I recently got turned into this band by Claus. New York-based progressive rock/metal band JOLLY is just releasing their new record, The Audio Guide to Happiness. Instead of me blabbing about it, I'll just copy what Ken Golden stated on lasercd.com about this album:
"The music is almost heavy enough to be categorized as metal although I think a lot of metal fans would love this disc. The band sounds like a much heavier version of Porcupine Tree with elements of Opeth, Pain Of Salvation, Tool, and even Muse mixed in. Its pretty damn impressive I have to say. Come the end of 2011 this is going to sit high on many top 10 lists."
As I have said before, there are two types of "THIS IS AWESOME" comments based upon the first two or three listens. One (and the most common) is what I call "first-listen hype" (which Zod and I were talking about just recently). Eventually you realize that this wasn't as good as the first time you listened to. Believe me, I am guilty of this quite often. The second type is the one you know when you listen to something special for the first time. This particular release (with others such as While Heaven Wept, Persefone, Orphaned Land...) falls into the second category.
To anyone interested, they're playing in NYC this Saturday! I'll be there come hell or high water.
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