like all the other bands, I’d say the majority (of fans) probably are Christian. For sure, there are people who aren’t Christians, actually with both bands, because we play a lot of club shows at home and stuff. Some people, if they are Christians, you’d have to assume they’re a little off to the left! But yeah, I’d say the majority of people are. And if people aren’t, then that’s cool. Maybe it’s a little doorway for them to check out something new."

And with Joy Electric, a band that’s been trudging along a relatively undeveloped and woefully overlooked musical path for the past several years, it seems especially fitting that theirs is the doorway to something new. "It’s taken us six years to get to this minor point where we are now," Cloud recalls. "It’s kind of a hard road to take. You go through a lot of, ‘Where’s the drum kit? Who plays guitar?’ You go through a lot of all that kind of heavy metal sound guy nonsense, so sometimes it’s hard."

Proof yet again that the path of innovation and originality has never been an easy one (especially if it’s paved with heavy metal sound guys). But there is a drive behind it. "When someone comes up after the show and says, ‘I had this real low point in my life. I listened to your record, and I thought it was cool. It helped me, encouraged me’ or whatever…that’s the main reason why we do it. It’s just cool to have kids say that about something you do."