Joy of Sex

Exactly when did Cardiff become the music capital of the country? It seems to have slowly crept into that position, but somehow it’s producing band after band of great music. This week’s offering is , a three-piece who like “short songs, rhythm, repetition, noise”, all things I can appreciate.

December, Month of Plenty starts with slowly, and just when you start to think it isn’t really up to much, it kicks in properly. Distortion is everywhere, the vocals suddenly don’t care and it generally goes all over the place. It doesn’t even come close to troubling the two minute barrier, and when it’s over, you just end up pressing play once again. I’m not going to hail Joy of Sex as the greatest thing ever just yet, but the potential is certainly there.

Joy of Sex’s debut EP, a self-titled affair, will be released on Monday via Robot Architect, and will be available as a free download.

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