"Mt. Joy" - Another Strong Mt. Joy Release

     In 1974 a band released a self-titled album that included a self-titled single. It is not a common occurrence. Each of the three “Bad Company” aspects became a musical force. We are hoping that the same occurs in 2018, with the Mt. Joy release of their self-titled album and single. As another connection to the early ‘70s, the single refers to being unstoppable - “feel like Ziggy Stardust.”

     Mt. Joy is from Philadelphia, not far from Mount Joy in Valley Forge National Park, Pennsylvania. At least one source indicates that the band has relocated to Los Angeles. This week, they are in Austin, Texas for SXSW.

     The intro for the single “Mt. Joy” includes a well-crafted cooperation of guitars, as crystalline lead guitar dances atop a lower frequency platform, until a brief surge leads to the vocals. The vocals have a Folksy feel that carries a sense of vulnerability. In 2012, The Lumineers performed at Café Du Nord in San Francisco and the attendees at the small venue consider it an experience that will be difficult to match. The Lumineers exploded shortly after that visit. Well, Mt. Joy will visit Café Du Nord on April 3. It would be best to brace for another explosion.

     The members of Mt. Joy are Matt Quinn (vocals, guitar), Sam Cooper (guitar), Michael Byrnes (bass), Sotiris Eliopoulos (drums), and Terrance Mack (keys).  

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Lyrics of “Mt. Joy” by Mt. Joy

There he stands on a dirt road

The sunlight on the clean clothes

Stare forever for all the pinches together

Mountains fall into the sea

Oh, if I built the frame and gave you my name

Would you wander forever with me?

And drive way up over Mt. Joy

Where everyone's free now

To move how they feel now

She blames Brooklyn for hand me downs

She wakes up in her parents' house

And I got the curse of quivering youth

Tell the truth

All we really need's the love in this room

And I open my lips to tell her she's the anchor, I'm a sailor

We're lost in the height of the wave

Every wave remind me why I feel this way

And drive way up over Mt. Joy

Where everyone's free now

To move how they feel now

Your feet on the festival grounds

They can't stop us, feel like Ziggy Stardust

Cause they can't stop us, feel like Ziggy Stardust

And I dreamed you felt it too

And I dreamed it all came true

[Repeat 3x]

[Instrumental]

They can't stop us, feel like Ziggy Stardust