No Joy's last release was in 2022 with a cover of All Saints' "Pure Shores" with marsfade, though the following year they celebrated a decade of Wait To Pleasure with an anniversary edition. Today, Jasamine White-Gluz's beloved project is back with the announcement of the new album Bugland co-produced by Chicago experimental artist Fire-Toolz.
The dreamy title track is out now. About it, White-Gluz said:
This was the first song Fire-Toolz & No Joy produced together, initially without any plan to ever release it. Our production styles melded so well together on this track that we decided we should make a whole album. The song came together super organically, from the Korn-esque bass lines to the earworm vocal, it's the welcome sign of the album letting you know you've officially entered our world.
"The collaboration really felt limitless," Fire-Toolz (real name Angel Marcloid) added. "I didn't have to adhere to a certain vision in a way that made me feel like I couldn't be Fire-Toolz. I could easily relate to this album because Jasamine and I liked a lot of the same music, and I was able to be creative in ways that were freeing as if I was making my own album."
"Bugland" comes with a glitchy video directed by Jeremy Dabrowski to match the trippy tune; watch below.
TRACKLIST:
01 "Garbage Dream House"
02 "Bugland"
03 "Bits"
04 "Save The Lobsters"
05 "My Crud Princess"
06 "Bather In The Bloodcells"
07 "I hate that I forget what you look like"
08 "Jelly Meadow Bright" (Feat. Fire-Toolz)
TOUR DATES:
09/06 - Elizabethtown, NY @ Otis Mountain Getdown Festival
10/15 - Manchester @ YES Basement
10/17 - London @ Moth Club
10/18 - Chelmsford @ Hot Box
10/19 - Coventry @ Just Dropped In
10/20 - Glasgow @ Glad Cafe
10/21 - Leeds @ Headrow House
10/23-24 - Rotterdam @ Left of the Dial Festival
10/25 - Paris @ Supersonic
10/28 - Berlin @ 8mm
Bugland is out 8/8 via Hand Drawn Dracula/Sonic Cathedral.
