We have to keep our pop airwaves safe for self-serious R&B starlets and gritty thug crooners. There’s just no room for this kind of weirdness on the charts, as worthy as it may be - we’ve got the Gorillaz and Gnarls Barkley and that’s probably more pop weirdness than the House of Representatives is comfortable with. The way the American music industry works, an act like Junior Senior never had much chance to be anything more than a novelty one-off. Senior is only actually about a year and a half older than Junior, in case you’re wondering.) In any event, as much as I am enjoying Hey Hey My My Yo Yo now that I actually have a copy in my hot little hands (not one for illegal downloading am I, nor one for paying pricey import tariffs when the dollar is so damned weak), I can definitely understand why Mercury made the decision. (See, there are two of them: Senior, AKA Jeppe Laurson, and Junior, known to his mother as Jesper Mortensen. It didn’t really surprise me that the group got dumped by their US label: if an amateur like me could detect the reek of novelty, then the bigwigs up at Mercury probably felt absolutely no compunction about dropping our Dynamic Duo. All the Kool Kids on your block probably already downloaded the album two years ago. If the album looks kind of familiar, well, you can be forgiven - Hey Hey My My Yo Yo was actually released way back in 2005. The chances of Junior Senior ever releasing anything again, let alone anything nearly as earth-shatteringly awesome as “Move Your Feet”, were pretty low, at least inasmuch as I figured at the time.īut here we are, and Junior Senior have not just produced a follow-up to their debut, but a damn good one as well. It also held the unmistakable stink of the dreaded “one hit wonder”. It was infectious, it was irresistible, it was one of the best singles of the decade. You probably remember the video, with Commodore 64 graphics and a dancing squirrel. D-D-Don’t Don’t Stop the Beat was the album, and “Move Your Feet” was the song. Way back in the halcyon days of 2003 - remember back then? When things weren’t quite so apocalyptically bad? - they burst upon an unsuspecting world full-grown as if from the furrowed brow of Zeus himself. Good luck.Look, I’ll be frank: I’m as surprised that Junior Senior put out another album as you are. In case you missed it in your inbox this morning (or want to get in on the action now) click here and enter to win the headgear. These are not the hats we’re giving away. – One Custom made hat by Official Crown of Laurel Including a Hey Hey My My yo-yo! Love that. Sr.-related items to get you in the mood to move your feet. As though a snazzy, small-run hat wasn’t enough, we’re including various Jr. If that is the case then, well, pretty cool grandpa. These aren’t your grandfather’s ball caps unless pop pop sports star ‘n’ plaid “Bermuda Triangle Of Death” hats or toques that eulogize old-school skate parks and celebrate new-school anarchy. That’s right, high-energy Danish duo Junior Senior are back with their sophomore release Hey Hey My My Yo Yo and, we’ve got an extremely limited edition, custom made Official Crown Of Laurel brand Junior Senior cap in its honor. Along with an especially commissioned, brand new (and completely stunning) Marissa Nadler track, this week’s ‘Gum Drop came complete with a chance to win a sweet little package of goodies to help celebrate the long overdue US release of a great dance record.
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