Effortless is an easy adjective to throw out, but there are very few things in life that truly require no effort. For most mere mortals, oversleeping and the ability to humiliate oneself at the worst moment springs to mind, or maybe that’s just me. Junior Boys however, beg this tag not through any lack of effort, but more for their ability to make everything appear just so easy.

A dream to listen to, impossibly slick and unnervingly cool, It’s All True, the follow up to 2009’s Begone Dull Care, has the feel of a record created behind eyelids. The vocals are less sung, more exhaled and tracks slip into the next, climaxing with the modern house weave of ‘Banana Ripple’ and the album’s unwelcomed final fading beats.

It’s a slow album to delve into, but then this Canadian duo has never been big on immediacy. Instead, they replace the instant gratification of plastic pop with a slow and adult endearment, forcing their hooks deeper into the subconscious until I found myself mumbling choruses from 2006’s So This Is Goodbye.

Indeed, tracks like ‘Itchy Fingers’ and ‘A Truly Happy Ending’ play the paradoxical pop game of stretching forlorn lyrics across a pulsing piano line that encourages dance over depression. Junior Boys have always had the ability to blend a dance-floor friendly house backing with the words and style suited to headphones, creating records that can work as well in the car as it can in the club. It’s All True is no exception, as the production pulls the instrumentation to the fore, the vocals never feel like they have to carry the song. Instead tracks seamlessly blend together in a marriage of smartly universal lyrics, sparse beats, and polished synthesiser. It’s elegant, engaging and so very effortless.