The two members of the band Junior Boys can be seen up to their stomachs in front of a grey house wall. The white man on the left with a high forehead, brown short hair, full beard, band T-shirt and open red and blue checked shirt under a clay-coloured jacket is looking directly into the camera; to his right is a white middle-aged man with dark brown hair, shorter beard, wearing a black T-shirt and black jacket. He looks out of the picture to the right in the direction the two men are walking.
Junior Boys (photo: Tom Weatherill)
Wednesday, 30.8.2023
21:20 – 22:20, Kesselhaus
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Junior Boys

Canadian duo Junior Boys are known primarily for their punchy, R&B-heavy dance tunes. But their sixth album »Waiting Game« – released in 2022 via Berlin label City Slang, six years after their previous LP »Big Black Coat« – sounds completely different. On it, the two producers Jeremy Greenspan and Matt Didemus aka the Junior Boys show themselves in a tender and contemplative mood. This is perhaps also due to the contributing guests: Caribou collaborator Colin Fisher plays saxophone throughout, and Bonjay frontwoman Alanna Stuart sings a duet with vocalist Greenspan. The result is, in times of noise, a very quiet album, reflecting an underlying peaceful beauty of the world – provided that you’re prepared to really listen. But of course that’s not to say that you can’t dance to it as well.

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The two members of the band Junior Boys can be seen up to their stomachs in front of a grey house wall. The white man on the left with a high forehead, brown short hair, full beard, band T-shirt and open red and blue checked shirt under a clay-coloured jacket is looking directly into the camera; to his right is a white middle-aged man with dark brown hair, shorter beard, wearing a black T-shirt and black jacket. He looks out of the picture to the right in the direction the two men are walking.
Junior Boys (photo: Tom Weatherill)