Junior Boys announce first album in six years, share new single “Night Walk”

Canadian electronic duo Junior Boys have announced their sixth studio album, Waiting Game, out October 28 via City Slang (pre-order). It's their first since 2016's Big Black Coat and features contributions by fellow Canadians: vocals from Bonjay frontwoman Alanna Stuart and saxophone by Caribou collaborator Colin Fisher. The album was crafted in bandmate Jeremy Greenspan's newly-built studio, meticulously crafted for the specific kind of music he was interested in making: "A weird fact of the perception of sound is that you hear more accurately at lower levels of volume. What if I created an immersive environment," Jeremy says, of a style he's dubbed "peripheral music," by "recording huge amounts of material but layering it imperceptibly into as quiet a place as I can?"

The first single from Waiting Game is "Night Walk," a narrative track about a missing person. “They are being searched for by day, and can only go out at night,” Jeremy explains. “The daytime itself is an invasion of privacy and the night city is a camouflage.” The song is contemplative in its lyrics and expansive in its sound. Listen below, and check out the album art and track list for Waiting Game, below.