The video for “Move Your Feet,” a purposely poorly animated, straight-out-of-Donkey-Kong pseudo-parody clip, won’t help the band’s cause of being taken seriously as musicians. So genre-hopping that it’s been played on modern-rock giant KROQ-FM, kid-cool Radio Disney and indie trendsetter KCRW-FM, “Move Your Feet” is just one example of the meticulously constructed, unabashedly fun music on “D-D-Don’t Stop the Beat,” which has sold about 30,000 copies since its release in early August.īut - like the gay/straight thing - the song could put Junior Senior dangerously close to one-hit-wonder novelty territory. Take, for instance, the first single, the undeniably catchy “Move Your Feet.” It changes from disco-funk to electro-pop effortlessly, with a sampled toy horn section, clanging cowbells and a claim straight out of egotistical punk rockers the Hives’ repertoire: “Just put / a put-put my record on / and all of your troubles are dead and gone.” And, yes, there is more to the group than whether they’d rather take home boys or girls when the night is out. Yes, they make quirky pop music with titillating titles. Yes, his partner, Jesper Mortensen (Junior), is straight. But he wants it made clear that - unlike a certain Russian “lesbian” twosome - it’s not all an act. Laursen is one half of Danish duo Junior Senior, a band that has been raising eyebrows with the references to sexual orientation on its debut album, “D-D-Don’t Stop the Beat” (Atlantic). Jeppe LAURSEN wants you to know one thing upfront: “We’re not t.A.T.u.”
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