No Joy is a Canadian band consisting of three band members. They specialize in Shoegaze, Indie Rock, Noise Pop, and Dream Pop musical genre.
They have released studio albums Ghost Blonde (2010), Wait to Pleasure (2013), and More Faithful (2015) since the formation of the band in 2013. Their newest album “Motherhood” has been announced to be released on August 21, 2020, through Joyful Noise Recordings.
Here is everything we know about this popular band No Joy including its band members and new album songs.
No Joy Band Origin
No Joy is a doomy shoegaze Canadian band formed by Jasamine White-Gluz and Laura Lloyd in November 2009. At that time Jasamine was living in Los Angeles, US while Laura was living in Montreal, Canada.
They wrote songs and collaborated as long-distance but later on Jasamine moved to Montreal so that they could play in shows together. They did a local gig with the band Bethany Cosentino and he posted on Twitter that No Joy is the best band ever and well, other people started noticing them. Their moody, interlocking guitars and ethereal vocals made them fit with all kinds of diverse bands such as Wavves, Besnard lakes, and Harvey Milk.
Soon, they were then signed by Mexican Summer label records and issued 7″ single “No Summer” b/w “No Joy”. Eventually, No Joy expanded to a four-piece band. But Laura Lloyd is no longer involved with the band and thus No Joy has just three members currently.
Who are the No Joy Band members?
No Joy started with just two members Jasamine White-Gluz and Laura Lloyd.
They later enlisted Garland hasting and Michael Farsky as their band members. However, Laura Lloyd has recently left the band. Now the band only has three members. These three members are lead vocalist/ guitarist Jasamine White-Gluz, drummer Garland Hastings, and bassist Michael Farsky.
There is little to no information regarding the personal life of each of these band members.
No Joy New Album: Motherhood
After five long years, No Joy has returned with their new album “Motherhood”. They have announced the album is set to be released on August 21, 2020, through Joyful Noise Records and in Canada through Hand Drawn Dracula.
According to the press release, No Joy is now releasing this album as a solo project of Jasamine White-Gluz. Jasamine said that she filmed the songs during the quarantine at her home with the help of her talented friend Jordan who is the director of the songs. There are 11 songs in the Motherhood album with the opener song “Birthmark” The songs are listed below:
- Birthmark
- Dream Rats [ft. Alissa White-Gluz]
- Nothing Will HurtFour
- Ageless
- Why Mothers Die
- Happy Bleeding
- Signal Lights
- Fish
- Primal Curse
- Kidder
No Joy Motherhood Tour Dates
Unfortunately, there are no upcoming tour dates and concerts of the No Joy band scheduled yet. Because of the COVID-19 pandemic situation, it is a little hard to expect tour dates of many bands anytime in 2020 so we expect the tour dates would be scheduled not before April 2021.
The band has announced for the Q&A session regarding their album on Monday, August 10, so we may get to know about the dates through that session.
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