joy electric

the new joy electric album came out a while ago. but i have not yet written about it. the reason is this: i have a very hard time writing about joy electric.

have you ever had something that makes you happy and your not entirely sure why? have you ever had something that you adore, but you just cant explain what about it attracts you? have you ever felt passionately about something that most people around you would dismiss as stupid? well, this is my relationship with the music of joy electric. ever since i first heard their music as a freshman at dordt college, i was entranced. its hold on me has not lessened, in fact its gotten tighter and tighter with each consecutive album released.

i dont know why i love their music so much, it is certainly a strange obsession. their music, to say the least, is obtuse. its not my typical music scene. thats what makes the attraction so much more uneplainable.

i could regail you with details about the newest album 'the otherly opus', i could tell you that it is a masterwork, that ronnie martin has finally made the perfect compainion album to go with 'the white songbook', i could tell you that these two albums together make up what i expect to be the soundtrack of heaven. but i dont think many would care. i realize that joy electric is my obsession, and im ok with keeping to myself.

but i may ask you to give it a chance if you want to bum a ride in my car where this cd is constantly playing.