JOLLY is an alternative/progressive rock band from New York City, initially composed of Anadale (guitar, vocals), Mike Rudin (bass), Joe Reilly (keyboard, backing vocals), and Louis Abramson (drums). The band’s primary goal is to create music that will intrigue avid listeners without compromising accessibility.
Some of JOLLY’s influences include Depeche Mode, Radiohead, Mike Patton, Muse, Meshuggah, Tool, and Type O Negative. With a wide range of musical influences, JOLLY has managed to create a sound that is both original and attainable. This is proven on their debut EP, The Revolutionary Cult Demo Finally Hits the US, which was released in September 2008. The three song EP showcases the vision that JOLLY has set out to achieve. Layers of thick instrumentation are melded with heavy grooves, catchy melodies, and ambient soundscapes, producing an unsettling and beautiful atmosphere. It successfully displays the band's ability to create dynamic tones, texture, and sounds.

In July 2009, JOLLY’s first trial, entitled Forty-Six Minutes, Twelve Seconds of Music (Galileo/ProgRock Records), received critical praise for its original sound, unique progressions, and finely crafted production. The cult popularity of this release led to a European tour with Polish progressive rock veterans Riverside, and a record deal with InsideOut Music/Century Media Records. Along with impressive musicianship and refreshing writing styles, JOLLY’s first album contained a binaural brain wave phenomenon previously unheard of in rock music. Embedded throughout the album are binaural tones, which result from the combination of slightly offset frequencies played simultaneously, thereby altering the brain's natural frequency. Scientific research suggests that such tones can enrich feelings of relaxation, focus, creativity, and happiness when experienced in headphones.

JOLLY's latest release, The Audio Guide to Happiness (Part 1), takes these concepts to a new level. It is a self-reflective sonic journey scientifically tailored to guide the listener through the strata of his/her own emotional make-up. The listener is subjected to musical mood dynamics and key lyrical triggers while the brain is fed corresponding binaural tones. These tones are carefully and deliberately interwoven within the music to support all appropriate peaks and valleys throughout the experience.
Through extensive research and surveys from over 5,000 subjects, JOLLY has combined the art of musical production with sociological and neurological data, packaging it all into one cohesive system comprised of four phases. The first two phases make up part 1 of The Audio Guide to Happiness.