{"id":87823,"date":"2012-04-30T13:18:38","date_gmt":"2012-04-30T17:18:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/87823\/killers-justice\/"},"modified":"2012-04-30T13:18:38","modified_gmt":"2012-04-30T17:18:38","slug":"killers-justice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/87823\/killers-justice\/","title":{"rendered":"THE KILLERS &amp; JUSTICE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font face=\"helvetica\" size=\"3\">I got into Junior Boys (that sounds bad) in 2006.\u00a0 That was when album number two was released.\u00a0 So This Is Goodbye immediately reminded me of Cabaret Voltaire &#8211; on the opening track (Double Shadow).\u00a0 Just a minute and a half into the song, I knew I&#8217;d found something special.\u00a0 Count Souvenirs sounds a lot like Depeche Mode (circa 1987).\u00a0 The vocals are reminiscent of Prefab Sprout and Scritti Politti.\u00a0 Junior Boys&#8217; sound is crisp and clear.\u00a0 The songs are imaginative (even visionary).\u00a0 The two members of Junior Boys work separately (they reside in different countries) yet they have managed to produce four cohesive albums in seven years.<\/font><\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=uy-8V5oFXfQ&#038;feature=related<\/p>\n<p><font face=\"helvetica\" size=\"3\">The first album (Last Exit) was released in 2004.\u00a0 It was re-released with bonus tracks, shortly after So This Is Goodbye was re-released (with a bonus disc full of satisfactory remixes and live tracks).\u00a0 Begone Dull Care (2009) was a bit more &#8216;poppy&#8217;.\u00a0 It sounds like a cross between Erasure and Jamiroquai (especially on Hazel and Bits &amp; Pieces).\u00a0 There are some &#8216;classic&#8217; Junior Boys moments though.\u00a0 Work is a fantastic piece of bubbly minimal house.\u00a0 Dull To Pause is reminiscent of early Kraftwerk (and Ulrich Schnauss).\u00a0 The fourth album (It&#8217;s All True) was released last year.\u00a0 It is an adequate offering, but not quite as good as Junior Boys&#8217; previous output.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Work - Junior Boys\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0wAVEP2baeo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><font face=\"helvetica\" size=\"3\">Inspired mostly by Daft Punk, Justice (another French duo) released the debut album (generally referred to as Cross) in 2007.\u00a0 Fans of Simian Mobile Disco may like it, although it is more &#8216;stabby&#8217; and abrasive (and generally more like Daft Punk).\u00a0 Justice also made several remixes.\u00a0 A live album (A Cross The Universe) was released in 2008.\u00a0 Justice released album number two (Audio, Video, Disco) last year.\u00a0 I haven&#8217;t heard it yet.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Justice - D.A.N.C.E. (Official Video)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sy1dYFGkPUE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><font face=\"helvetica\" size=\"3\">Kosheen&#8217;s first album (Resist) was a success.\u00a0 The Bristolian band fused drum &#8216;n&#8217; bass with trip-hop and pop.\u00a0 The singles Hide U, Catch and Hungry were very popular.\u00a0 On album number two (Kokopelli) the trio went all moody.\u00a0 It&#8217;s less like Hybrid and more like The Cure and Massive Attack.\u00a0 The third album (Damage) was far less successful.\u00a0 I haven&#8217;t heard it, because I can&#8217;t seem to find it anywhere.\u00a0 It appears the record label anticipated poor sales and manufactured a limited amount of CDs.\u00a0 Kosheen&#8217;s fourth album (Independence) is due to be released in June.<\/font><\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=4TzEcnSIeSc<\/p>\n<p><font face=\"helvetica\" size=\"3\">The Killers (who took the name from a New Order video) released Hot Fuss in 2004.\u00a0 The band soon became hugely popular worldwide.\u00a0 The mixture of dancefloor-friendly pop and rock appealed to a wide audience.\u00a0 The band&#8217;s eagerness to perform live kept pushing the album further up the charts, as they gained more exposure.\u00a0 The second album (Sam&#8217;s Town) marked a change of style.\u00a0 The inspiration came from The Killers&#8217; home land (whereas Hot Fuss has a UK indie-rock feel to it).\u00a0 Sam&#8217;s Town sounds more like Bruce Springsteen than Joy Division.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Somebody Told Me - The Killers - Music Video\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Ggx45KhpdiU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><font face=\"helvetica\" size=\"3\">The last &#8216;proper&#8217; album (the underwhelming Day &amp; Age) was released in 2008.\u00a0 Before that, The Killers released a compilation of b-sides and rarities.\u00a0 It is called Sawdust and it&#8217;s pretty good.\u00a0 It contains a few cover versions (from Joy Division to Dire Straits).\u00a0 Lou Reed also contributed vocals on Tranquilize.\u00a0 There is a remix of Mr Brightside at the end.\u00a0 Brandon Flowers released a solo album (Flamingo) in 2010.\u00a0 There were some favourable reviews.\u00a0 The Killers&#8217; fourth album is currently under construction and is likely to be released before the end of the year.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Killers- Tranquilize\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7mwrly2uj3g?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><font face=\"helvetica\" size=\"3\">Francois Kevorkian&#8217;s Masterpiece is a triple-disc set, featuring three separate DJ gigs by the legendary German producer.\u00a0 The sets are smooth but often quite boring.\u00a0 Dance music does tend to be very repetitious.\u00a0 Eighty minutes of four-to-the-floor is normally about as much as I can take.\u00a0 Francois Kevorkian started his music career as a DJ (in the early eighties).\u00a0 He later mixed and mastered albums for Depeche Mode (Violator) and Kraftwerk (Electric Cafe) &#8211; among others.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><strong><font face=\"helvetica\" size=\"4\">Further listening<\/font><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=oHlR_scDDP4<\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=4odL2d7TgrI<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Killers - Read My Mind (Pet Shop Boys Remix)\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gfwEoFm7E14?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I got into Junior Boys (that sounds bad) in 2006.\u00a0 That was when album number two was released.\u00a0 So This Is Goodbye immediately reminded me of Cabaret Voltaire &#8211; on the opening track (Double Shadow).\u00a0 Just a minute and a half into the song, I knew I&#8217;d found something special.\u00a0 Count Souvenirs sounds a lot [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[5099,807,5102,5101,5100,108],"class_list":["post-87823","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music","tag-junior-boys","tag-justice","tag-kevorkian","tag-killers","tag-kosheen","tag-music-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87823","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=87823"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87823\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=87823"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=87823"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=87823"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}