JUNIOR BOYS this SATURDAY at PEPPER JACK'S...

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PJC presents

Domino recording artists'

JUNIOR BOYS

Saturday, July 29th

with special guests

MANTLER(Tomlab/Toronto) http://www.myspace.com/mantler

and

ABLOCKPARENTCOMMUNITY (Hamilton) http://ablockparentcommunity.ca/

Doors open at 9pm

@ The Pepper Jack Cafe

38 King William St. Hamilton

www.pepperjackcafe.com

(905)525-666

Tickets $8 advance, $10 day of.

Available at Pepper Jack's, Dr Disc, Sonic Union

www.juniorboys.net

The story so far...

Junior Boys defy any easy equation, joining a long tradition of

sonically rich pop that unites emotionally charged songcraft with

experimental process, like New Order and the Beach Boys before them.

Just as Luomo redefined house; mixing dub and electronics with vocals,

Last Exit breaks new ground for electro-pop, blending heart felt

lyrics with a production style that owes a debt to artists as varied

as Timbaland, Todd Edwards, Fennesz and the Basic Channel school. In

short, it reflects early 80s pop history back through the styles of

contemporary dance. They formed somewhere around 1999 in Hamilton,

Canada, the same town that brought us Manitoba and Kieran 'Four Tet'

Hebden's Text label. Junior Boys' conception occurred with two events:

first listening to Dem 2's 'Baby (you're so sexy)', which caused them

to say "Yo! This is the future of music." Next, hearing Sylvian /

Sakamoto doing 'Bamboo Houses' prompted "Whoa...THIS is the future of

music."

Originally a duo: Jeremy Greenspan and Johnny Dark began creating the

sound that would reconcile these influences, resulting in exciting

fresh pop music that is unapologetically synthetic, yet drenched with

passion and feeling. Years of collaboration followed and the resulting

demo was duly sent out but after a heap of rejections and near misses

they were resigned to being bedroom beat constructors; too retro for

the garage / 2-step scene, too pop for the underground. After Johnny

left the band to pursue other interests there didn't seem much point

continuing. That was until KIN heard their demo at the end of 2002 and

commissioned more work from the remaining member. Hooking up with his

engineer, Matt Didemus, Jeremy began again, writing more material and

pulling an album together.

The first release 'Birthday / Last Exit' came in October 2003 - a four

track EP with a remix by Fennesz which brought them unanimous acclaim

when it caught the attention of a loose collective of music writers

and bloggers who jokingly tagged them "the greatest band you've never

heard." The 'High Come Down' EP followed in February 2004 with a

Manitoba remix and word began to spread. This brings us to the album

Last Exit, due released on the 21st of September on Domino. It was

recorded at the end of 2003 by Matt and Jeremy in Hamilton. Expect

their new album, So This Is Goodbye, to be released this August,

followed by a world tour in the fall.