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I first heard this duo when a friend of mine sent me the video for Move Your Feet. Despite being visually interesting, the song itself made me want to get down and boogie all night, forever. So does EVERY TRACK ON THIS ALBUM. The energy these two put forth forms an interesting combination of garage rock, bubblegum pop, blues, disco, funk, and just about anything else you can think of. These boys know how to make a party not just rock, but rock something FUN.

The soundtrack for summer/fall 2003? Sure could be.

Junior Senior, a brand new group from out of nowhere, display an incredibly refined sense of fun on their debut album. The Atari 2600 graphics in the music video for their first single, "Move Your Feet," show these guys are definitely aiming for something different. In the end, it ends up being different than anything else available as pop music right now - though it's not necessarily too innovative.

Great, danceable hooks are available in almost every song, and the singing can fool most listeners into thinking they're hearing native English speakers. Junior goes from sounding like Mick Jagger to a cross between the Beatles and Bob Dylan before the close of the album. A few songs made me go, "have I heard this before?"
A quick look at the behind-the-scenes QuickTime movie on the enhanced CD will clearly show these performances weren't one-take... but the live version of Move Your Feet at the end of the album demonstrates an outstanding stage presence. You will want to see these guys live after listening through the whole CD and hearing that last song.

The Explicit Lyrics sticker is very unnecessary... I heard them drop the f-bomb once, maybe twice if it was repeated in the song "White Trash." You could easily let the word sneak under your radar by the excessively loud, noisy, and overall trashy sounds of this track. If the title "chicks and dicks" angers you... then you're probably not the dancing type, anyway.

This album is just great fun. Nice, peppy music to get you started on a night out, or something to dance to beside some stranger you wanna-do-do-after-dark.

Seemingly rank amateurs, Junior Senior manage to pull off quite a feat. They distill the varied history of frenetic dance rock into a singular, minimal blast of frantic goodtime unlike anything else since maybe Disco Tex and his Sexolettes. Punk, Mersey-beat, Motown, disco, old school rap, glam, sci-fi new wave - it's all good to these guys. Next, they add a personal dynamic that's even weirder than Jack and Meg's brother/sister/husband/wife shtick: Senior's big and gay; Junior's little and not. Senior seems to be hung up on Junior, and Junior seems to be, well, very horny and confused. Or maybe it's just the fact that Junior's English syntax would have to actually improve to be as quirky as ABBA's. The wonderful bonus live version of the monster hit and brilliant Chic homage "Move Your Feet" suggests that Junior Senior could actually develop into something truly special. For now, however, I'm perfectly swayed by this trashy little gem's inspirational verse: "We wanna be like Nancy and Lee/we wanna sing like K-k-kim and Marvin/we wanna wear the same as Sonny and Cher/and show we got b---s like the New York Dolls/...even if I got money I'd still be white thrash -- yeah!"

This has to be one of the best CD's I've heard in recent memory. EVERY single track is well written,imaginitive,and just downright FUN!! Go pick this CD up NOW!! A splendid time is guaranted by all!

Junior Senior's album is outstanding.

They explore every genre of Rock and Roll music, with the Beach Boyish "Rhythm Bandits" to the poppy, bluesy "Shake Me Baby."

You'll love this album.

bahaha, this CD is fantastic! I wasn't too sure I'd like it, the only songs I'd heard were the singles but I LOVED it! it's a really funky happy CD that's great to pop into your CD player and have a good dance! Anyone with any taste in any music will love this cd!

BUY IT! NOW!!!!!!!

Saw Junior Senior on the Carson Daly show the other night they were great.They seem to have this funky kinda Archie Bell and the Drells happy sound.The drums were abit different and the background girls seemed plan and funky.You have this intresting contrast of heavy guy and skinny guitarist offseting each other.I haven't listened to the whole cd yet but looking forward to picking it up at the local recod store later this week.

i was just in the uk and i heard move your feet all the time i love it so much...definately a crowd pleaser