Back Home/Red Vinyl

Description

The black feminist punk band Big Joanie has announced the release of their second album "Back Home," following the single "Happier Still" and the release of the single "Cranes in the Sky" in 2020, a cover of Solange Knowles released on Jack White's Third Man Records label. Recorded at Hermitage Works Studios in North London, "Back Home" was produced and mixed by Margo Broom (Goat Girl, Fat White Family) and features violin played by Charlotte Valentine from the experimental art rock project No Home. "Back Home" is a spectacular leap forward for the band; they build on their tight lo-fi punk formula to create a collage of fiery guitars, down-tempo dance punk, and melancholic chords that evoke the full depth of the band's expansive art punk vision. The strength of the album lies in the band's bold and varied new sound, blending gothic folk and grunge influences, inspired by both the melodic rock of Hüsker Dü and the mystical sensibilities of Stevie Nicks.