Little Joy

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AlbumJan 25 / 20119 songs, 51m 17s
Experimental Rock
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Garnering increasing acclaim in their native Australia with their first two albums, we are proud to finally present Melbourne trio MY DISCO's third full-length, the truly brilliant and enigmatic Little Joy. As always with MY DISCO, the most fascinating and unique element to their sound is space - long, deep, sometimes scary space. Their defiance of rock music's time-worn tropes is what defines them, and Little Joy explores and expands on that concept, stretching a naked few instruments to transform short blasts into heavy, rhythmic, meditative body music. The bare bones of a drum beat, a rumbling bass, one repeated phrase and some bursts of feedback add up to a wholly compelling world of sounds between sounds. Shards of vaguely recognizable post-punk riffs bond pounding, euphoric rhythms to hypnotic, almost psychedelic vocal mantras. It's the sound of a band using the fewest tools to create the greatest range of possibilities - a record both expansive and minimal, a compressed expression of vast emotions.

7.1 / 10

Australian band's third album (first in America) splits the difference between krautrock, post-rock, and aggressive post-punk.

For their third album, Little Joy, Australian post-punk minimalists My Disco decided it was time to make a change.

6 / 10

4.0 / 5

My Disco - Little Joy review: Another minimal masterpiece from My Disco.