Melbourne's My Disco have somehow coralled the gentle subtraction of commonplace musical motifs into their very own beguiling artform. Montone, lengthy, tuneless: these aren't the usual tags you'd ascribe to interesting music. And yet My Disco make such qualities impossible to avoid. It's a practice that forces the listener to focus on the physical, the bones of the piece and the hypnosis it can generate, which - whether ugly or beautiful according to taste - manage to conjure up possibilities that don't exist in much of popular music. (Especially of the guitar+bass-drums variety). Rather than creating full colour landscapes, My Disco assemble just the frame and then point within.

Like the trio's previous album Paradise, Little Joy was recorded in the US at famed engineer/poker player Steve Albini's Electrical Audio studios, before being mixed by the more pop-minded Scott Horscroft at Sydney’s BJB Studios. It makes for an interesting dichotomy, the live, purist approach of the former melding with the production sensibilities of the latter.

We present the bands new album Little Joy in its entirety, for your listening curiosity. Simply head to TheVine Radio Player positioned in the right hand column over yonder to launch the album.

A feature length interview with My Disco's Ben Andrews coming up next on TheVine. Little Joy is in stores this Friday.

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What the presser says:

Having spent a large portion of 2010 recording and touring abroad, this November and December will see My Disco return home for yet another extensive national Australian tour, this time in support of their imminent third album, Little Joy.

As always with Melbourne trio My Disco, the best thing about the new album Little Joy is its weird kind of absence. Ever since their first shows back in 2003, it’s like there’s been something lacking, a piece missing from the puzzle, but it’s a lack so intriguing that it keeps you coming back, trying to work out what’s not there.

And each time, that lack changes subtly. The set up is still the same – Liam Andrews on bass and vocals, brother Ben Andrews on guitar, and friend Rohan Rebeiro on drums. But each new record sees My Disco refine their essence, removing what most people expect to hear and leaving them something new in its place. The bare bones of a drum beat, a rumbling bass, one repeated phrase and some bursts of feedback add up to a wholly compelling sound world. It’s the sound of a band using the fewest tools to create the greatest range of possibilities. It’s a record both expansive and minimal, a compressed expression of vast emotions.

My Disco - 'Little Joy' Australian launch tour 2010

Friday 19th November - Fowlers Live, Adelaide
Saturday 20th November - The National, Geelong
Wednesday 24th November - ANU Bar, Canberra
Thursday 25th November - The Cambridge, Newcastle
Friday 26th November - Manning Bar, Sydney
Saturday 27th November - The Zoo, Brisbane  
Friday 3rd December - Hi Fi Bar, Melbourne
Saturday 11th December - Amplifer, Perth
Sunday 12th December - Mojos, Fremantle  
Saturday 18th December - The Brisbane Hotel, Hobart

Little Joy is out through Shock on the 22nd of October

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