Joy Wants Eternity

Joy Wants Eternity Is A Five Piece Post-Rock Band From Seattle. The Band Has Drawn Comparisons To Explosions In The Sky And Mogwai In Album Reviews 1 With Its Melodic Passages And Equal Parts Ambience Through Heavily Effected Guitar. The Joy Wants Eternity Song "Existences Rust" Was Featured In An Episode Of Television Show CSI Miami 2 And Their Song "You Are The Vertical You Are The Horizon" Was Featured On Radio Talk Show Sound Opinions 3 . The Band Has Played Multiple Shows With Post-Rock Bands Caspian Beware Of Safety And Seattle's Own You.May.Die.In.The.Desert. The Band's Current Label Is XTAL Records 4 Formed In 2003 The Original 15 Piece Lineup Experimented With Walls Of Sound And Eventually Pared Down To A Five Piece Before Its First Show. The Band's First Release Came In 2005 With A Self-Released EP "Must You Smash Your Ears Before You Learn To Listen With Your Eyes". After A 90.3 KEXP-FM Live Performance The Band Went In The Studio To Record Their Full Length Debut With The Production Assistant From The Show Andy Boyd 5 . Released In May 2007 On Local Collective Label Beep Repaired 6 The Album "You Who Pretend To Sleep" Received National Attention With Radio Airplay And Reviews. Silent Ballet An Instrumental Rock Online Zine Listed It As #19 Of The Top 50 Instrumental Releases Of 2007 Worldwide. 7 Japanese Label XTAL Records Picked Up The Band's Release In 2008. After A US Tour In 2008 The Band Began Working On A New Album Which Is Still Pending As Of January 2010. Edit Members * Salvador Huerta Guitar * Emory Liu Drums Percussion * Daniel Salo Electric Piano Bass Guitar * Michael Sterling Guitar * Rob Thompson Guitar Electric Piano read less