My Heart To Joy
Bio
Fuck off all nerds.
Press
“...[A]ngular, sweeping guitars, frenetic drumming and distantly yelled vocals...most bands who try to pull off this sort of thing fall flat on their faces, but My Heart to Joy do it rather effortlessly...Get used to hearing their name.”
-Punknews (4 out of 5)
“...[T]hese guys are bringing something incredibly unique and refreshing to the table with Seasons in Verse, a record that sees a band that was once brimming with potential doing the unlikely thing and largely realizing said potential...Possessing the intricate stylings of a band like Look Mexico meshed with the crunch and urgency of a band like Polar Bear Club, My Heart To Joy is primed to become a force to be reckoned with in the nuevo-emo scene with Seasons in Verse.”
-What We Hate
“...I'm already left wanting more...I firmly recommend this LP.”
-Aversion
“BRILLIANT! ...[R]eally tight, and pretty much spot on, there’s just the right mixture of everything, the songs are technical but not too technical that you get bored easily, but enough to set them aside from other bands they could be categorised with.”
-Alter the Press (4 out of 5)
“Seasons in Verse shines through the shit. Filled with 90’s influence, ranging from Deep Elm to Lovitt and back to Dischord, My Heart To Joy are a solid addition to anyone’s collection already containing Hot Water Music, Hoover, Four Hundred Years, or Christie Front Drive. It’s like the best parts of the 90’s came back under one name.”
-Forget the Radio
“This band has the honesty necessary to hold my attention, then yet completely grasps it again with their noodling guitars and ridiculously well written songs. This is one of my favorite albums of the year so far.”
-Truth & Purpose
“A lot of emotions, this is raw, this is good.”
-Yo Get Into It!
“...[M]astery of the quiet to loud dynamic...intricate emotional punk, with angular soaring melodies and occasionally gruff lyrical deliveries...This is the album I’ve been the most excited about so far this year.”
-Diatribe, Inc.
“...[T]he end product gives this album a definitive theme, and it is something that must be listened to all the way through and enjoyed.”
-Absolute Punk
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shittygreg: lewisandhisblog: My Heart To Joy - ?All Of Life Is... Thu, May 17, 2012My Heart To Joy - ?All Of Life Is Coming Home? (Live at Madison Arts Barn - 5/17/11)
A year ago today, the Connecticut punk group My Heart To Joy played their final show ever, a benefit performance for Mitch Dubey, who was murdered in March of last year. A year ago today, they finished their set with this song. The energy was incredible. To this day, I don?t think I?ve ever had an experience quite like I did at the Madison Arts Barn that night, listening to my favorite band in Connecticut play one of my favorite songs. Before the final cathartic burst at the very end, the band signalled the entire crowd to come up onto the stage. For a moment, it felt like time froze as we all sat up there waiting for the band to resume playing. Listening to the recording back, it really wasn?t very long, but to me it felt like a lifetime.
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This year, Topshelf Records released an LP featuring songs from all of the bands who performed that night, including Snowing, Hostage Calm, and Algernon Cadwallader. Buy it or listen to it for free online HERE.
Fun fact. The break was there because every member of the band handed their instruments to other people so we could all stage dive. It was sick
I threw this interview together in about ten minutes. Hopefully we?ll have another interview with Greg soon after the big LP is released. Here?s little tidbits about his personal life to last you until then. (Did you know: Greg Horbal started the Twinkle Daddies term?)
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Greg Horbal of TWIABP fame singing Benny And The Jets at Krazy Fest 2011
I saw this in person and peed my pants.
My Heart to Joy?s last song.
