Röyksopp - Junior
VioletValues
Oct 9, 2023
81

Tbh I didn't expect to enjoy some of the tracks as much as Vision One. That song I already knew it from the LittleBigPlanet 2 OST and what a bop, I always liked that slippery but almost glitchy bass and the accompaniment of the synths in the background gave me a feeling like the coldness from a IDM song but with a groove of a Trip Hop track. And for the rest of tracks i have to say the great majority are decent electropop songs with a "futuristic" twist or maybe some of my favorite 2000's electropop tracks like the first one with Fever Ray singing on This Must Be IT with its driving and faster beat up to this point in the LP. Also one compliment more it has to be the production and mixing of this album because it sounds slick and smooth, the bass really sets the tone for the most part, and the singing by various singers it's up to the task and brings a brightness necessary to those beats.

Ok but where I think it's not delivering the best this LP makes for really boring tracks or repetitive in an uninterested way, maybe sometimes the greatest sin from this record it's the songwriting and song structure on tracks like Röyksopp Forever or my least favorite Silver Cruise.

Overall it's an enjoyable LP not like outstanding or not so forward thinking for electropop on the 2000's, but has a good set of tracks and some bops I really enjoyed.

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