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Jumping between mathy ballads, acoustic meanderings, minimalist experimentation, and post-rock-indie-epics, Chicago's Joan Of Arc have exhibited a fearless artistry in their 14 years of existence. A seemingly inseparable appendage of the group's only consistent member Tim Kinsella, JOA is, in our humble opinion, one of the most unapologetically prolific bands of our generation - both in output and artistic vision.

That is why today we are unbelievably honored to announce that Joyful Noise Recordings will be releasing a limited edition Cassette Box Set- with digital downloads- of the entire JOA catalog. The collection is housed in a custom-built wooden box, elaborately screen-printed, hand-numbered and limited to 100 copies. Each cassette, individually wrapped and featuring the original album art, will also be available for individual purchase and includes high-quality MP3s and lossless audio. This is the first time any JOA albums have been available on cassette.

Official release date for this behemoth is September 14, 2010. We are celebrating with two release shows: August 20th in Indianapolis at the Melody Inn (w/ Marmoset, Jookabox, Abner Trio) and August 21st in Chicago at Ronny's (w/ Abner Trio, Maximum Wage)

Albums included in this Box Set:
Portable Model Of (1997, Jade Tree)
How Memory Works (1998, Jade Tree)
Live in Chicago, 1999 (1999, Jade Tree)
The Gap (2000, Jade Tree)
So Much Staying Alive and Lovelessness (2003, Jade Tree)
In Rape Fantasy and Terror Sex We Trust (2003, Perishable Records)
Joan of Arc, Dick Cheney, Mark Twain (2004, Polyvinyl)
Eventually, All at Once (2006, Record Label)
Boo! Human (2008, Polyvinyl)
Flowers (2009, Polyvinyl)

The Box Set can be pre-ordered for $49 here:

Think about it:
All 10 releases on iTunes = $99 and gets you 128kbps mp3s.
Cassette Box Set = $49 and gets you lossless audio files, 320kbps mp3s, and by the way, an amazing one of a kind, hand-numbered box set.

DIGITAL SAMPLER:
For the uninitiated or casual JOA listener, we have taken the liberty of compiling 10 stand-out JOA tunes (one from each album) into a free digital sampler. Download the zip file and get a taste of some of the albums you may have missed.

Download the Digital Sampler here:
joyfulnoiserecordings.com/mp3/jnr50.zip

Sampler Tracklisting:
01. Questioning Benjamin Franklin's Ghost (from Joan of Arc, Dick Cheney, Mark Twain)
02. The Hands (from A Portable Model Of)
03. A Tell-Tale Penis (from Boo! Human)
04. The Infinite Blessed Yes (from So Much Staying Alive And Lovelessness)
05. Me And America (or) The United Colors Of The Gap (from The Gap)
06. Explain Yourselves #2 (from Flowers)
07. Eventually, All At Once (from uh, Eventually, All At Once)
08. White Out (from How Memory Works)
09. (I'm 5 Senses) None of Them Common (from Live In Chicago, 1999)
10. Happy 1984 and 2001 (from In Rape Fantasy and Terror Sex We Trust)

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