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: Artist......: No Joy
: Album.......: Motherhood :
: Label.......: Joyful Noise Recordings .. .:.. .
Genre.......: Indie :
Catnr.......: JNR340 .
' Source......: CD ,
; Rip.date....: 2020-08-19
Str.date....: 2020-08-21
Quality.....: 263kbps/44.1kHz/Joint Stereo . :..
.:. Url.........: http://nojoy.bandcamp.com '
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1. Birthmark 3:39
2. Dream Rats 3:34
3. Nothing Will Hurt 3:12
4. Four 4:17
5. Ageless 2:44
6. Why Mothers Die 3:36
7. Happy Bleeding 3:37
8. Signal Lights 3:52
9. Fish 4:23
10. Primal Curse 3:54
11. Kidder 4:43
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,: No JoyÆs relentless sonic permutations are evidence of :,
: frontperson and principal songwriter Jasamine White-GluzÆs :
:' insatiable desire to grow. The MontrΘal-based project began a ':
,: decade ago as e-mail-traded riffs; subsequent albums showcased a :,
: penchant for delay-saturated jangle, industrial distortion, and :
:' sludgey drones over disco beats. White-Gluz, feeling too ':
,: reliant on her primary instrument, ditched the guitars and :,
: detoured to modular electronica for a 2018 EP composed with :
:' Sonic Boom (Spacemen 3Æs Peter Kember). ':
,: :,
: For No JoyÆs first full length in five years, White-Gluz took :
:' what she learned from synthesis, reincorporated guitars, and ':
,: produced an album that is not a departure from No JoyÆs early :,
: shoegaze, but a stylistically omnivorous expansion that ekes :
:' into trip hop, trance and nu-metal. Motherhood is the ':
,: culmination of years composing outside of her comfort zone, and :,
: a return to DIY recording with a leveled-up expertise in :
:' production. Touring with genre-divergent artists has honed the ':
,: bandÆs comfortably multifarious sound; No Joy picked up :,
: post-hardcore fans on the road with Quicksand, and ambient :
:' techno fans on gigs with Baths. ôAs long as people are open ':
,: minded about music, they can hear different things,ö explains :,
: White-Gluz, ôMaybe because there are a lot of layers.ö :
:' ':
,: ôA lot of layersö may be an understatement. Lead single :,
: ôBirthmarkö combines the æ90s dance rock of Republica with :
:' phasing fuzz α la DeftonesÆ brand of loud-quiet-loud. ôDream ':
,: Ratsö (featuring White-GluzÆs sister, Alissa, of deathcore :,
: supergroup Arch Enemy) manages to cram synth choir, blast beats, :
:' cowboy leads, and signal-jammed shredding into a radio-friendly ':
,: three and a half minutes. ôNothing Will Hurtö melds detuned :,
: arpeggios, Berlin school synths, slapped bass, and seemingly :
:' infinite vocal facets. Throughout are loving nostalgic nods to ':
,: the records White-Gluz adored on their release twenty years :,
: ago--Massive Attack, Sneaker Pimps, No Doubt. :
:' ':
,: Collaborative, exploratory fun hallmarks No JoyÆs discography, :,
: and Motherhood is no exception. Bandmember Jorge Elbrecht (Ariel :
:' Pink, Sky Ferreira, Japanese Breakfast) returns in his role as ':
,: co-producer and multi-instrumentalist. The bandÆs touring sound :,
: engineer Madeleine Campbell, who authors the Women In Sound :
:' zine, came on as engineer alongside Chris Walla (Death Cab for ':
,: Cutie). Drummer Jamie Thompson (Islands, Esmerine) translated :,
: rhythmic ideas into hard-hitting performance, and brought in :
:' drum machines of his own. Frenetic shredder Tara McLeod ':
,: (Kittie) makes her No Joy recorded debut, contributing not only :,
: guitars but banjos. Somehow plastic clarinet, scrap metal, :
:' skits, bongos and an EMS Putney made the mix. Songs went from ':
,: laptop demos to labyrinthine recordings, tracked primarily at :,
: fellow Montrealers BraidsÆ Studio Toute Garnie. White-Gluz laid :
:' down the vocals at home, which allowed for experimentation with ':
,: ethereal harmonies and shrouded ad libs. :,
: :
:' White-Gluz hadnÆt read Sheila HetiÆs Motherhood when she wrote ':
,: and titled this record, but when she did, the narrative :,
: parallels between the two projects were ôlike looking into a :
:' mirror.ö ôWill I regret not opening my insides out?ö she sings ':
,: on ôPrimal Curse,ö during which she reads an optimistic letter :,
: her mom wrote as a teenager to her future kids. ôTime is :
:' critical, and you have to make decisions that are extremely ':
,: time sensitive and your body doesnÆt care,ö she explains. ôItÆs :,
: a lot of seeing myself through my motherÆs experiences, and the :
:' physicalness of a body getting older.ö The album also ':
,: investigates the implications of her parentsÆ aging on her role :,
: as their child, as on the DJ-scratching wah groover ôFour.ö :
:' ':
,: HetiÆs bookÆs central conceit is an open-ended pondering of :,
: whether dedication to writing is more significant than the :
:' desire to have children. No Joy doesnÆt definitively answer ':
,: this existential quagmire, either--how could anyone? Instead, :,
: Motherhood is a beautifully dense exploration that proves how :
:' thoughtful, thorough music can translate into art that is rich, ':
,: vast and alive. :,
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