NO JOY
MCD.ie presents
NO JOY
plus guests
*New album wait to pleasure 8/10 pitchfork*
Tickets €12.50 including booking fee go on sale this Friday at 9am from ticketmaster outlets nationwide and online from www.wavtickets.ie & www.ticketmaster.ie
The shoegaze band No Joy began in November 2009, when guitarist/vocalist Jasmine White-Glutz was living in Los Angeles and guitarist/vocalist Laura Lloyd was living in Montreal. The pair wrote songs as long-distance collaborators until White-Glutz moved to Montreal and they could play shows together.
One of their first gigs was with Best Coast; when that band’s Bethany Cosentino said that No Joy was “the best band ever” on her Twitter feed, buzz began forming around the band. The band’s moody, interlocking guitars and ethereal vocals allowed them to fit on bills with bands as diverse as Wavves, Harvey Milk, and Besnard Lakes. Meanwhile, Best Coast’s label Mexican Summer signed No Joy and issued their self-titled 7”, which was produced by Miracle Fortress’ Graham Van Pelt in 2010. The band expanded to a four-piece and enlisted the Raveonettes’ Sune Rose-Wagner to mix their full-length album, Ghost Blonde, which was released in November 2010.
Their second album Wait to pleasure was released in April 2013 to critical acclaim.
NME- “an admirable listen”.
iTunes: “Best of 2013 so far”
louder than War- “They may be called No Joy, but there’s plenty to be found in their record”.
Pitchfork “Wait to Pleasure offers 11 distinct, tactile sensations, 8/10”
Don’t miss No Joy when they play Whelans on the 2nd of November.
Tickets €12.50 including booking fee go on sale this Friday at 9am from ticketmaster outlets nationwide and online from www.wavtickets.ie & www.ticketmaster.ie
TICKETS
On Sale Fri 28th June, 9am: €12.50 available online from WAV Tickets [Lo-Call 1890 200 078] (50c per ticket service charge applies on phone or creditcard bookings)
Strictly over 18′s, I.D. may be required.
AFTER THE GIG
Whelan’s Indie Club w/ Late Bar from 10:30pm or check out the bands playing The Midnight Hour in the upstairs venue (FREE ENTRY, 12am).