MT. JOY – MT. JOY - LP •

MT. JOY – MT. JOY - LP •UPC: 803020185210 Label: DUALTONE MUSIC GROUP Format: LP Release Date: March 2, 2018 In stock items ship within 48 hours Steeped in folk rock tradition and powered by the intuitive creative connection between Matt Quinn (vocals, guitar) and Sam Cooper (guitar), the songs on Mt. Joy's eponymous debut depict the former wrestling with his own conscience, where the mundane and the fantastic collide as he processes tragedy, society, and love. Opener "I'm

UPC: 803020185210
Label: DUALTONE MUSIC GROUP
Format: LP
Release Date: March 2, 2018
In stock items ship within 48 hours

Steeped in folk-rock tradition and powered by the intuitive creative connection between Matt Quinn (vocals, guitar) and Sam Cooper (guitar), the songs on Mt. Joy's eponymous debut depict the former wrestling with his own conscience, where the mundane and the fantastic collide as he processes tragedy, society, and love. Opener "I'm Your Wreck" describes "monsters in (the) closet, using up the wi-fi" as it cycles from it's desperate, spiraling verses to it's swinging, stubbornly optimistic coda, while the loping, plaintive chords of "Younger Days" meditate on a frayed psyche and the fear of choosing the wrong path. "Sheep," with it's collapsing, hoarse-voiced cry of "freedom was paid in blood," is a post-Trump salvo on the responsibilities of the fortunate to overcome political and social despondency. "Astrovan" is a warm, yearning bit of road-trip philosophy that posits the existence of a Deadhead Jesus cruising the dusty highways of the countryside. And on "Silver Lining," perhaps the album's brightest moment, Quinn surveys the damage of hard drugs and the vicious cycle of addiction, as the song's melancholic sentiment kicks into it's fervid, defiant chorus, all shout-along vocals and trilling guitars.

TRACK LIST:

A1        I'm Your Wreck
A2        Dirty Love
A3        Silver Lining
A4        Bigfoot
A5        Sheep
A6        Julia
A7        Mt. Joy
B1        Astrovan
B2        Cardinal
B3        Jenny Jenkins
B4        Sado
B5        St. George
B6        Younger Days