Joy Wants Eternity
| Joy Wants Eternity | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| origin | Seattle , Washington , United States |
| Genre (s) | Post-rock , instrumental music |
| founding | 2003 |
| Website | www.joywantseternity.com |
| Current occupation | |
| Emory Liu | |
| Salvador Huerta | |
Electric guitar |
Michael Sterling |
Fender Rhodes , electric guitar |
Rob Thompson |
Fender Rhodes, electric guitar, electric bass
|
Daniel Salo |
Joy Wants Eternity is an American post-rock band from Seattle , Washington that was formed in 2003.
history
The band was formed in the fall of 2003 by drummer Emory Liu, guitarists Salvador Huerta and Michael Sterling, guitarist and keyboardist Rob Thompson and keyboardist, bassist and guitarist Daniel Salo. In the summer of 2004 the group recorded their first EP called Must You Smash Your Ears Before You Learn to Listen with Your Eyes , which was released the following year. In May 2007 the debut album You Who Pretends To Sleep was released on Beep Repaired Records . After the band's songs were played on the radio several times, the group signed a contract with the Japanese label Xtal Records , through which You Who Pretends To Sleep was re-released. The next album The Fog Is Rising was released in May 2012.
style
According IamHop of postrockstar.com there on The Fog Is Rising heavy with clanking klimaxartigen pool provided -Klängen and slow, Ambient -like moments that would stand in contrast to each other. In addition, the songs are sometimes so dense that individual instruments are sometimes blurred.
Discography
- 2004: Must You Smash Your Ears Before You Learn to Listen with Your Eyes (EP, self-published)
- 2007: You Who Pretends To Sleep (Album, Beep Repaired Records )
- 2012: The Fog Is Rising (album, self-published)
Web links
- Official website
- Joy Wants Eternity at Discogs (English)
- Joy Wants Eternity at Allmusic (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Kenyon Hopkin: Joy Wants Eternity. Allmusic , accessed April 26, 2014 .
- ↑ Sebastian Maldonado (burritounit): JOY WANTS ETERNITY. progarchives.com, accessed April 26, 2014 .
- ↑ Us. (No longer available online.) Joywantseternity.com, archived from the original on May 17, 2014 ; Retrieved April 26, 2014 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ IamHop: Joy Wants Eternity - The Fog is Rising - 84%. (No longer available online.) Postrockstar.com, archived from the original on April 26, 2014 ; Retrieved April 26, 2014 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
