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Read interview with Electric Sound of Joy at naive
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A review from NME:

    ELECTRIC  SOUND  OF  JOY's  ongoing struggle with sanity. Six
months  ago they had a singer and a support tour with ARAB STRAP.
Now,  bereft  of said frontman (he left) and the eager attentions
of  cred-boosting  record  labels,  there  seems,  superficially,
little  to  be  joyful  about.  That  this  Nottingham four-piece
continue  to  craft  a  beguiling  shambles  of spirited keyboard
melody  and  NEU! guitar flange while all around them crumbles is
testament  to  their  determination  and  dogged  self-belief. It
helps,  too, that spiralling bossa nova instrumentals like 'Don't
Waste  Our  Time'  and 'Musicland' dissolve into linear strips of
rippling  STEREOLAB  percussive  funk and that, appropriately, an
amplified  hiss  hangs  over  the  whole set. Even when it's this
right,  it's  still  endearingly  wrong. Still, the sweet ebb and
flow    of   'Country   Piano'   and   'Euro'   positions   these
serious-looking  lads  as  natural descendants of The Beta Band's
illustrious  widescreen  vision.  Only  more disciplined and with
less  hair.  Negotiating  the  warm space somewhere between rich,
organic  Krautrock  and  buoyant  electronica must be a thankless
task,  but ESOJ have to keep on chipping away at their own unique
niche. -->

Recordings:

ELECTRIC SOUND OF JOY Food Of The Range (UK 1000 only 12")

ELECTRIC SOUND OF JOY Play Away / Building Blocks (1000 only 2nd UK 7" on Earworm)

ELECTRIC SOUND OF JOY Total Turn / Our Flag (v. ltd. debut 7" on EARWORM - hotly tipped)