Mt.Joy: Mt. Joy - VINYL LP

Mt.Joy: Mt. Joy - VINYL LPTitle: Mt. Joy Artist: Mt. Joy Label: Dualtone Music Group Product Type: VINYL LP UPC: 803020185210 Genre: Rock Release Date: 2018 03 02 Number of Discs: 1 Vinyl LP Pressing. 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

Title: Mt. Joy
Artist: Mt.Joy
Label: Dualtone Music Group
Product Type: VINYL LP
UPC: 803020185210
Genre: Rock
Release Date: 2018-03-02
Number of Discs: 1

Vinyl LP Pressing. 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.

Tracks:
1.1 I'm Your Wreck
1.2 Dirty Love
1.3 Silver Lining
1.4 Bigfoot
1.5 Sheep
1.6 Julia
1.7 MT. Joy
1.8 Astrovan
1.9 Cardinal
1.10 Jenny Jenkins
1.11 Sado
1.12 St. George
1.13 Younger Days