{"product_id":"p-e-a-c-e-vinyl-album-by-mxmjoy-maximum-joy","title":"P.E.A.C.E. - vinyl album by MXMJOY (Maximum Joy)","description":"\u003cp\u003eLimited edition very few remaining vinyl album of P.E.A.C.E by MXMJOY (Maximum Joy)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003ci style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; color: black;\" lang=\"EN-US\"\u003e“Exploring power, desire, injustice and survival….. MXMJoY sound like hope…”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003ch2 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"\u003e\u003ci style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; color: black;\" lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003ch2 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; color: black;\" lang=\"EN-US\"\u003e“…..The return of British punk-funk trailblazers …[Maximum Joy] ..\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003etheir sound still resonates over three decades later ….now reformed as MXMJoy..a blissful amalgam of electronica and R\u0026amp;B, laced with grittier, brooding undercurrents that hark back to their early ’80s vision \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003ch2 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; color: black;\" lang=\"EN-US\"\u003e…a sophisticated rebirth for one of the UK’s unsung trailblazers\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; color: black;\" lang=\"EN-US\"\u003e”\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/thevinylfactory.com\/features\/british-punk-funk-trailblazers-mxmjoy\/\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Hyperlink1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 9.0pt;\"\u003eVinyl Factory Interview\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; color: black;\" lang=\"EN-US\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003ch2 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 8.0pt; font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\" lang=\"EN-US\"\u003e“…Rainforth’s beguiling vocals fire-stirring anthems’ \u003cb\u003e4 out of 5 stars\u003cu\u003e - \u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 8.0pt; font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt; mso-ansi-language: IT;\" lang=\"IT\"\u003eGuardian Music\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cu\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 8.0pt; font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003ch2 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 8.0pt; font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 8.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\" lang=\"EN-US\"\u003e“..Their trademark ‘\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 8.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: Arial;\"\u003efunk-punk\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 8.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\" lang=\"EN-US\"\u003e’ sound lives on in this album stabby bass guitar grooves as well as .. simmering synths….with sliding airy vocals lending a spooky quality to the tracks…”\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/crackmagazine.net\/article\/album-reviews\/mxmjoy-p-e-a-c-e\/\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Hyperlink3\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 8.0pt; line-height: 107%;\"\u003eCrack Magazine 7\/10\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003ch2 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 8.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\" lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eBirthed from the seminal 1980s post-punk band Maximum Joy, MXMJoY is the dramatic reimagining by founding members Janine Rainforth and Charlie Llewellin.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003ch2 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\" lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eA pivotal point in Bristol’s dub-informed lineage, Pitchfork compared Maximum Joys sound to \u003ci\u003e\"one of the Slits backed by the Gang of Four”\u003c\/i\u003e, while PopMatters said, \u003ci\u003e\"Musically, the group’s use of complex percussion, horns, danceable bass lines, and overtly English female vocals built a bridge between the worlds of Afrobeat, reggae, avant-garde jazz, funk and pop\".\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: Arial;\" lang=\"EN-US\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003ch2 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\" lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eReturning with a new line-up and all new material, MXMJoY released their first new album in 2019 \u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e- P.E.A.C.E.-\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003ethat remains faithful to their roots but showcases an expanded experimental direction into dark electronics and expertly used samples and effects. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003ch2 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\" lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eThe reformation was spearheaded by Rainforth with a show at Simple Things in 2015. From that MXMJoY evolved.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\" lang=\"EN-US\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18.0pt; font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;\" lang=\"EN-US\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003ch2 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 8.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\" lang=\"EN-US\"\u003e“Hugely important to the evolution of the Bristol post-punk scene, they can still produce compulsive dance beats in avant-garde electronic settings..” \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 8.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: Arial;\"\u003eHiFi News\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 8.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003ch2 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 8.0pt; font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\" lang=\"EN-US\"\u003e“Welcome regeneration of peppy Bristol post-punk outfit.. with Janine Rainforth’s vocal sounding as gloriously unaffected as ever”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 8.0pt; font-family: Arial;\"\u003e Uncut\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 8.0pt; font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 8.0pt; font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003ch2 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 8.0pt; font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\" lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eP.E.A.C.E. maintains all of the things that made Maximum Joy\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 8.0pt; font-family: Arial;\"\u003e’\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 8.0pt; font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\" lang=\"EN-US\"\u003es music so good - great grooves, Slits-esque bravura and the ability to cross between genres at will - and update it with modern sonic techniques and production styles. 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