Junior Senior: Hey Hey My My Yo Yo
Status of copy at Case Memorial Library
Sasha Frere-Jones wrote in the New Yorker: "Tough guys may not dance, but real men have no fear of the exuberant, the foolish, or the loud sweater. Witness Junior Senior, a duo from Denmark whose darkest mood is probably 'psyched.' Junior Senior’s stock-in-trade is aggressively optimistic and genre-blind dance music that switches blithely from chic to corny in the space of one verse. Senior, the openly gay member, declaims like an aerobics instructor looking for very specific results — 'Shake your coconuts until the milk comes out!' — and Junior, the openly straight member, has a rough, puppyish voice that can carry a tune but is unlikely to put Rihanna out of business. In their grave dedication to silliness, they most resemble the B-52’s, a link made explicit on their new album, 'Hey Hey My My Yo Yo,' on which Kate Pierson and Cindy Wilson sing backup. I have exhaustingly reliable evidence that children love the band’s recordings, and less exhausting evidence that the band retains its exuberance when it plays live. After a long absence from the States, Junior Senior will appear at the Highline Ballroom on Aug. 13" (8/13/07).
Sasha Frere-Jones wrote in the New Yorker: "Tough guys may not dance, but real men have no fear of the exuberant, the foolish, or the loud sweater. Witness Junior Senior, a duo from Denmark whose darkest mood is probably 'psyched.' Junior Senior’s stock-in-trade is aggressively optimistic and genre-blind dance music that switches blithely from chic to corny in the space of one verse. Senior, the openly gay member, declaims like an aerobics instructor looking for very specific results — 'Shake your coconuts until the milk comes out!' — and Junior, the openly straight member, has a rough, puppyish voice that can carry a tune but is unlikely to put Rihanna out of business. In their grave dedication to silliness, they most resemble the B-52’s, a link made explicit on their new album, 'Hey Hey My My Yo Yo,' on which Kate Pierson and Cindy Wilson sing backup. I have exhaustingly reliable evidence that children love the band’s recordings, and less exhausting evidence that the band retains its exuberance when it plays live. After a long absence from the States, Junior Senior will appear at the Highline Ballroom on Aug. 13" (8/13/07).
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