Known for their electro-poppy European flair, Junior contrasts Royksopp’s glitchy, bone-grinding synths with an ’80s pop mystique and robust vocals from Scandinavian artists Lykke Li, Robyn and Karin Dreijer Andersson (The Knife). Each track presents a concentrated yet relatively simplistic arrangement of drums, synths and vocals, all of which come together to create frantic anxiety on some tracks (’Tricky Tricky’) and epic anthems on others (’Royksopp Forever’). Yet, despite the seemingly polar nature of such songs, the tail end of the album asserts its identity and provides an overall ‘chill-out’ experience.
In their most mature moments, the Royksopp mushroom cloud bloats and bursts, emitting a smoky puff of spores that will ultimately develop into moments of polarity and pleasure. Junior breathes new life into an already overpopulated genre of glitch and synth stab fury. So, breathe deep and let it carry you away to place far far away in the north.

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