NO JOY

No Joy began in November 2009 with guitarist/vocalist Jasamine White-Gluz and

guitarist Laura Lloyd. 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.  Meanwhile, Best Coast's label Mexican

Summer signed No Joy and issued their self-titled 7", which was produced by in

2010. The band enlisted the Raveonettes' Sune Rose Wagner to mix their full-length

album, Ghost Blonde, which was released in November 2010 and has been

referenced by Pitchfork as one of the 'hugely successful sheogaze/dream pop revival

records" of that year. After a series of recordings in which the band was unhappy

and scrapped material, fate would have it that they met Jorge Elbrecht (Ariel Pink,

Lansing Dreiden) who became an integral part of the band. Elbrecht and the band

worked on three releases: the 2013 breakthrough "Wait to Pleasure" which received

enormous critical acclaim, its accompaniment EP "Pastel and Pass Out" and the

intimate and intricate "More Faithful". The band has toured with diverse acts such

as Deafheaven, DIIV, Metz, Fucked Up and Clinic among many others. Their

explosive and unparalleled live show earned them billing at festivals such as NXNE,

Primavera Sound, Austin Psych Fest and more. The band is currently releasing a

series of EPs; the first (Drool Sucker) was released this past July by Top Shelf

Records. The second in the series is the "CREEP EP", which will be released this

winter via new label Grey Market and was also produced and co-written by Jorge

Elbrecht.