Junior Boys - So This Is Goodbye

Title: So This Is Goodbye Artist: Junior Boys Release Date: 9/12/2006 Re-Released On: 7/2/2007 Label: Domino Recording Company USA UPCs: 801390011429, 5034202017813, 5034202017820, 5034202017851, 5099950081127, 509995008112 Genre: Electronica Styles: Alternative Dance, Alternative/Indie Rock, Indie Electronic Moods: Bright, Romantic, Sophisticated, Bittersweet, Dreamy, Lush, Melancholy, Somber, Complex, Precious, Refined/Mannered, Soft, Sparse, Stylish, Warm, Wistful, Insular, Nocturnal, Sweet, Delicate, Elegant, Gentle, Intimate, Lively, Reflective, Restrained, Sensual Total Copies: 0 Members Wishing: 2 Number of Discs/SwapaCD Credits: 1

1. Double Shadow
2. The Equalizer
3. First Time
4. Count Souvenirs
5. In the Morning
6. So This Is Goodbye
7. Like a Child
8. Caught in a Wave
9. When No One Cares
10. FM

Year Type Label Catalog # 2007 CD Domino Recording Company USA 5008112 2006 CD Domino Recording Company USA 178 2006 CD Domino Recording Company USA 114 2006 CD Domino Recording Company USA

So This Is Goodbye [Deluxe Edition]

So This Is Goodbye involves no input and no apparent residual fingerprints from original member Johnny Dark. On their second album, Jeremy Greenspan and Matt Didemus depart completely from 2-step and late-'90s Timbaland twitter, polishing their sound to such an extent that absolutely no detectable scuffs are left. Improbably enough, the thematic springboard for the album appears to be "When No One Cares," a Frank Sinatra cover that flickers and hisses like a malfunctioning neon sign. Greenspan, whose vocal ability has improved remarkably, puts a typically fragile spin on the Sammy Cahn/Jimmy Van Heusen composition, though you can picture him on the brink of cracking up at the thought of this insufferable, pitiful character -- this underscores a semi-subliminal undercurrent of self-deprecation that carries through most of the album. Fragments of lyrics from the song inspire "Count Souvenirs" and "Like a Child," two other cases where Greenspan croons as if he were leaning against a bank of synthesizers, tie undone and hair disheveled, on-stage at the Sands' Copa Room. (Rest assured, Taco this ain't.) Over half the album consists of slowly unfurling material that projects a cool sense of comfort, as if chicago house pioneers Larry Heard and Frankie Knuckles were brought in to transform jubilant Italo-disco and foppish synth pop into downcast club tracks and creeping torch songs. The placid grace of the album is interrupted only by the crunchy snap of "In the Morning" -- the only song that breaks a sweat -- which makes like a non-album single plopped in the middle of the album for no good reason (à la those old CD issues of the XTC catalog that slapped the bonus tracks in the middle, rather than at the end). Otherwise, this is a make-out album destined to be played most often by loners who, for whatever reason (a crippling breakup, a fear of human contact, the snowman melted, etc.), are only able to commit the act in their minds. ~ Andy Kellman, All Music Guide

Name Credits Andi Toma Engineer, Keyboards David Levy Clarinet, Saxophone, Flute Jacqui Oakley Design, Illustrations Jeremy Greenspan Vocals Nilesh "Nilz" Patel Mastering