After a brief hiatus, the DFA label returns with an obtuse yet strangely poppy punk-funk number courtesy of Japanese nutters JOY. Consisting of K.U.D.O.- they sure like those initial-based names over there- and Kan Tagaki from Major Force, with Yoshimi of the Boredoms and OOIOO on vocal duties, JOY come on like a wacky take on The Slits. "Sunplus(1)" is quite possibly the most oddball dancefloor single on DFA, and it's all the better for it. The DFA remix on the flip(2) tightens up the loose grooves of the original, although I'm not entirely convinced that it's needed.

reviewed by Roy Dank