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My Disco - Little Joy

Review by Dannii Leivers

For all their fierceness and uncompromising control, My Disco never get anywhere near achieving the punch of their nearest sonic aquaintances.»

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recorded by steve albini, 'little joy' is the enigmatic melbourne trio's third long player. as always with my disco, the most fascinating and unique element to their sound is space - long, deep, sometimes scary space. their defiance of rock music's time-worn tropes is what defines them, and little joy explores and expands on that concept, stretching a naked few instruments to transform short blasts into heavy, rhythmic, meditative body music. the bare bones of a drum beat, a rumbling bass, one repeated phrase and some bursts of feedback add up to a wholly compelling world of sounds between sounds. shards of vaguely recognizable post-punk riffs fuse pounding, euphoric rhythms to hypnotic, almost psychedelic vocal mantras. the result is a new take on an old idea that occupies the unlikely space between boredoms, the necks, wire and liars.
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