"the best slice of experimental ear-sex you'll ever be subjected to" - Boring By The Sea Festival Organisers
"spiky, minimalist, arty" - Subba-Cultcha
"tunes of plenty" - Organ
"a tonic that should come in a wraparound sleeved 7inch" - Noel Gardner, Buzz
"one of the most intriguing propositions to emerge from the Welsh capital for some time" - Rock Midgets
"a wired, boggle-eyed take on the fuzzily taut Pixies/Wire dynamic with criss-crossing vocals, wrecked song structures and seeming stream of conscious while still meaningful lyrics" - Sweeping The Nation
"they spank a spot weld harder than a fruit bat" - Unpeeled
"Whether you are old enough to have listened to Peel in the early 80s or simply feel he was a bench mark for music appreciation you should and WILL love Joy Of Sex" - IndieDad, [sic] Magazine
"They make a fine racket, skeletal but muscular, minimal, crisp noise driven forward two minutes at a time." - Joy Collective
"Delightfully wicked and sarcastic. Great in every single way" - Artrocker
"Stupidly good looking and cool" - Joy Collective
Bands other people have compared us to: Wire, Young Marble Giants, The Fall, Talking Heads, Mclusky, Devo, Art Brut, Shooting At Unarmed Men, Pavement, Prinzhorn Dance School, Hot Club De Paris, Pixies, Dischord, Tokyo Police Club, The Strokes, The Cure, Elvis Costello, Billy Bragg, Bloc Party, Kyuss, Chorchazade
Thanks for being a friend, good to hear from you. If you like our stuff check out our 12" EP, our first new recordings for nearly thirty years. Available direct from us.
Ah, Louise from the Victorian English Gents was enthusing about you to us last time we played in Cardiff and Adam cooked us a lasagne for our tea after soundcheck. She said "Joy Of Sex are very good." I'm paraphrasing.
Any photos would be gratefully appreciated no matter what quality. Threatmantics care nothing for quality otherwise we'd hate ourselves more than we do already!! So just sling any that you're willing for us to exploit and we'll try and get it up on our website someday soon.
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