We hear that post-punk made it into the springtime pages of The Sunday Times. Oh, DO keep up - Desperate Journalist have been raging against the corporate machine for what feels like aeons with their melodramatic blend of traumatised guitars and artbroken vocals. In fact, ‘Massive Sorrow!’ will represent their fourth full album release in the six years since the devilish ‘Desperate Journalist’ debut appeared in 2015. Stroppy sophomore effort ‘Grow Up’ stormed out in 2017, while 2019 saw the search for the stellar ‘The Search For The Miraculous' spread far and wide.
Throw in a couple of lively five-track EPs (‘Good Luck’ and ‘You Get Used To It’) and their melody-shattering proficiency is apparent for all to see. Add a litany of ten-out-of-ten media reviews and utterly devotional followings from desperate fanboys and fangirls from Birmingham to Berlin and Desperate Journalist’s incredibly credible status is more bulletproof than ever before. Come the close Jo is lashing at the leash and howling, "And the trash all flutters / And you paint it with wings / And the shopfronts shuttered / And you're straining to sing / Was it worth it? Was it worth it?" Well, what do you think??
It’s pure Paisley Pop bliss on this vinyl reissue of a lost ’80s college rock cult classic, with jangly guitars and plaintive melodies. Bandcamp New & Notable Jan 16, 2023
This long-out-of-print ’80s jangle-pop cult classic returns on 180g transparent green vinyl, its bright hooks still irresistible. Bandcamp New & Notable Oct 10, 2020
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Jo Bevan is one of the best singers in modern rock. The band is tight and talented and does some nifty post-punky style stuff. This album has some exceptional songs on it. rick-taylor