The doomy shoegaze band No Joy began in November 2009, when guitarist/vocalist Jasamine White-Glutz was living in Los
Angeles and guitarist/vocalist Laura Lloyd was living in Montreal. The pair wrote songs as long-distance collaborators until
White-Glutz moved to Montreal and they could play shows together.
One of their first gigs was with Best Coast; when that bandās Bethany Cosentino said that No Joy was āthe best band everā on
her Twitter feed, buzz began forming around the band. The bandās moody, interlocking guitars and ethereal vocals allowed them
to fit on bills with ...read more
The doomy shoegaze band No Joy began in November 2009, when guitarist/vocalist Jasamine White-Glutz was living in Los
Angeles and guitarist/vocalist Laura Lloyd was living in Montreal. The pair wrote songs as long-distance collaborators until
White-Glutz moved to Montreal and they could play shows together.
One of their first gigs was with Best Coast; when that bandās Bethany Cosentino said that No Joy was āthe best band everā on
her Twitter feed, buzz began forming around the band. The bandās moody, interlocking guitars and ethereal vocals allowed them
to fit on bills with bands as diverse as Wavves, Harvey Milk, and Besnard Lakes. Meanwhile, Best Coastās label Mexican Summer
signed No Joy and issued their self-titled 7ā, which was produced by Miracle Fortressā Graham Van Pelt in 2010. The band
expanded to a four-piece and enlisted the Raveonettesā Sune Rose-Wagner to mix their full-length album, Ghost Blonde, which
was released in November 2010.
Their second album Wait to Pleasure was released in April 2013 to critical acclaim. No Joy followed up Wait to Pleasure with an
EP released November 5 2013 entitled āPastel and Pass Outā « hide
