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Joy Missile by Joy Missile
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fave it Modern Rock | Jam-band
8 tracks | 40 minutes
Released Mar 2005
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Take a bluesy female singer and put her in front of a piano / guitar based jam band. You get Joy Missile - a six piece combo from Chicago, Illinois. The sound is introspective lounge pop - think Guster fronted by Joss Stone
Bio / Background
This band started a side project but turned into much more. Both Dave and Jon are in other Chicago bands that are still active on the scene (Seven Day Run and The Time Beings, respectively). Both songwriters had material that didn't quite fit the mold of their existing groups, so they decided to forge ahead and make something entirely new. The result is a refreshing mix of styles that sounds new yet oddly familiar: the songs range from the upbeat melancholy funk of "Follow Me Down" to the swaggering, bluesy rock of "Sunshine" to the reggae-infused staccato stomp of "So You Know".
The sound is the result of six very different musical backgrounds. Where Dave leans toward the the moodier rock songcraft of Peter Gabriel, The Smiths and Freedy Johnston, Jon's influences from the power pop arena (XTC, The Beatles, Matthew Sweet) infuse the collaboration with excellent hooks and inspired guitar riffery.
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