Thanks for the kind words! Looking forward to any new songs you put out as well
Here's a message I sent summing up Joy Division/New Order:
"Ceremony is a bit of an oddball - it was the last song Joy Division singer Ian Curtis wrote before he took his life, and the vocals are done by the guitar player, who became the lead singer when Joy Division changed their name to 'New Order' and kept going. It's right in between the two stories. Joy Division has only two albums, Unknown Pleasures and Closer. Start with UP, it is much more accessible, though artistically Closer is probably better. It's a much darker album than UP, but not for the sake of being dark. It just feels like they went to make an album and it was just the result of their writing, and feels very natural as a result of that. Neither Joy Divison nor New Order put singles on their albums, to keep the integrity of the album as a piece of work meant to be listened to in one sitting; not an accessory to a hit.
Here are their most recognizable songs, 4 years apart from each other.
Joy Division:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zuuObGsB0No (This came out after he died as well)
New Order:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYH8DsU2WCkI love them both a lot, though I haven't listened to a New Order album yet.
My recommendation is to buy Unknown Pleasures and see if you like it. It is definitely an acquired taste. It doesn't really sound like any other album, and needs to be listened to in one go to really enjoy. Their producer was a maniac obsessed with sound, and bit like Desper but more OCD. For the song "She's Lost Control" he took apart the drum kit and recorded every single drum on its own to get the perfect sound out of each. Listen to it and you'll hear why.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7PtvIr2oiaEThat song sums up the album pretty well. Primal driving drum beat, unique bass riff, sparse, deliberate, effective, precise guitar, and Ian Curtis' low singing."
I didn't mention this, but the two best New Order albums are considered to be their first two; 'Movement' and 'Power, Corruption and Lies' though I hear most of their albums are pretty good.