"Pure festive disco goodness from the resurrected post-punk legends MXMJoY (née Maximum Joy) continuing their 2nd wind with typical alacrity`" Boomkat on - Joy Again - out 1.07.22

Reviews of P.E.A.C.E. 

"New LP P.E.A.C.E. maintains all of the things that made Maximum Joy’s music so good - great grooves, Slits-esque bravura and the ability to cross between genres at will - and update it with modern sonic techniques and production styles. The resulting sound takes in so much of Bristol’s rich musical history" Bleep

“…..The return of British punk-funk trailblazers …[Maximum Joy] ..  their sound still resonates over three decades later ….now reformed as MXMJoy…. new album P.E.A.C.E. ..a blissful amalgam of electronica and R&B, laced with grittier, brooding undercurrents that hark back to their early-’80s vision” Vinyl Factory

Recommended in The Guardian Music - March Great Tracks - https://bit.ly/2TXDoV0

As recommended in Vinyl Factory – the 10 best albums to look out for in February 2019

“..Their trademark ‘funk-punk’ sound lives on in this album stabby bass guitar grooves as well as .. simmering synths….with sliding airy vocals lending a spooky quality to the tracks…A celebration of togetherness”  Crack Magazine 7/10

“Hugely important to the evolution of the Bristol post-punk scene, they can still produce compulsive dance beats in avant-garde electronic settings..” HiFi News

Guardian - 4 out of 5 stars.

Maximum Joy’s spiky joyful post-punk funk rose up from the fertile Bristol scene of the late 70’s/early 80’s, when local musicians inspired by the likes of punk, Albert Ayler, I-Roy and Funkadelic grafted their music on to the politics of punk rock. The music they made mixed punk, reggae, funk, jazz and hip-hop grooves with wild improvisation and attitude – these dance-dub tunes sound fresh and alive today.
In 2015 Rainforth spearheaded the reforming of the band to play at Bristol’s Simple Things festival – she was joined by original members Tony Wrafter and Charlie Llewellin along with new players James Byron on guitar and Marek Bero on bass.
Since then Janine and Charlie went on to release a new album P.E.A.C.E in 2018; Joy Again EP in 2020.



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"'To the Morning Sky' shines its light on diverse styles, all comfortable in the words and music of Shea Rafferty, making its mark with heft on the assured strut through 'One of a Kind', and tenderly letting hushed notes flicker over the urging of a hammering beat to provide his take on trust with 'That’s What Friends Are For'”. - The Alternate Root

Punk-Blues. Neo-psychedelia. 1000 yard stare. 1 minute to midnight. This is our music.

Debut album 'Take Me To The Doctor' out now!

itunes UK: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/take-me-to-the-doctor/id619836217 

itunes US: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/take-me-to-the-doctor/id619836217

For more info visit www.lukegirvan.com and follow me on twitter @LukeGirvan.

Thanks for listening and see you at a show! :)

Luke x

http://marekbero.co.uk

Bass player and artist with love for huge sounding bass grooves combining metal-funk drive and intricacy of progressive-fusion styles. Check out his electro-ambient project Low Heaven. 

https://www.facebook.com/lowheaven2

Get in touch:

marekbero@gmail.com

USA / SK / CZ
Hip Hop & Soul
Petr.Há, Luky Kakao, Mišut & Ashley

Tuval and the Sands' fusion of psychedelic prog rock, and dream-pop journeys through space and time, conjuring seething deserts and colossal ice caps through tender melodies, throbbing basslines and otherworldly guitars. 

Initiated in summer 2023 by multi-instrumentalist and songwriter Tuval Schneerson (vocals, guitar, synth), who was soon joined by bassist Alex Fynn O'Neill (Fear of Men) and drummer Josh Hudson (Jazzcat), the band have been gigging around the UK creating warm vibrations, whilst songwriter Tuval has been self-producing their debut EP. 

Stay tuned for Tuval and the Sands' debut release in 2024.


Tuval's previous work: 
https://open.spotify.com/album/76FXovOysszjad0Mxymdk1?si=vMTWvdoGQCa0QGkzKJSIGA - Spotify

https://www.facebook.com/TuvalMusic - Facebook Page

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