Interviews
Interview (2019)
In our fifth interview with them, John Clarkson talks to Johny Brown, Inga Tillere and James Stephen Finn from London-based alternative/indie rock band the Band of Holy Joy about their remarkable latest album, ‘Neon Primitives’.
Interview (2018)
John Clarkson speaks to London-based alternative rock group the Band of Holy Joy front man Johny Brown about their latest two albums, ‘The Clouds That Break the Sky’ and ‘Funambulist We Love You’.
Interview (2015)
John Clarkson speaks to Johny Brown, Inga Tillere and James Stephen Finn from London-based alternative rock band the Band of Holy Joy about the making of their band's latest album, 'The Land of Holy Joy'.
Interview (2014)
John Clarkson speaks to Johny Brown from London-based alternative rock band the Band of Holy Joy about his group's life-affirming new album, 'Easy Listening'
Interview (2012)
John Clarkson speaks to Johny Brown from London-based alternative rock band the Band of Holy Joy about his group's two new albums, 'How to Kill a Butterfly' and 'The North is Another Land'; writing plays and his group's new radio show
Live
Tiger Lounge, Manchester, 27/9/2014
Bill Seagrave watches the Band of Holy Joy play an atmospheric and inventive set at the Tiger Lounge in Manchester
Features
(With Moon Under Water and Dream Maps), Water Rats, London, 17/1/2020 (2019)
We profile our next London Pennyblackmusic Bands' night which will take place with The Band of Holy Joy, Moon Under Water and Dream Maps at the Water Rats on the 17th January, 2020.
(With the Cathode Ray), Wee Red Bar, Edinburgh, 10/12/2017 (2017)
We profile our next Pennyblackmusic Bands Night which will take place with The Band Of Holy Joy and The Cathode Ray on the 10th December at the Wee Red Bar in Edinburgh.
(With the Bitter Springs and Idiot Son), Macbeth, London, 9/1/2015 (2015)
Dominic Simpson looks back on our first Bands' Nights of 2015, which at the Macbeth in London, saw sets from the Band of Holy Joy, the Bitter Springs and Idiot Son
Reviews
Brutalism Begins at Home (2017)
Appealing new EP from London-based alternative rock the Band of Holy Joy which has been released on ten inch vinyl and digitally
A Plain Cookerybook for the Working Classes (2016)
Excellent limited edition double CD of old and current material from the Band of Holy Joy, which is about the past and present of front man Johny Brown's home town in North Shields
An Atlas of Spatial Practice (2016)
Fabulous limited edition double CD of old and new songs from London-based alternative act, the Band of Holy Joy
Land of Holy Joy (2014)
Blackly humorous new digital single about escaping the city from London-based act, the Band of Holy Joy
A Place Called Home (2014)
Understated and balladic new single from the Band of Holy Joy, which focuses on the escalating housing situation in their native London
City of Tales (Vol. 1 and 2) (2013)
Enthralling double cassette album from the Band of Holy Joy which, recorded 28 years apart, bleakly reflects upon London
Related
Interviews
Interview
Band of Holy Joy frontman Johny Brown talks to John Clarkson about his group's latest album 'Fated Beautiful Mistakes' and his forthcoming debut solo album 'Gut Feels'.
Rothko
Interview
Mark Beazley talks to John Clarkson about the return of his bass/ambient project Rothko and thir second album of this year, ‘A Young Fist Curled around a Cinder for a Wager’, which features Band of Holy Joy singer Johny Brown
Morton Valence
Interview
John Clarkson talks to Robert 'Hacker' Jessett from South London-based urban country outfit Morton Valence about their lyrical and experimental third album, 'Left'
Profiles
With Hector Gannet and Andy Thompson, The Water Rats, London, 25/5/2024
We preview our next London Bands' Night which will feature The Band of Holy Joy's Johny Brown, Hector Gannet and Idiot Son's Andy Thompson.
Features
Band of Holy Joy/Cathode Ray
(With Roy Moller), Sebright Arms, London, 15/4/2016
Pennyblackmusic presents three acts from the Edinburgh-based label – The Band of Holy Joy, The Cathode Ray and Roy Moller – at the Sebright Arms on April 15th
Pennyblackmusic Bands Night
Macbeth, London, 12/6/2015
We profile our next Pennyblackmusic Bands' night which will take place at the Macbeth in London, and will include sets from the Band of Holy Joy, Vinny Peculiar and The Black Site
Pennyblackmusic Bands Night
Macbeth, London, 8/1/2015
We profile our next Pennyblackmusic Bands' night which will take place at the Macbeth in London, and will include sets from the Band of Holy Joy, the Bitter Springs and Idiot Son