Thing of the Day
Lush sounds from No Joy
MAY
11th 2011
Today we give you the lush, left-field shoegazing layers of
North America’s No Joy
NO JOY – Ghost Blond
(Kemado) – They’re from Montreal/LA, so says the blurb - how does that
work? Probably moved from Canada in search of the LA streets paved with
gold or something like that. Whatever the explanation, that’s the
geography bit done with and the Canadians are in LA. Now where are we?
Gazing at our shoes and dancing around rather mellow jesus and mary
chains in a creamy poppy female-voiced multi-layered Dandy Warhols,
Lush, My Bloody Valentine kind of way. “Ten new songs to
singe your eyelashes off” says the blurb once more. Kind of lo-fi and
positively loose; layers that threaten to fall off each other, slightly
left-field tunes, gorgeously controlled reined-in feedback, gentle
fuzz... Touch of early days Brian Jonestown Massacre, a healthy taste
of melodic fervour, hint of angst - lots of Brian Jonestown in there,
actually, the early sound when the BJM had a bit more humanity about
them.
Nothing revolutionary then, nothing that different in terms
of No Joy’s music, but it doesn’t always have to be about musical
revolution does it? And they do blend it all rather well and come up
with an edge of their own. Impressive debut album, rather lush, rather
gorgeous, rather confident, slightly dangerous - a rich layered sound
that might just catch fire if you don’t keep a close eye on it…
No Joy are over here playing some UK dates right now, check their My
Space page for details and updates. The album came out in the UK last
week . myspace.com/nojoy
Here's some sounds: nojoy.bandcamp.com
