Joyless as Fvck | Olaf Olafsonn and the Big Bad Trip

Joyless as Fvck is a Prague quartet that, instead of antidepressants, loads up massive guitar walls à la My Bloody Valentine at night and mixes them with swinging trip-hop beats in the spirit of Massive Attack. Their concert resembles mass noise therapy: a shoegaze wall of sound pours over the audience, while the unabashed lyrics validate everyday chaos. Everything is delivered with a good dose of sarcasm – it stings, but it doesn't leave any lasting effects. Olaf Olafsonn and the Big Bad Trip are instrumental stalwarts of the Czech psychedelic scene. Although their base has always been and still is mainly in the waters of psychedelic rock, for almost a decade they have been undertaking exploratory expeditions into other genres, be it progressive rock, stoner, jazz, tribal music, acoustic folk, or even black metal and avant-garde trends.