Introducing:
joyful.

Tell us a little about yourself. Where the name came from, how long you’ve been going for and anything else new fans would want to know.

Absolutely! So we’ve been a band for about a year now. Andy (vocals / guitar) and myself (Jake, drums) have been playing music on and off together since high school. Last summer we thought it would be cool to get together and write a couple songs. No real expectations, we just wanted to have some fun. After a couple weeks of jamming, we were becoming really excited by the material we were writing, so we decided to ask Will (bass) to come jam with us to round everything out. After one practice together everything just clicked! As for the name, joyful. came up as a term that we thought was a bit ironic when compared to some of the subject matter we write about, which tends to be a bit sad and melancholy, which we all thought made it a bit interesting.

Going way back to the beginning, can you recall your very first memory of music?

My parents used to play all sorts of records in our house when I was growing up. I remember being probably three or four and hearing stuff like The Offspring, Tori Amos, and U2 around the house all the time. My earliest memory is hearing all sorts of music when I very young. I feel very fortunate to have been brought up in an environment where I was exposed to a wide variety of different artists and genres.

Who’s on your wishlist of artists that you’d love to collaborate with and/or open for on tour?

Oh this is a tough one. All of us love Biffy Clyro, Taking Back Sunday, The Killers, Jimmy Eat World, and Into It, Over It. Touring or collaborating with any of those bands would be an absolute dream come true. There’s also a ton of other bands we would love to share a stage with as well. Homesafe, Hot Mulligan, Kayak Jones, and Action / Adventure to name a few. Hopefully we can play some shows soon!