Very limited edition signed 12" "Milky Clear" pressing of the new album from Joyer titled 'Night Songs'.
Bandcamp orders come with a limited edition hand-printed/numbered 'Night Songs' block print.
Includes digital pre-order of Night Songs.
You get 4 tracks now
(streaming via the free Bandcamp app
and also available as a high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more), plus the
complete album the moment it’s released.
shipping out on or around April 26, 2024
edition of 25
7 remaining
Purchasable with gift card
$28.99USDor more
Record/Vinyl + Digital Album
Deluxe 12" "Milky Clear" pressing of the new album from Joyer titled 'Night Songs'.
Bandcamp orders come with a limited edition hand-printed/numbered 'Night Songs' block print.
Includes digital pre-order of Night Songs.
You get 4 tracks now
(streaming via the free Bandcamp app
and also available as a high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more), plus the
complete album the moment it’s released.
shipping out on or around April 26, 2024
edition of 300
Purchasable with gift card
$28.99USDor more
Cassette + Digital Album
1st run on "Frosted Gray" shells
Includes digital pre-order of Night Songs.
You get 4 tracks now
(streaming via the free Bandcamp app
and also available as a high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more), plus the
complete album the moment it’s released.
shipping out on or around April 26, 2024
$10USDor more
Streaming + Download
Pre-order of Night Songs. You get 4 tracks now (streaming via the free Bandcamp app and also available as a high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more), plus the complete album the moment it’s released.
When I see the man I look him in the eyes
I grab him by the ear until he cries
But when I face you I feel it in my chest
The kind of thing that makes me feel like all the rest
I’m not tougher than you
Lace my boots up tight and go out on the fly
Silver moon up high in the sky
Take another lap down by the tracks
Breathe the night air before I head back
Staying up late at night is when I feel my most light
I will drive, drive all night
Watch you paint the stars on the walls
Reminds me that it is fall
and I’m alright if you’re alright
Empty streets and sunny skies
Watch the sun shine in your eyes
Hear the whippoorwill sing over and over and over again
White and black dogs in your bed
Next to our intertwined legs
Are you real
My lips are sealed
Crush up the rock and fold up the paper
Comb through it with the edge of the razor
I want to do the things that make me fall apart
Grinding my teeth, grin at the wallpaper
I went out back to feel a lot safer
I want to do the things that make me fall apart
You got the list of dirty bad things and
I don’t believe in anything but
You want to do the things that make you fall apart
Blow up the store and hide from you family
Live out the details of your fantasy
I want to do the things that make me fall apart
Bring it back to start
Old body you’re faded and over worn
I'd give you a seat but I’m afraid my hands are torn
What’s on your mind? All out of things to say
I’m afraid that same thing happens to me everyday
All I do is the dishes these days
I’ll wash my hands and clean up my act
Lighten the load of the things I carry on my back
What’s on your mind? Your empty and hollow eyes
The entire horizon is now clouded with swarms of flies
All I do is the dishes these days
You know what they’ve been dragging me into
8.
Softer Skin
9.
Try
10.
Rings A Bell
11.
Mason Dixon
about
"Nighttime changes people. Self-destructive behaviors are more tempting without the judgment of the daytime glow. But night also provides a peaceful, meditative setting for creativity to run wild–a haven to escape one’s day-to-day malaise. Joyer, the Brooklyn-and-Boston-based band of multi-instrumentalist brothers Nick and Shane Sullivan, are fascinated by these after-dark hours. Their new album, Night Songs, is an instantly satisfying amalgam of swirling shoegaze guitars and memorable melodies–all while the duo examines the allure of night and its ability to shapeshift from a mirror for our innermost demons to a shield from the demands of daily drudgery.
Joyer formed in New Jersey in 2017, and after releasing two self-recorded demo collections, they released their first studio album, Sun Into Flies, in 2020, followed by Perfect Gray in 2021. Night Songs marks a departure from their hushed slowcore beginnings and displays a more expansive sound—from blowtorched guitars and overtly hooky vocal cadences, to melancholy synths and pastoral lap steel. Their foray into twistier, heavier sonics coincides with the darker nature of nighttime activities, while the more hi-fi, pop-forward vocal direction makes for a fitting contrast, just like the stark clarity that pitch-black skies provide.
Night Songs was written when Joyer embarked on their first lengthy tours, which meant a lot of driving, particularly under calming New England skies, as well as reflection on the surreal, nocturnal lives of touring musicians. As a result, the record is peppered with naturalistic, ephemeral imagery and has a prevailing emotional bittersweetness. There’s a cinematic quality to the band’s music, perhaps a side effect of both Nick and Shane being graduates from film school. “There’s definitely a visual aspect to our music,” says Nick. “Even a lot of lyrics are sort of focused on creating images, almost like painting a picture.” These visions of singing whippoorwills and twirling weather vanes are couched next to reckless intrusive thoughts and dubious barroom dialogue. Amidst their abstract, artfully vague lyrics are feelings of restlessness, insecurity, joy and connection—all melting into one strange witching-hour fever dream. “As we were writing we noticed a sort of unconscious throughline of different activities and behaviors that occur at night,” Shane says. “Night is when more destructive or indulgent behavior seems to come out–the behavior that sometimes you’re not proud of.”
Night Songs is a time capsule of two young lives pulled in many directions and shrouded under the cover of darkness. It’s an invitation to savor new experiences and the people around you and suck in the brisk nighttime air—you never know what treasures and temptations are lurking in its midst." - Lizzie Manno
credits
releases April 26, 2024
Released by Hit the North Records / Julia's War Records
All songs written and performed by Nick and Shane Sullivan
Mastered and Recorded by Bradford Krieger at Big Nice Studio
All songs mixed by Alex Farrar at Drop of Sun Studios unless otherwise noted
Silver Moon and Drive All Night mixed by Bradford Krieger at Big Nice Studio
beautiful and almost sultry. perfect background music but also for putting on your headphones, closing your eyes, listening to the lyrics and pretty instruments, and just catching a vibeeeee. love this band. elizabexh