Listen: JOY. - About Us

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From 17-year-old Brisbane producer JOY. comes About Us, a rich track packed with pulsing beats and ethereal vocals. Olivia McCarthy AKA JOY. established herself as a rising act to watch after performing as the Triple J Unearthed Winner at the Brisbane leg of Laneway Festival and featuring on Peking Duk’s Like a Version of Take Me Over last year, to go with a host of great single releases.

About Us is the first single to drop from JOY.’s upcoming debut EP Ode, and it delivers a sonic treat with sinking bass lines, sweeping synths and enchanting lyricism. A small glitch effect spices up her trademark silky vocals, and JOY. comments: “Over a week in May I locked myself in my studio consuming only coffee and doughnuts, and these longs nights resulted in me making a lot of whack shit. Out of the abundance of beats, material and ideas that I had collected over the past few months, from writing on the road and at home, I found a common thread and felt like these four tracks told a good story from start to finish. I’m really excited to finally put out a whole body of work, and for people to cop it in one go.”

Ode is available from August 28^th, but in the meantime you can enter JOY.’s dreamy pop world at BIGSOUND or as she supports Miami Horror on their national tour (remaining dates below):

MIAMI HORROR SUPPORTS:

Thursday August 13 - ANU Bar – Canberra

Friday August 14 - Metro Theatre (AA) – Sydney

Saturday August 15 - Woolly Mammoth  – Brisbane

Friday August 21 - 170 Russell – Melbourne

Saturday August 22 - Republic Bar  – Hobart 

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