Video: Norman McLaren 09 Begone dull care 1949

When I heard the title of Junior Boys ' new album, Begone Dull Care , I spontaneously burst into an inspiring rendition of the Scottish folk song of the same name for an audience of my roommate (and the cat). I was totally stoked that perhaps Junior Boys' Jeremy Greenspan and Matthew Didemus were referencing the song I was forced to sing in high school choir. After a little research, however, I found out that, unlike the unfortunately ultra-bland tracks I've heard from the album so far (bummer!), the actual inspiration for the album's title came from experimental [...]