We love it when we get sent historical and legacy records; there’s an infinite number of forgotten bands and artists out there, and it’s valuable to remember them, from time to time. Today, we are celebrating Too Much Joy, once the wonder kids of the early ’90s indie rock scene. They have an actual band profile on Google Search, by the way, with accurate pictures and a whole lot of information. People on YouTube seem pretty nostalgic about them… Too Much Joy toured with some of the biggest artists of that era (a commenter on YT was remembering the group opening to Nada Surf, for instance).
Signed by Warner Records thanks to the hyped-up album ‘Son of Sam I Am’, Too Much Joy went on to do great things, but overall never quite entered the global mainstream realm. 35 years after the record was released, the master tapes are now back with the American group, and they are eager to pay homage to such a pivotal album. ‘Son of Sam I Am (Tommy’s Version)’ does exactly that, offering the original tracks plus a few remixes and some easter eggs, such as old demos and rehearsal recordings.
‘Son of Sam I Am’ is available on all streaming services in its original shape, but you can now buy and stream the new special edition release (particularly on Bandcamp), including “a 24-page CD booklet that has all the lyrics plus an oral history about the making and marketing of Sam and features all fifteen original tracks from the Warners album, plus another nine bonus tracks.”
Recommended! Discover ‘Son of Sam I Am (Tommy’s Version)’ on Spotify:
