When New Invisible Joy first appeared on the music scene in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania – they immediately began seducing fans, fellow musicians, and critics with their euro-textured sound and head turning live performances. The band’s debut album, “Pale Blue Day”, was dubbed “an aural masterpiece” by the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review called it “inventive, creative, experimental, bold … fresh and original … a breathtaking collision of art and music.” Their second release -- a self-titled, limited edition EP -- was recorded at Globe Studios and Joe Blaney Music in New York City and produced by Ed Tuton (Alana Davis, Maxwell, Eagle Eye Cherry).
Today -- as New Invisible Joy prepares to release another full-length album, they continue to sell out local venues like Club Café on Pittsburgh’s South Side – and play to an ever-widening fan base in Philadelphia, New York City, Boston, Ohio, & Canada.
Named Pittsburgh’s Best Local Unsigned Band by Citysearch.com; New Invisible Joy has opened for several national acts and artists including: John Mayer, The Strokes, 30 Seconds to Mars, The Exies, The Calling, Flickerstick, Audiovent, Filter, Dave Navarro, and Hoobastank. National festivals they’ve played include: SurgeFest in Pittsburgh, PA at the Post-Gazette Pavilion; X-Fest in Pittsburgh, PA; Locobazooka at the Fairgrounds in Altamont, NY (InsideSessions.com Showcase); and Toronto’s North by NorthEast Music Conference where reviewers from Chart magazine’s chartattack.com called their performance “sheer gratification” with a “contagious attitude that was immediately picked up by the crowd … Excellent … Wow.”
Most recently – the band has been tapped to appear on Volume 2 of
The Best of the Songwriters Hall of Fame New Writers Showcase. That compilation will be released in May 2004 in New York City – and distributed to more than 800 top recording industry professionals at the Songwriters Hall of Fame Annual Awards Dinner in June. Other compilation recordings with tracks by New Invisible Joy include: Madgroove’s Madhitz 2, Pittsburgh X-Files (by 105.9 “the X” – WXDX Pittsburgh), the Millenium Music Conference, and the Philadelphia Music Conference.
New Invisible Joy is: John Schisler, vocals; Mike Gaydos, guitar; Evan Handyside, bass; and Brian Colletti, drums. The band released their new album, Trust, on the independent label Goldwish Records in February 2004. Critics are calling it their best work yet.
What the Critics are Saying about New Invisible Joy:
"A breathtaking album of anthemic pop songs not unlike the one that just won Record of the Year at the Grammy's. [New Invisible Joy] is clearly ready for the big-time."
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette on New Invisible Joy's 2004 release "Trust"
"Brimming with melody and confidence * a joyous, easy listen."
Pittsburgh City Paper on "Trust"
"Swoops and soars as if on a sonic tightrope"
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review on "Trust"
"Blows critics and fellow musicians away *"
Pittsburgh magazine on New Invisible Joy
"sheer gratification * [with a] contagious attitude that was immediately picked up by the crowd * Excellent * Wow."
Chart magazine's chartattack.com on
North by Northeast Live Performance
"The best band in Pittsburgh * so far ahead of the rest of the pack as to not even be in the same league."
WQED TV's "OnQ Magazine"
"A head-turning live show."
Pittsburgh City Paper
"Generating some of the loudest buzz on the Pittsburgh music scene."
The Observer Reporter
"an aural masterpiece"
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette on New Invisible Joy's
debut album "Pale Blue Day"
"inventive, creative, experimental, bold * fresh and original * a breathtaking collision of art and music."
