On February 16, 2024, Joywave released the single “Brain Damage”. On March 22, 2024, they released the single “Scared”, and announced that their upcoming album Permanent Pleasure was scheduled for release on May 17, 2024. In May 2024, the band announced the Permanent Pleasure World Tour, which began on September…
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The band contributed 3 songs to the soundtrack of the 2023 video game Star Wars Jedi: Survivor , credited as “Yubnib Zekk and the Main Characters”.
On June 24, 2022, the band announced a live album titled Live . The album was recorded from multiple shows on the Cleanse Tour and released on July 29, 2022.
In Spring 2022, the band recorded a version of the NHL on ESPN theme for playoff broadcasts.
In October 2021, the band announced The Cleanse Tour, which began in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania on February 26, 2022. Bassist Kevin Mahoney joined as a touring musician, as well as keyboardists Connor Ehman and Jason Milton. In the fall of 2022, Joywave coheadlined The Welcome to Hellvetica Tour with I Dont…
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During the period of COVID-related restrictions in 2020 and 2021, Armbruster resumed writing and composition for another album, writing ten tracks of reflections on the pandemic which would form the album Cleanse . Armbruster handled production in his home studio with contributions from Brenner and Morinelli shared over the internet.…
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Joywave returned to the extensive use of samples on their third LP, Possession , primarily sourced from the recordings on the Voyager Golden Record . Five of the album’s twelve tracks were released ahead of the album, including the singles “Like a Kennedy”, released on June 21, 2019, “Obsession”, released…
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In the summer of 2017, they toured across the United States with Young the Giant and Cold War Kids . In November 2017, the band announced the second leg of their Thanks. Thanks for Coming tour, which began in Las Vegas on February 10, 2018. The band appeared on The…
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In 2016, Joywave released Swish , a novelty record which only featured nine copies of the song “Destruction” and a B-side track titled “Life in a Bubble I Blew”. The title is a reference to Kanye West ‘s 2016 album The Life of Pablo , which was originally going to…
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Joywave began recording their next LP in late 2016. Now working with a larger budget, they relocated their home studio in Rochester to a barn in Bloomfield, New York and recorded the album Content over the course of four months. Five singles were released ahead of the album, including the…
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