No Joy (album)
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| Released | August 25, 2023 | |||
| Length | 45:11 | |||
| Language | English | |||
| Label | Pure Noise | |||
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No Joy is a 2023 studio album by American pop punk band Spanish Love Songs. It is the final album to feature bassist Trevor Dietrich before his departure in 2024.
Reception
[edit]According to the review aggregator Metacritic, No Joy received "universal acclaim" based on a weighted average score of 89 out of 100 from four critic scores.[1] In Exclaim!, Adam Feibel gave No Joy an 8 out of 10, calling it an album with "purpose" that has "more considered" music arrangements than Spanish Love Songs' previous work.[2] Olly Thomas of Kerrang! scored this album a 4 out of 5, summing up that "if the message of No Joy is ultimately one of perseverance, it's fitting that this is an album which seems set to grant its creators a new lease of life".[3] At Sputnikmusic, Atari rated this release a 5 out of 5, calling it a "classic" that has "subtle rays of optimism" to serve as "a warm contrast to the band's depressing lyricism, with conflicting emotions now in constant battle", continuing that "there's no other band out there that can write such hopeless lyrics while also managing to make me feel so alive".[4]
Track listing
[edit]All tracks are written by Spanish Love Songs (Trevor Dietrich, Ruben Duarte, Kyle McAulay, Dylan Slocum, and Meredith Van Woert).
- "Lifers" – 3:34
- "Pendulum" – 3:34
- "Haunted" – 3:43
- "Clean‐Up Crew" – 3:58
- "Middle of Nine" – 3:49
- "Marvel" – 3:35
- "I'm Gonna Miss Everything" – 3:21
- "Rapture Chaser" – 3:35
- "Mutable" – 3:16
- "Here You Are" – 3:08
- "Exit Bags" – 4:00
- "Re‐Emerging Signs of the Apocalypse" – 5:32
Personnel
[edit]Spanish Love Songs
- Trevor Dietrich – bass guitar, guitar, synthesizer, backing vocals, engineering, production
- Ruben Duarte – drums, percussion, synthesizer, production
- Kyle McAulay – lead guitar, synthesizer, percussion, backing vocals, engineering, additional mixing, production
- Dylan Slocum – lead vocals, rhythm guitar, synthesizer, drones, art direction, production
- Meredith Van Woert – keyboards, keyboards, vocals, art direction, production
Additional personnel
- Carlos de la Garza – mixing
- Collin Pastore – keyboards, synthesizer, pedal steel guitar, engineering, production
- Nick Townsend – mastering at Infrasonic Sound, Nashville, Tennessee, United States
- Dylan Wachman – layout, art direction
- Alec Wingfield – additional mixing
- Mitchell Wojcik – photography
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "No Joy by Spanish Love Songs Reviews and Tracks – Metacritic". Metacritic. Fandom, Inc. n.d. Retrieved October 23, 2023.
- ^ Feibel, Adam (August 25, 2023). "Spanish Love Songs Are Battered but Never Beaten on 'No Joy'". Exclaim!. ISSN 1207-6600. Retrieved October 22, 2023.
- ^ Thomas, Olly (August 28, 2023). "Album review: Spanish Love Songs – No Joy". Reviews. Kerrang!. ISSN 0262-6624. Retrieved October 22, 2023.
- ^ Atari (August 26, 2023). "Review: Spanish Love Songs – No Joy". Reviews. Sputnikmusic. Retrieved October 22, 2023.
External links
[edit]- No Joy at Discogs (list of releases)
- No Joy at MusicBrainz (list of releases)
