WHAT IT IS: Hailing from Rochester, N.Y., this quintet makes conceptual, humorously self-aware indie-pop that’s both meta and personal, retro and cutting-edge. To step inside one of their songs is to lose yourself in a thoughtfully curated, tech-savvy synthesis of emotions, genres and random noise, blended into an eminently danceable DIY sound smoothie. Add to that an energetic and seamless live performance and of course lead singer Daniel Armbruster’s unforgettable mustache, and the result is a buzz that won’t stop growing.
ALBUM: How Do You Feel Now?
RELEASE DATE: 4/21/15
SINGLE: “Destruction”
TV: Seth Meyers 3/24; past TV includes VH1 Big Morning Buzz, Seth Meyers, Kimmel, Revolt
LIVE: Currently touring w/Metric; Coachella on 4/17 and 4/24; previously toured with Bleachers, Brandon Flowers, The Kooks, RAC, St. Lucia, The Killers, Betty Who, Vacationer, Big Data; previous festival stops at Lollapalooza, Lollapalooza Berlin, Hangout, Leeds, Reading, Voodoo, NXNE, Oseaga, Bunbury, Pot of Gold
INTERNET: 500k views of new video in three weeks; Spotify streams up 11 of last 12 weeks
RADIO: Already #26 at Alt; 50% of the Alt panel closed in three weeks; key adds include Alt Nation, MC Alt, LIVE 105, KRBZ, WKQX, KXTE, DC101, WSFS, WSUN
PRESS: Rolling Stone (“[Joywave’s] success is hardly a fluke…their chemistry makes them compelling and their time on the road has made their set seamless”), more
BOOKING: Marty Diamond, Mike Marquis/Paradigm (U.S.), James Whitting/CODA (Int’l)
MANAGEMENT: Ben Matusow, Mark Kates/Fenway Recordings