Joyer // On the Other End of the Line... LP [COLOR]

アメリカのインディーデュオJoyerが、2025年10月に同国インディーレーベルJulia's Warからリリースしたレコードです。

インディーポップ10曲を収録。エレクトリックスモークカラー盤です。

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RELEASE DATE: 24th October 2025

12" 'electric smoke' vinyl. 

Tracklist:

1. I Know Your Secret
2. Cure 03:23
3. Creases
4. Glare of the Beer Can 
5. Spell 
6. Something to Prove
7. Favorite
8. At the Movies 
9. Test
10. Tell Me

Text excerpt by Julia's War:

"[...] Since their previous full-length, Night Songs, arrived in 2024, both Nick and Shane relocated to different cities—Nick from Brooklyn to Philadelphia, and Shane from Boston to Brooklyn—and were tasked with settling into new versions of themselves. Plus, they were dealing with Joyer’s increasingly hectic tour schedule, traveling across the country with Horse Jumper of Love, Wishy, and villagerrr, to name a few. Nick was seeking healthier approaches to his on-the-road life and home life, navigating simultaneous feelings of guilt and anticipation. Meanwhile, Shane was grappling with a nagging loneliness in Boston, especially when he returned from tour, which prompted a move to be closer to friends and family. But through all the ups and downs, being on tour was life-affirming for Joyer—they met kindred spirits and grew closer as a band, and it sparked a desire for new material.

Eager to push the pop melodicism of Night Songs even further, Joyer began writing a new album, and they booked eight days in a Chicago studio with Henry Stoehr, having been fans of his catchy, detailed production style and guitar work in Slow Pulp. Feeling somewhat misunderstood by the response to Night Songs, they were also itching to dial back their shoegaze leanings in favor of folkier touches and less conventional, more ambitious arrangements. “Cure” and “Glare of the Beer Can” glisten with pastoral twang, while spidery rock rippers like “Favorite” and “Test” throb with fickle, explosive rhythms. This time around, Nick set out to compose more interesting drum parts, often skirting typical 4/4 beats and setting songs tastefully askew, and the band’s guitars have a richer, more intentional sound, thanks to plenty of time spent layering in acoustic guitar textures, blending tones, and re-tracking parts dozens of times. For reference points, they looked to noisy guitar pop groups like Velocity Girl and Helvetia who, like Joyer, live and die by coarse guitar thrums and front-and-center pop hooks. Perhaps the best encapsulation of this ugly-pretty dichotomy is “Spell,” where staticky, muscular guitar solos punctuate delicate vocal melodies. [...]"

Artist : Joyer

Label : Julia's War

cat no : JWR088lp-C1