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9.0
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9.0 |
All Music
No Joy falls into the camp of bands not just updating a style for the sake of nostalgia or lack of imagination, but actually pushing the boundaries of established great ideas
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8.0
53673
8.0 |
PopMatters
Will leave you hitting the replay button repeatedly
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8.0
53766
8.0 |
Pitchfork
If you like shoegaze, you’ll probably still like No Joy, but Wait to Pleasure’s triumph is making it far less of a requirement
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8.0
54113
8.0 |
Blurt
MBV itself should be taking notes as this band does their shtick much better nowadays than the legends themselves
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8.0
54285
8.0 |
Loud And Quiet
Having smoothed some overdriven edges and turned up the vocals, what No Joy have actually arrived at here are more hooky, pop-driven shores
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7.9
53849
7.9 |
Bowlegs
No Joy’s sophomore wades into an ocean of gazing guitars only to find an undisturbed bed of melodic wonder
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7.9
53926
7.9 |
The AU Review
Wait To Pleasure makes a mark without feeling nostalgic, and without being overly imitative of those long-canonised shoegaze figure-heads
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7.0
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7.0 |
Drowned In Sound
The record loses its way a touch over its second half, ultimately lacking the songwriting craft to deliver emotional gratification, though it’s naggingly close
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7.0
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Uncut
This power trio makes no attempt to hide their stylistic sonic cathedral. Print edition only
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7.0
53701
7.0 |
DIY
Contrary to the band’s name, there are a lot of joys to be found in ‘Wait To Pleasure’. No Joy have developed from an interesting band, to one to cherish
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7.0
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7.0 |
The 405
Both an authentic and singular take on a sound that remains gloriously disorientating no matter what era its heard in
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7.0
53765
7.0 |
No Ripcord
It's simply true to genre: fullness of sound, reverby vocals, spacey guitars, constant heartbeat rhythm
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7.0
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7.0 |
The Line Of Best Fit
An uneven listen at times, but a promising one all the same
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6.0
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6.0 |
NME
Despite some misfires it's an admirable listen
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6.0
53665
6.0 |
Q
Such youthful nihilism suggest a promisingly dark future ahead of them. Print edition only
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6.0
53738
6.0 |
Consequence Of Sound
At times on this sophomore release, No Joy are able to ditch the very things that drove their first album, and still wind up with compelling music, boding well for a potential third LP
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