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Jul 20, 2018Unsurprisingly, their second joint venture has the white-knuckle ride aspect you’d expect from musicians who produce new music seemingly at will.
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UncutJul 18, 2018Joy is both surer and sillier than Hair. [Aug 2018, p.33]
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Jul 20, 2018Joy is an album to be combed through and prodded. It’s a testament to their shorthand with each other, which somehow ties all the fraying, crusty, silken, wiener dog, kitty cat threads so seamlessly together.
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Jul 18, 2018Joy is a little more messy but almost as glorious [as 2012's Hair]. With track times mostly clocking in under 120 seconds, it’s a series of quick hits that are warped but relentlessly tuneful.
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Jul 23, 2018Joy is like a rickety wooden rollercoaster--there are a few nice inclines with some mildly disappointing drops between some pulsating flats, and you end up getting off slightly begrudgingly.
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Jul 20, 2018A few judicious cuts here and there and it would have been a very strong extended play instead of an uneven album that doesn't quite reach the level the duo attained on Hair. It's still worth checking out for fans either artist though, especially if their eccentric natures are their main attraction.
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Jul 20, 2018Joy is a little tongue-in-cheek at times, but fans of these two should expect nothing less than lo-fi garage at its most controlled and singular.