Mt. Joy – Mt. Joy LP (Anniversary Edition) Sale

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.