Pitchfork

So that wasn't goodbye, after all. Electro-pop heartthrobs Junior Boys, determined to linger a little while longer after the parting words, the valedictory hug, the awkward pause, the second valedictory hug, the half wave, the second awkward pause, etc., hope to milk their Goodbye well into 2007. Hence, So This Is Goodbye (Special Edition), a two-disc deluxe version of the Boys' 2006 masterstroke.

Special Edition arrives June 5 in the U.S. and June 11 overseas via Domino. It features, on disc one, the unadulterated whole of Pitchfork's 11th favorite album of last year. On disc two: a hearty sampling of Goodbye remixes from the likes of Hot Chip, Morgan Geist, Kode 9, and Carl Craig (several of which crop up on the recent Dead Horse EP), as well as Junior Boys' fabled January iTunes live session.

For your complete Junior Boys fix today, do check out the new video for "In the Morning", burning up pixels right now over in Forkcast.

The duo's massive spring trek wraps up this week, with a couple scattered North American dates and an EU jaunt thereafter.

So This Is Goodbye (Special Edition):

Disc 1:

01 Double Shadow
02 The Equalizer
03 First Time
04 Count Souvenirs
05 In the Morning
06 So This Is Goodbye
07 Like a Child
08 Caught in a Wave
09 When No One Cares
10 FM

Disc 2:

01 Like a Child (Carl Craig Remix)
02 In the Morning (Hot Chip Remix)
03 FM (Tensnake Remix)
04 The Equalizer (Morgan Geist Remix)
05 In the Morning (Alex Smoke Remix)
06 Double Shadow (Kode 9 Remix)
07 FM (Marsen Jules Remix)
08 The Equalizer (iTunes Session)
09 Under the Sun (iTunes Session)
10 FM (iTunes Session)
11 When No One Cares (iTunes Session)

So this is hello:

05-01 Denver, CO - Hi-Dive
05-02 Omaha, NE - The Waiting Room
05-03 Chicago, IL - Empty Bottle
05-10 New York, NY - Hiro Ballroom *
06-08 Toronto, Ontario - The Mod Club
06-16 Barcelona, Spain - Sonar Festival
06-19 Prague, Czech Republic - Palac Akropolis
06-20 Helsinki, Finland - Tavastia
06-21 Warsaw, Poland - Punkt
06-27 Malmö, Sweden - KB
06-28 Gothenburg, Sweden - Accelerator
06-30 Stockholm, Sweden - Accelerator
07-06 Amsterdam, Netherlands - London Calling @ 5 Days Off
07-07 Dublin, Ireland - Oxegen Festival
07-21 London, England - Lovebox Weekender

* DJ set