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Premiere: Any Joy – The Sea

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One of the great hidden gems in Irish independent music today are Cork’s Any Joy. Sublimating varied strains of psych, post-punk & indie rock, they manage to recall the quintessential Deerhunter-esque pop-conscious, experimentally-natured sound of internalised dreams.

Their 2017 debut album, Cycleswas a minor triumph, and was followed up last year with ‘Sucker’, a track that was included on last year’s Irish compilation A Litany of Failures: Volume II. Their new single, ‘The Sea’, bears all the Any Joy hallmarks: alpine guitar lines, tension, an impenetrable, masked vocal, and a wall of sound, all imbued with tape adulation. It’s their finest work to date.

Another self-recorded effort in the band’s gossamer canon, Dineen said of it: “The DIY ethic suits my relationship with music – ie. throw down an idea when it happens and keep building on it until it turns into something.”

Mastered by Fergal Davis, it’s taken from a larger release set for later in the year,’The Sea’ is out now. Buy it on Bandcamp and stream below:

is Gig Guide Editor & guitarist/vocalist with Junk Drawer, PigsAsPeople & Sister Ghost. Appreciator of Neil Young, vinyl, black coffee, Richard Linklater, light & shade.