Why is everyone not going totally bonkers about the junior boys?

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i heard some of this on mary anne hobbs! need i say more!

― prima fassy (bob), Wednesday, 15 October 2003 08:57 (twenty years ago) link

Can't complain because I never sent her a copy, but did you hear what she said after she'd played it, about me being in league with the devil! Very strange

― nick.K (nick.K), Wednesday, 15 October 2003 09:13 (twenty years ago) link

What???

― Tim Finney (Tim Finney), Wednesday, 15 October 2003 10:00 (twenty years ago) link

Yup..... FACT! One hour fourty minutes into the Breezeblock 30th Sept 2004.
[track fades]'that's the Junior Boys coming out on KIN which is run by a guy called nick who is obviously in league with the devil!?!?!'

― nick.K (nick.K), Wednesday, 15 October 2003 10:09 (twenty years ago) link

i know nothing about mary anne hobbs, but maybe she meant you must be in league with the devil to get such great stuff on yr fledgling label.

― mitch lastnamewithheld (mitchlnw), Wednesday, 15 October 2003 10:53 (twenty years ago) link

oh yeeeeah, i thought she was referring to chris morris

― prima fassy (bob), Wednesday, 15 October 2003 10:58 (twenty years ago) link

HOBBS LANE!!

(ph34r)

― prima fassy (bob), Wednesday, 15 October 2003 11:10 (twenty years ago) link

Maybe it was a tenuous 'old nick' joke. But more likely the 'devil has all the best tunes' thing - she is a bit of an old rock chick, after all.

― N. (nickdastoor), Wednesday, 15 October 2003 18:23 (twenty years ago) link

nik is the devil...trust me

― greensj, Friday, 17 October 2003 22:50 (twenty years ago) link

KIN went LIVE at 10:47 GMT on the 23 oct 2003.

― nick.K (nick.K), Thursday, 23 October 2003 09:06 (twenty years ago) link

wow - looks really different.

― kattie, Thursday, 23 October 2003 13:04 (twenty years ago) link

the thread question is kinda daft - i feel like its only directed towards the blogoshphere and other music writers

it was.

― Dave Stelfox (Dave Stelfox), Thursday, 23 October 2003 13:07 (twenty years ago) link

directed at music writers etc, there's quite a few of us on this board, incidentally.

― Dave Stelfox (Dave Stelfox), Thursday, 23 October 2003 13:12 (twenty years ago) link

Sorry Dave, I'm not sure it was a particularly daft question. An awful lot of journalists/editors had recieved and heard the EP before you was asked it. Many of them got back saying 'no chance, mate' only to find their staff writers and freelancers raving about it a few weeks later. So... why wasn't everyone going totally bonkers about the junior boys?.... because they hadn't heard they should be. Some of their strongest supporters had to be coerced into even giving it a listen so I'm not in the least surprised.

― nick.K (nick.K), Thursday, 23 October 2003 14:06 (twenty years ago) link

what's to apologise for? come over to the broken beat thread - i'm getting a really hard time there!

― Dave Stelfox (Dave Stelfox), Thursday, 23 October 2003 14:09 (twenty years ago) link

Just a sec.
greensj.... you're not supposed to be reading this.

― nick.K (nick.K), Thursday, 23 October 2003 14:14 (twenty years ago) link

who takes all those photos? KIN, the Junior Boys?

― kattie, Thursday, 23 October 2003 15:13 (twenty years ago) link

they are nick k's photos (or at least, many of them are), i particularly like the ones of m25 and hangar lane, i hadnt seen those before.

i have yet to hear the junior boys, this will change very shortly

― charltonlido (gareth), Thursday, 23 October 2003 17:30 (twenty years ago) link

An interview where the Junior Boys answer THAT question -

Finally, perhaps this question says more about me than you, but do you think a quasi-paedophilic band name helps or hinders you?

"Perhaps indeed. Needless to say appealing to a child-molesting demographic was not closely considered."

― nick.K (nick.K), Monday, 27 October 2003 09:56 (twenty years ago) link

Thanks Charlton, did you get to hear them yet? Am I alone in loving this EP? everyone else was raving about it last month. It's new to me and right now I want everyone to know.

― kattie, Monday, 27 October 2003 16:50 (twenty years ago) link

i love it immensely too. Last Exit = one of the year's best tracks.

― jed (jed_e_3), Monday, 27 October 2003 17:13 (twenty years ago) link

I know, the EP's called Birthday/Last Exit but the UK press reviews rarely mention Last Exit, except JS which said it 'veered into industrial territory'?!?!?!

― nick.K (nick.K), Monday, 27 October 2003 18:05 (twenty years ago) link

even though he is probably (could only be) referring to the fennez mix i cant begin to describe the extent to which that makes no sense.

― jed (jed_e_3), Monday, 27 October 2003 18:37 (twenty years ago) link

finally got my hands on the vinyl after listening to this on MP3's - my god, what a difference - Last exit is so beautiful it makes me want to cry with joy. Song of the year for me.

― jed (jed_e_3), Wednesday, 29 October 2003 14:29 (twenty years ago) link

Nick, is KIN related to the Irish electronic label of the same name at all? They might give you some grief if not...

― Conor (Conor), Wednesday, 29 October 2003 14:39 (twenty years ago) link

nick i love this ep more and more with every passing week

― mark p (Mark P), Wednesday, 29 October 2003 14:41 (twenty years ago) link

ps. the devil is obviously fennesz

― mark p (Mark P), Wednesday, 29 October 2003 14:41 (twenty years ago) link

is fennesz the devil then?

― kattie, Thursday, 30 October 2003 16:12 (twenty years ago) link

the thing i don't like about the fennesz remix is that it fills up the empitness of the track which is the thing i like most about it.

― jed (jed_e_3), Thursday, 30 October 2003 17:15 (twenty years ago) link

also the origional is perfect so a remix is unnecesary, i think.

― jed (jed_e_3), Thursday, 30 October 2003 17:17 (twenty years ago) link

as is so often the case... (re: remixes)

Nick, I have the vinyl now (from Juno) and loving it
"Last Exit" and Coloma's "Illegible Love" make me long for early evening and end-of-night DJing when it will be perfect to play these kinds of tunes.

― Paul (scifisoul), Thursday, 30 October 2003 17:48 (twenty years ago) link

coloma's "illegible love" more info please paul - i need to hear that just cos you mentioned them together.

― jed (jed_e_3), Thursday, 30 October 2003 17:52 (twenty years ago) link

i am in love

― David. (Cozen), Thursday, 30 October 2003 20:01 (twenty years ago) link

...still dennis?

― jed (jed_e_3), Thursday, 30 October 2003 20:18 (twenty years ago) link

jed - check Tim's great reviews (search Finery +"Tim Finney" should do the trick). also Andy Kellman on AMG (allmusic.com): Coloma - Finery (and Silverware). search Coloma on ILM too. warning: possible acquired taste (if you already like The Blue Nile or -maybe- Colin Newman, it will be easier).

― Paul (scifisoul), Thursday, 30 October 2003 20:30 (twenty years ago) link

not to distract from Junior Boys: the undercarriage/rhythm-production differs in that Finery is more mid-range microhouse, while Junior Boys have more garage oomph!

― Paul (scifisoul), Thursday, 30 October 2003 20:35 (twenty years ago) link

i thk you shd buy finery colin if only so i can steal it off you!

hah actually (if yr watching phil sherburne, hi phil! sorry) i ws meant to be sending PS a copy of the mayer peel thing in exchange fr finery whoops!

― David. (Cozen), Thursday, 30 October 2003 21:35 (twenty years ago) link

oh well you can do me a copy too while you're at it!

― jed (jed_e_3), Friday, 31 October 2003 10:59 (twenty years ago) link

This thread inspired me to go and buy the 12": I expected to not be able to find it, or to have to rifle through piles of vinyl, but it was on the wall in the Cockburn St. Fopp with a little note saying how ace it was. Subsequently, this thread & the note were proved entirely correct by the simple expedient of playing the record.

― alext (alext), Friday, 31 October 2003 12:58 (twenty years ago) link

supposedly the manitoba remix of birthday is really good. i haven't heard it yet, though.

― toby (tsg20), Friday, 31 October 2003 13:09 (twenty years ago) link

Why oh why is this only available on vinyl?!

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Friday, 31 October 2003 14:22 (twenty years ago) link

Why oh why indeed?

― @d@ml (nordicskilla), Friday, 31 October 2003 14:27 (twenty years ago) link

MattDC i just emailed you (if thats a real addy)

― jed (jed_e_3), Friday, 31 October 2003 14:33 (twenty years ago) link

Matt, you can have my cd promo as soon as I buy the vinyl.

― Ricardo (RickyT), Friday, 31 October 2003 16:59 (twenty years ago) link

Yes, the vinyl issue is problem but there isn't a market for CD singles. Unless you're going to get something in the top 30 no one stocks it, and it won't reach the charts without alot of money, no matter how strong the material is.

― nick.K (nick.K), Friday, 31 October 2003 18:29 (twenty years ago) link

no one stocks it

ahem*towerus*ahem

― Paul (scifisoul), Friday, 31 October 2003 18:43 (twenty years ago) link

Pitchfork came correct - check the press and other sections.

― nick.K (nick.K), Tuesday, 4 November 2003 11:30 (twenty years ago) link

i gotta hear this coloma record.

― jed (jed_e_3), Tuesday, 4 November 2003 14:49 (twenty years ago) link

'veered into industrial territory'?!?!?!

who the fuck wrote that? offlist, nick!

― Dave Stelfox (Dave Stelfox), Tuesday, 4 November 2003 15:49 (twenty years ago) link

it's all i'm listening to at home, almost

― David. (Cozen), Tuesday, 4 November 2003 19:02 (twenty years ago) link

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