: ' .. .:.... . ' ' ______________ : ________ : ' \ / .. .:. .. \ / : : \ /_________ \ / . .. ... .. . : .\ / /___ /\ \ / ______________ ___ _. : \ / / \ / \ \/ / \ \ \ \ \ . ...:..\ / _______/ \/ \ ___/__ / / / / / : /\ / / \ \/ \ / / / . sH! ' / \/ / / / \ / / . ... .:.... .. . :/ _______/ / / / _______/__ ___ __ .\ / / / / / / / / / / / \ / / / / / / / / / / / . . \ /\______/ / / / / \___ / / : \/ ____ \ / / / / / : \ / \ /\____/\ / / : : ________\/ \ / \ / / : ' \ / \/ \ /\ / : . ..:.. . \ / \/ \ / \ / \ / . ' : \/ F A N G \ / : ' ____ \ / . . .. .. .:.. . \ / presents \ / . . \/ \/ : : . ..:.. , : 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 ' ' , ________ ________ \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / # title time \ / \/ \/ 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 ______ \ / ________ Runtime 41:31 ,\ /... . . .... .... \ / ' Size 82.31 ______ :\/ ', \ / , \ / ' '... ..\ /.. .. .....:. .. .... .. . ..\ /. : Release Notes: \/ , \/ , ' ' ,: 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. :, : : :' ': : ' '.. ..' .. . :........... . . . . ............: . . ______________ ______________ \ / \ / \ / Shout out to all our homies from: \ / \ / \ / \ / iPC BOSS HiT2000 1way UKi i8 RNS \ / \ / RAGEMP3 MANDY DV8 pLAN9 BUTT \ / \ / \ / \/ ____ ____ \/ \ / F A N G \ / \/ 2 0 2 0 \/