While most 17 year olds are scheming how to get an underage 6 pack, Brisbane born JOY. aka Olivia McCarthy, instead refines her skills as a producer, vocalist and burrito advocate. Don’t believe the hype? Time to check out her latest track ‘About Us’ for yourself.
JOY. has been on the rise in the music world since winning the title of Triple J Unearthed feature artist earlier this year, this included performing at Brisbane’s Laneway Festival. Not too shabby really for someone who can’t legally enter a pub yet.
The skills of JOY. go beyond producing. She has an ethereal, fanciful voice, and plays several instruments, which is clear throughout ‘About Us’. The vocals sound glitchy to remind you that this is ultimately a work of electronic music and not pop. There is a darkness to the tone of the song however the track builds to a section that derives from the strong percussion base, its reminiscent of a pop song in the way it makes you move, but it seems to go deeper with an energy behind the synthesised strings.
Tracklist
1. Falling
2. About Us
3. Crazy for You
4. Heads or Tails
