The adjective “icy” gets thrown around a lot by critics when discussing the Junior Boys. You’ve got to admit, it’s a pretty apt descriptor. Not only are the ‘Boys Canadian, they also craft electro-pop songs that belie their very human obsessions with a cold, near robotic precision. Increasingly, however, the duo has tended toward looser, more organic arrangements, while allowing their lyrics to take on a slinky, almost sinister edge. On their latest full-length, Begone Dull Care, Jeremy Greenspan’s vocals are hushed yet breathy, the production lush yet meticulous. Where once the Junior Boys were “icy,” it now seems that they’ve “thawed”–to borrow the critical descriptor du jour.