Boylife

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Boylife
Boylife cover.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedJuly 24, 2006 (2006-07-24)
Genre Electro-pop [1]
Length36:15
Label La Vida Locash, Moshi Moshi Records
Producer Lo-Fi-Fnk
Lo-Fi-Fnk chronology
Boylife
(2006)
The Last Summer
(2011)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
The Guardian Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Stylus Magazine B+ [3]
XLR8R favorable [1]

Boylife is the debut album by Lo-Fi-Fnk, released on July 24, 2006. According to the band this is "An eleven track story about being young for too long." [4] "Reminds you a bit of that feeling you got when you heard Daft Punk for the first time. Disco without a thought of a tomorrow..." [5]

Lo-Fi-Fnk is a Swedish electropop-band formed in 2001 consisting of Leonard Drougge and August Hellsing. They have released two EPs, We Is in 2002 and ...And the JFG? in 2005. On April 24, 2006 they released their first studio album, Boylife. Since then they started touring the world, and in 2008 they started working on their second album, The Last Summer, which was released in August 2011. According to music website Stereogum a third album is due for release in 2015.

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Boylife Intro"0:24
2."City"3:44
3."Adore"3:40
4."Wake Up"3:53
5."System" (featuring Maiden)3:00
6."What's on Your Mind?"4:12
7."Change Channel"3:20
8."Steppin' Out"3:55
9."Heartache"3:06
10."Boylife"2:50
11."The End"4:12

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References

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  2. Costa, Maddy (May 25, 2007). "Lo-Fi-Fnk, Boylife". The Guardian . Retrieved June 30, 2015.
  3. Burns, Todd (June 23, 2006). "Lo-Fi-Fnk - Boylife - Review - Stylus Magazine". Stylus Magazine . Archived from the original on August 5, 2011. Retrieved August 28, 2011.
  4. Lo-Fi-Fnk http://www.lo-fi-fnk.com/boylife/index.html. Retrieved July 24, 2006
  5. La Vida Locash http://www.klicktrack.com/locash/releases/lo-fi-fnk/boylife-2. Retrieved July 24, 2006