These are in no particular order, and the only criteria that these albums satisfy are that I like them. I’m afraid that I’m not going to make any hyperbolic statements of greatness, but what I will do is run down some records that for me were memorable, got played a lot, and that I basically loved. You might disagree. Well, I forgive you.
Even die-hard Röyksopp fans can be forgiven for some ambivalence: the pleasure of last year’s Junior still might not be enough to erase the dissonant memory of The Understanding, whose solid individual tracks and ready-made dance hits never really cohered into a record – the work of a group that, competent on several registers, couldn’t pick one. Those warring personalities now each have a home: last year’s pulsing, excited Junior is now followed – complemented – by Senior, a more mellow and more soaring take on the same themes. It’s a resounding success.
Enjoy ‘The Drug’ at bottom.
Senior will see daylight shortly.
Read my review of Royksopp @ NYC’s Webster Hall here.
STREAM: Royksopp – The Drug
Watch today’s brief feature below. Senior will see daylight very shortly.
Senior will see daylight shortly. It features:
1 And The Forest Began To Sing
2 Tricky Two
3 The Alcoholic
4 Senior Living
5 The Drug
6 Forsaken Cowboy
7 The Fear
8 Coming Home
9 A Long, Long Way
Yesterday, Royksopp unveiled a new vlog.
Watch today’s brief feature below. Senior will see daylight very shortly.
Brace yourselves for Senior.
It’ll see daylight in late August.
Absolutely radiant! 10/10. Junior is out now. Pics by Alexis Maindrault.
More photos, the setlist & a Royksopp tune AFTER THE JUMP…
