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Joseph Michael Ryan was born on 23 August 1987 in Nenagh, Ireland.
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He is the founding mainstay multi-instrumentalist and guitarist of Pond, which have released six albums. Ryan issued a solo album, (30 May 2014). He also does the visuals for fellow Australian band, Tame Impala.
At the age of six-and-a-half his family emigrated to Perth.
Mink Mussel Creek
In 2007, Shiny Joe Ryan joined the recently formed Mink Mussel Creek on guitar, with Nick Allbrook on vocals, Richard Ingham on synthesisers, Kevin Parker on drums and Steve Summerlin on bass guitar. Mink Mussel Creek recorded an unreleased album in 2008.
Pond
In 2008 Ryan, Allbrook and Jay Watson had the idea of an "ego-free project where they were able to get anyone they wanted to play whatever they wanted." That collective, Pond, have released six albums, Psychedelic Mango (2009), Corridors of Blissterday (2009), Frond (2010), Beard, Wives, Denim (2012), Hobo Rocket (2013) and Manitoba lieutenant Feels Like Space Again (January 2015). On 30 May 2014 Shiny Joe Ryan digitally released his debut solo album,, in Australia.
The album was digitally released worldwide on 14 October 2014.
Cosmic microwave background in the title refers to the radiation and energy left behind by the Big Bang. lieutenant was self-written over two years and partly-recorded in Ryan"s apartment in Berlin. The tracks "Holding Out for You" and "Medicine Hat", which were to appear on his album, were released on Pond"s Manitoba lieutenant Feels Like Space Again.
He supported his album with a brief tour of Australia and then returned to his duties with Pond.
TheMusic.com.au"s Hannah Story felt was "traditional psych fare in this laidback debut.. that roams between genres and sonic textures. Unfortunately Ryan"s vocals are weak throughout but this is made up for amply by wailing guitar lines and experiments in instrumentation." His label touted it as a "heart-rending journey of interstellar innocence." While Clare Armstrong of 4ZZZ opined that its "psychedelic popular.. just not quite enough that"s new or exciting to differentiate it from its contemporaries." Later in 2014 he toured as part of the support crew for Tame Impala, doing their visuals.
