Joys Union Group - Boredom Euphoria - VINYL LP

Joys Union Group is a new Texas group that aims to blur the lines between new age, jazz and InchNew Weird AmericaInch-esque psychedelia and Trouble In Mind is honored to unveil InchBoredom EuphoriaInch, their stunning debut album. The group is led by Neil Lord (Future Museums) alongside Michael C. Sharp (Uniform, Sungod, Impalers), Kristine Reaume (Sungod) and Dailey Toliver (Molly Burch). The album was mixed by Ben Greenberg & mastered by Andrew Weathers. While the album still skirts the boundaries of the ambient & kosmiche zones Lord is known for is his solo Future Museums project, Joys Union Group fully feels like an organic, living entity, rather than a sequence of electronic signals; heady, deep, jammy & blissful. Leading off with the serene InchCloud PaintInch, the album arrives like a spring sunrise, as shafts of light peek through the treeline, leading into the title track InchBoredom EuphoriaInch, with it's percussive swing driving under guitar & key splashes & embellished by a shimmering, cascading flute melody. InchShimmering SurfaceInch & InchPortreroInch saunter forward next, both exuding the full weight of the Texas sun over their acoustic melancholy, feeling like an addendum to Bruce Langhorne's mythic InchHired HandInch soundtrack. InchFragile ChrysalisInch kicks off side two, with it's drums swells & horn punctuations sounding like Electric Miles jamming with Bardo Pond. InchLaughter In the SkyInch is a mellower affair, with the flute returning to season the song's lilting melody. InchFigInch has echoes of the more studious outings from the post-rock era, while closer InchWiserInch ambles home pleasantly atop a buzzing electric guitar lick that feels like the natural throughline from Fripp's guitar work with Eno. InchBoredom EuphoriaInch is released on limited InchLemon YellowInch vinyl & cassette as well as streaming in-full on most digital service p