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Night of Joy is a post-punk, D.I.Y.-rock band from Denver, Colorado. The band consists of Bree Davies (bass guitar), Val Franz (lead guitar/lead vocals), and Fez Garcia (drums) (of Denver’s Fissure Mystic, [1] Fingers of the Sun,[2] Bury My Bones, & 900 Ancestors). Night of Joy formed in fall of 2008 after a chance meeting between Bree Davies and Val Franz. The band included a series of local drummers from 2008 through June 2010 when Fez Garcia joined.
The band released their first EP in 2010, after 2+ years of playing house shows and Denver venues. Davies and Franz are involved in the local cassette-tape label Teen Pass Out. [3]
History
[edit]Night of Joy formed in 2008 when bassist Bree Davies and guitarist Val Franz found they shared an interest in the biopic Control, a movie about Joy Division. [4] The band struggled to find a suitable drummer to fit their lo-fi sound for 2 years. Night of Joy took Germain Baca on their Spring 2010 tour, but afterwards Germaine left the group. After 2 years of swapping drummers the band finally landed a good fit with Denver's Fez Garcia. The final line-up opened the doors for Night of Joy to record their first EP Fortune Hunters in 2010, as well as tracks to be included on several compilation albums.
Press
[edit]Members
[edit]Current Members
- Bree Davies – bass guitar
- Val Franz – lead guitar/ leadvocals
- Fez Garcia – drums
Previous Members
- Jimmy Middleton (September 2008 - April 2009)
- Patrick Brannen (April 2009 - September 2009)
- Steve Matkin (September 2009 - January 2010)
- Trevor (January 2010 - March 2010)
- Germaine Baca (March 2010 - May 2010)
Discography
[edit]EP's
[edit]Fortune Hunters (EP)
- Released: 2010
- Format: CD
- Label: Teen Pass Out
- Writer: Val Franz and Bree Davies
- Producer: Hideous Men
- Tracks: Take Me To Your Dealer, Vein Popper Brain Ripper, Dead Road, Concrete Jungle, Doo Wop Sunday Night, Cool Runnings, Put Your Sunglasses On, Fix Me (Black Flag Cover)
- Singles: Concrete Jungle, Take Me To Your Dealer
Compilations & Splits
[edit]- Chump Fiesta (2010) split with The Lust Cats and Thee Goochi Bois (Cassette-Only release) [Track 16: Doo Wop Sunday Night, Track 16: Concrete Jungle, Track 16: 'Fuck and Run (Liz Phair Cover)]
- NU YUR (2010) Laser Palace Compilation [Track 16: "Take Me To Your Dealer"] [5]
- REMIX10 (2010) remixes by alphabets [Track 16: Take Me To Your Dealer][6]
Tours/Festivals
[edit]Past
[edit]Titwrench Fest 2009
[edit]- Glob Denver, CO (July 26th, 2009)[7]
- Pistol Social - Kansas City, MO (April 24th, 2010)
- Mortville - Chicago, IL (April 25th, 2010)
- Mixtapes - East Moline, IL (April 2010)
- Danger Danger - Philladelphia, PA (April 29th, 2010)
- Yale University - New Haven, CT (April 30th, 2010)
- Death By Audio - Brooklyn, NY (May 2nd, 2010)
- Pianos - New York City, NY (May 3rd, 2010)
- Open Space Gallery - Baltimore, MD (May 5th, 2010)
- Mass Art - Boston, MA (May 4th, 2010)
- Replay Lounge - Lawrence, KS (May 8th, 2010)
Total Fest 2010
[edit]- The Palace - Denver, CO (July 2010) [9]
Who's Having Fun Fest 2010
[edit]- 1346 Lipan Street - Denver, CO (6:15 April 17th, 2010) [10]
- Glob - Denver, CO (July 9th, 2010)[11]
Denver Does Denver 2010
[edit]- The Meadowlark - Denver, CO (August 28th, 2010) [12]
Future
[edit]Spring 2011 Tour
[edit]- Tour planned for May 2011, dates unreleased
Titwrench Fest 2011
[edit]- Glob - Denver, CO (July 28th-30th 2011)
Press
[edit]- Night of Joy in Westword
- Night of Joy at Total Fest
- Speaker Snacks Denver Undiscovered Clip: Night Of Joy
References
[edit]- ^ http://blogs.westword.com/backbeat/2011/01/download_fissure_mystics_lost.php
- ^ http://www.heyreverb.com/2010/11/22/steal-this-track-elephant-revival-fingers-of-the-sun-and-kal-cahoone/
- ^ http://teenpassout.blogspot.com/
- ^ http://www.wearenightofjoy.com/?page_id=168
- ^ http://www.laserpalace.com/
- ^ http://alphabets.bandcamp.com/album/remix10
- ^ http://www.westword.com/2009-07-23/music/sarah-slater-brainmother-of-titwrench-fest-discusses-her-female-centric-music-fest/
- ^ http://www.wearenightofjoy.com/
- ^ http://wantagetotalfest.blogspot.com/2010/07/total-fest-night-of-joy-denvers-night.html
- ^ http://blogs.westword.com/backbeat/2010/04/whos_having_fun_festival_since.php
- ^ http://titwrench.com/day-one.php
- ^ http://blogs.westword.com/backbeat/2010/08/denver_does_denver_find_out_wh.php