Over the last eight years, the musical landscape has moved through post-grunge, pop-punk, ska and swing revivals, the hip-hop juggernaut, testosterone rock, rapcore and boy-band pop. Ronnie Martin (and his Joy Electric) has ignored every single one of these trends and remained true to songwriting as a craft, and analog synthesizers as the vehicle. Joy Electric is not Fashion; it is Style. This is music that refuses to be a slave to the trendy, fickle American consumer. The Style is bold. Joy Electric maintains its utter uniqueness and incomparability and a dedication to encouraging young people to use the gifts that God has given them to take His message to others. This retrospective is a simple document of stellar songwriting and proof that a musician doesn't neet to interpret the trends, but remain true to the vision regardless of what others think.
