"The Land of Holy Joy is an album about quiet triumph, of finding reasons for carrying on often against huge odds"

- PennyBlackMusic



"Another tremendous achievement filled with terse funk moments and poetic reportage"

- NARC. Magazine



"Band Of Holy Joy have definitely eclipsed all with their finest moment in The Land Of Holy Joy"

- The Ringmaster Review

"Breath-taking state-of-the-nation exposition by one of the most enigmatic bands of the 80s"

- Is This Music?



"Band of Holy Joy, return with yet another instant post-punk classic that focuses on their unique style of storytelling"

- The Big Takeover



"An album that looks back in order to inspire the thinking of today"

- Blaue-Rosen

"When it comes to music, nobody engages to greater effect than the Band Of Holy Joy. And don’t ask me how they keep doing it, but their new album The Land Of Holy Joy arguably represents a new benchmark even for them in their search for warmth in the wilderness"

- Louder Than War



"This new album is as fine as anything the band have done"

- The Organ



"Passionate poetics and dark dreams get danced away with angry meditations in nu-Northern Soul settings"

- The Daily Mirror