people as they can to the dancefloor to get on down.
On "I Like Music (W.O.S.B.)," Junior sings about his favorite hobby, writing a song (sort of like taking a photograph of someone taking a photograph). The whole thing unfolds like some wild number in an out of control Broadway musical with neon lights and toe-tapping. I see Fred Astaire in a leisure suit! And in the end, it has the sweet aroma of optimism as the boys remind you to "keep on working on something better," a motto they've apparently taken to heart over the past few years while cranking out this disc of glorious pop.

Itch U Can't Skratch MP3
I Like Music (W.O.S.B.) MP3