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Mar 27, 2014The vivacious, visceral World of Joy is the musical equivalent of riding a well-worn mechanical bull.
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Mar 24, 2014To put it in an alcoholic analogy; their sound may be like a fine wine, maturing as it gets older. But they’re sure as hell not going to hesitate in sprinting to the nearest wood and necking the whole damn bottle.
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Q MagazineMar 21, 2014Things unravel with the folky fuzz of closer Aphorismic Wasteland Blues, but for a band whose charm is enjoyably slack'n'sleazy that's kind if the point. [Apr 2014, p.112]
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UncutMar 21, 2014No prizes for adventurism, but bracingly fat-free, with attitude in spades. [Apr 2014, p.77]
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Mar 21, 2014There's a second-half tail-off, but enough in the first half to keep up the sugar rush.
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Apr 15, 2014The trouble with World of Joy isn’t that it’s bad, but that it seems perfectly content to stop short at “pretty good.”
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Mar 24, 2014World Of Joy, ultimately, is impounded by its own musical influences.