We don’t say “throttling” anymore, but if we do, we mean giving you a good, solid “rattling.” These songs have hands. They will reach out, through the streaming device, and “throttle” you. They will “rattle” you in your waistcoats & petticoats. Normally, we’d urge you to flee, but we believe that, after a good, solid throttling & rattling, you will want to play States of America again.
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Joy on fire website / more info
Personnel: John Paul Carillo (bass, guitar, songwriting); Anna Meadors (sax, vocals, lyrics on “Dangerous Whimsy”); Dan Gutstein (vocals and lyrics; backup vocals and lyrics on “Dangerous Whimsy”); Chris Olsen (drums).
Some recent press:
Bob Boilen noted
the band’s “fiery sound” when debuting “Thunderdome” and its video on NPR’s All
Songs Considered.
American Pancake cited
the jagged punk eruptions for song and video “Happy Holidays.”
Jammerzine described the Joy on
Fire song and video “Selfies” as being “sonically decadent in all the right
spots.”
Kendra Beltran posted a
great interview with the group at ZO Magazine.
The video
for “Uh Huh” has been an official selection, or better, at more than a dozen international
film festivals, including Obskuur Ghent Film Festival, where it won.
Thanks for your support! Oi.