The news comes from an interview with the band done in a short documentary for their Junior album, which is set to be released on March 23. They were fairly vague in the interview but fan forums and blogs have been abuzz about the information, although some are discrediting it as mere rumor. More information about “Senior” has yet to be released.

Junior, on the other hand, is highly anticipated and definitely coming out. The band’s first release since 2005′s The Understanding is more of a mix between the sounds of their first two albums, and lead single Happy Up Here is a short poppy track that’s like Melody A.M.’s “Eple” coated in candy. Fans who were disappointed with the musical direction of “The Understanding” probably won’t get much help from this disc, as previews of tracks that have been floating around show the songs here to have even more of a pop-dance sound than those on The Understanding. The full album has yet to be heard, so the band could have some surprises in store for us.

“If Melody A.M. was a relaxed journey inwards on a Sunday afternoon and The Understanding was more uptempo, with more vocals and a hint of melodic catchiness, then the new album is a mix of the two,” explained Svein Berge, half of the band.

Guests on the Junior tracklist include fellow Scandinavian Robyn (who had a bout of popularity in the U.S. in the ’90s with her top-40 hits “Show Me Love” and “Do You Know (What It Takes) ), Karin Dreijer Andersson (who was featured on The Understanding single “What Else Is There?“) and Anneli Drecker.

“Every once in a while we surface to share our music and shed some light in an otherwise bleak reality. And that time is soon upon us, ladies & gents,” wrote Röyksopp on their website.

The music video for “Happy Up Here” was also recently released, and it features So-me-esque text art and a real life Space Invaders style battle. It’s definitely worth checking out. We have it for you, as well as a radio rip of “The Girl and the Robot (Feat. Robyn)  below.

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“The Girl and the Robot (Feat. Robyn)”

Tracklist:

01 Happy up here
02 The Girl and the Robot (feat. Robyn)
03 Vision One (feat. Anneli Drecker)
04 This must be it (feat. Karin Dreijer-Andersson)
05 Röyksopp Forever
06 Miss it so much (feat. Lykke Li)
07 Tricky Tricky (feat. Karin Dreijer-Andersson)
08 You don’t have a clue (feat. Anneli Drecker)
09 Silver Cruiser
10 True to Life
11 It’s what I want