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UncutIt's hard to believe there will be a better record than Last Exit released this year. [Jul 2004, p.102]
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SpinThey do it better [than the Postal Service]--catchier songs, chillier production and more sophisticated beats. [Nov 2004, p.118]
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Last Exit is a monumental debut... on par with It’s My Life or Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret.
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There isn’t a single mis-step on Last Exit.
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BlenderPresents a rarity--a genuinely new sound. [Nov 2004, p.136]
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New Musical Express (NME)It's thrillingly obvious that Junior Boys have made one of the year's best albums. [31 Jul 2004, p.41]
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Last Exit is a truly excellent album, one of the best of 2004 so far. But what is truly exciting is the promise Last Exit holds for the future – for that of the Junior Boys themselves and the countless others it is sure to inspire.
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MojoTender dream-pop which is simulataneously familiar and novel. [Aug 2004, p.96]
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Last Exit, while being one of the year's most cutting-edge releases, is, most importantly, a warm, friendly, entirely accessible pop album.
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If you like your pop a little left of center and found the Postal Service to be too cute and syrupy, your fix is here.
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Greenspan... manages to fold elements of nearly a quarter-century of forward-looking pop into a distinct sound without sounding either conceptual or trading on contradictions or the smoke-and-mirrors of attention-grabbing eclecticism.
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It is indeed a soaring achievement, one seemingly without missteps.... In fact, the only drawback of an album this expertly executed is its smoothness.
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Entertainment WeeklySupple, stylish electro-pop so cool it makes glaciers jealous. [24 Sep 2004, p.106]
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Q MagazineIt's '80s synth-pop in spirit rather than form, miles away from the make-up clad silliness of electroclash and much more interested in muching about with present day technology than simply recreating the past. [Jun 2004, p.98]
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In different hands, some of the songs might be butterscotch-smooth MOR but Jeremy Greenspan's voice never loses its neurotic edge.
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Last Exit is noteworthy for taking on a sound that's easy to screw up (emoting over synthetic beats) and actually making it work.
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UrbBut wait, you say you're sick of disingenuous irony? Well so are we, which is why Junior Boys is such an astounding relief, boarding on rapturous in their melancholy. [Jul/Aug 2004, p.125]
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What keeps Last Exit grounded is the laid-back approach to the vocals and beats.
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Junior Boys makes hushed, blippy dance music with a contemporary sensibility, as though Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark had been continuously recording since 1980.
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Your tolerance level for the group will probably mostly have to do with how well you can stand the rather light vocal stylings and the sometimes lighter-electronics programming.
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This is music that sounds like it was plotted by sad psychics graduates in lab coats. It's clean, melancholic and sterile (in a totally non-derogatory sense) - full of gently undulating rhythms and melodic pulses.
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Rolling StoneElegant tech-house, sexy without being stoopid. [28 Oct 2004, p.100]
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What worries me about the obviously talented Junior Boys is their tendency to round their corners. The music is so safe, so pleasant; it's not hard to imagine it in the Starbucks CD rotation without raising an eyebrow.
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 42 out of 53
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Mixed: 2 out of 53
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Negative: 9 out of 53
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Mar 18, 2016
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HugoT.Apr 1, 2008
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[Anonymous]Sep 9, 2007