ABOUT THIS ITEM

The Band who formed in the eighties and were signed to Rough Trade have spent the last ten years writing and performing plays and running two radio shows, one on Resonance104.4FM and their own Radio Joy show. "Paramour" is their first album since "Love Never Fails" (2002 Rough Trade) and the first of three planned. Pioneers of an Urban Folk sound the songs on this album veer more towards a dark New York art sound. The Band of Holy Joy’s music is based around Johny Brown’s bitter-sweet lyricism and Christopher Brierley’s soaring violin work. All the songs are underpinned by the complex and beautiful guitar work of Andy Astle. Gavin Martin gave the album four stars in Uncut and said that with it’s folk macabre meets William Burroughs / Lou Reed- like sagas of lust, desire and obsession it’s a singular but mighty album that should redirect attention to The Band Of Holy Joy's fitful but illustrious canon.