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...NATHANIEL NADDAFF-HAFREY and ERIC L. FRITZCrimson Staff WritersJunior Boys: “So This is Goodbye”At risk of taking the easy way out, I have to say that the most recent offering from Canada’s Junior Boys’ turns a neat trick: reestablishing and sustaining familiar tonal palette over the course of an entire album while eluding the joint specter of drudgery and repetition.Yet rather than a sprawling masterwork, “So This is Goodbye” is a cohesive album, whose melodic bass lines issue taut rejoinders to lazy keyboard echoes...
...Cruz ’06, who characterizes the band’s influences as “mainly” U2, Radiohead, and Pink Floyd. Their sound is alternative/classic rock, with the occasional Santana-inspired Latin flourish. The presence of two lead guitarists (Cruz shares the duties with Nathaniel Naddaff-Hafrey ’08, who is also a Crimson Arts executive) keeps the generally upbeat music soaring—especially live, where the band is at its best. The band’s jammier side, Cruz insists, makes catching live shows even more of a treat. They don?...
NATHANIEL NADDAFF-HAFREY ’08 of Cambridge, Mass. and Lowell House Associate Arts Chair...
...itself—began. The song’s denouement lasts approximately two full minutes, but when it finally fades into silence, you’ll undoubtedly feel compelled to start it over again, unlike the album as a whole. —Staff writer Nathaniel Naddaff-Hafrey can be reached at nhafrey@fas.harvard.edu...
...collection of incredible musicians and a repertoire of undeniably soulful tunes, it can’t be that hard to keep people happy. Now if we could only get Scofield to play a set that lasts longer than an hour and a half. —Staff writer Nathaniel Naddaff-Hafrey can be reached at nhafrey@fas.harvard.edu...