Begone Dull Care is the third studio album by Canadian

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

 synthpop duo Junior Boys

Junior Boys

-History:Junior Boys formed in 1999 in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada as a duo of Jeremy Greenspan and Johnny Dark. Years of collaboration followed and a demo was produced, but after many rejections and near-misses, they were resigned to being bedroom beat constructors. Soon after, Johnny Dark left the...

, released in 2009. The album was released on March 24 in Canada and April 7 in the United States

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

.

The album is named for Begone Dull Care

Begone Dull Care

Begone Dull Care is a visual music animated film directed by Norman McLaren and Evelyn Lambart.Using drawn on film animation, McLaren and Lambart paint and scratch directly onto film stock to create a visual representation of Oscar Peterson's jazz music...

, a short film by Academy Award-winning National Film Board animator Norman McLaren

Norman McLaren

Norman McLaren, CC, CQ was a Scottish-born Canadian animator and film director known for his work for the National Film Board of Canada...

, which was set to the music of Oscar Peterson

Oscar Peterson

Oscar Emmanuel Peterson was a Canadian jazz pianist and composer. He was called the "Maharaja of the keyboard" by Duke Ellington, "O.P." by his friends. He released over 200 recordings, won seven Grammy Awards, and received other numerous awards and honours over the course of his career...

. The front cover gives the band name in French, along with Caprice en Couleurs, the French title of the film; the entirety of the liner notes is presented bilingually, including song titles.

Track listing

1. "Parallel Lines" – 6:31
2. "Work" – 6:32
3. "Bits and Pieces" – 4:01
4. "Dull to Pause" – 4:52
5. "Hazel" – 6:13
6. "Sneak a Picture" – 7:00
7. "The Animator" – 5:07
8. "What It's For" – 6:56

iTunes bonus track

9. "Work (Prins Thomas Remix)" – 10:59