Joywave

The members of Joywave all grew up in Rochester, New York.{{cite news |last1=Spevak |first1=Jeff |title=Riding the Joywave |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/lifestyle/2015/11/25/riding-joywave/75660196/ |work=USA TODAY |date=25 November 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180812154045/https://www.usatoday.com/story/lifestyle/2015/11/25/riding-joywave/75660196/ |archive-date=12 August 2018}}{{cite news |last1=Thatcher |first1=Autumn |title=Concert preview: Joywave on a decidedly upward trend |url=http://www.sltrib.com/home/2249403-155/concert-preview-joywave-on-a-decidedly |work=The Salt Lake Tribune |date=5 March 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151020172556/http://www.sltrib.com/home/2249403-155/concert-preview-joywave-on-a-decidedly |archive-date=20 October 2015}} Armbruster, Brenner, and Morinelli played together in various local bands growing up, including The Hoodies. Joywave was officially formed in 2010.{{cite news |last1=Troy L. Smith |first1=Cleveland com |title=Buzz band Joywave opens for The Killers, visits 'Late Night with Seth Meyers' |url=http://www.cleveland.com/music/index.ssf/2014/09/buzz_band_joywave_opens_for_th.html |work=The Plain Dealer |date=24 September 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141009210926/http://www.cleveland.com/music/index.ssf/2014/09/buzz_band_joywave_opens_for_th.html |archive-date=9 October 2014 |language=en}} Donnelly joined the band soon after, and they released their first mixtape, 77777, in 2011. In 2012, they released their first EP, Koda Vista. In 2013, they released their second mixtape, 88888.{{cite news |last1=Mandel |first1=Hannah |title=Exclusive Song Premiere: 'Tongues,' Joywave (Feat. KOPPS) |url=https://www.interviewmagazine.com/music/exclusive-song-premiere-tongues-joywave-feat-kopps |access-date=3 January 2025 |work=Interview Magazine |date=9 April 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130513054222/https://www.interviewmagazine.com/music/exclusive-song-premiere-tongues-joywave-feat-kopps |archive-date=13 May 2013}}

{{Main|How Do You Feel Now?}}

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In 2012, the band was regularly traveling to perform in New York City, where Armbruster met and collaborated with producer Alan Wilkis on his new project Big Data.{{cite news |last1=Troy L. Smith |first1=Cleveland com |title=Big Data turns breakthrough hit 'Dangerous' into first headlining tour |url=https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2015/04/big_data_turns_breakthrough_hi.html |access-date=12 January 2025 |work=cleveland |date=1 April 2015 |language=en}} Armbruster wrote four songs, including the single "Dangerous", which was recorded by Wilkis with Armbruster on vocals, and credited to Big Data featuring Joywave.{{cite news |last1=Jones |first1=Phillip |last2=Ortiz |first2=Nina |title=Big Data: They're Not So "Dangerous" After All |url=https://wers.org/big-data-theyre-not-so-dangerous-after-all/ |access-date=12 January 2025 |work=WERS 88.9FM |date=30 March 2015}} The song peaked at number two on the Billboard Rock & Alternative Airplay chart in 2014.{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/big-data/chart-history/rka/ |title=Big Data |publisher=Billboard |access-date=3 January 2025}} Following the viral success of "Dangerous", Joywave performed at Lollapalooza in Chicago{{cite news |last1=Hopper |first1=Jessica |last2=Anderson |first2=Stacey |last3=Spanos |first3=Brittany |title=40 Best Things We Saw at Lollapalooza 2014 |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/40-best-things-we-saw-at-lollapalooza-2014-20140804/best-all-ages-dance-party-emerging-band-joywave-20140804 |work=Rolling Stone |date=4 August 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140807044611/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/40-best-things-we-saw-at-lollapalooza-2014-20140804 |archive-date=7 August 2014}} and made their television debut in July 2014 on Late Night with Seth Meyers, where they performed the song with Big Data, as well as their own song "Tongues".{{cite web|last=Cantor |first=Brian |url=http://headlineplanet.com/home/2014/07/30/first-look-big-data-joywave-perform-late-night-seth-meyers/ |title=First Look: Big Data, Joywave Perform on "Late Night with Seth Meyers" |publisher=Headlineplanet.com |date=July 30, 2014 |access-date=February 19, 2015}}{{cite news |last1=Bloch |first1=Emily |title=Indie-Rock Band Joywave Makes People "Feel Uncomfortable" |url=http://www.browardpalmbeach.com/music/indie-rock-band-joywave-makes-people-feel-uncomfortable-6890959 |work=Broward-Palm Beach New Times |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150319060624/http://www.browardpalmbeach.com/music/indie-rock-band-joywave-makes-people-feel-uncomfortable-6890959 |archive-date=19 March 2015 |language=en}} In 2015, they would also perform on Jimmy Kimmel Live and VH1's Big Morning Buzz Live.{{cite web|title=Joywave performs "Somebody New"|url=http://abc.go.com/shows/jimmy-kimmel-live/video/music-performances/VDKA0_t3ewxp4s|website=abc.go.com|access-date=April 24, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150508073247/http://abc.go.com/shows/jimmy-kimmel-live/video/music-performances/VDKA0_t3ewxp4s|archive-date=May 8, 2015|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|title=Somebody New (Big Morning Buzz Live)|url=http://www.vh1.com/shows/big_morning_buzz_live/somebody-new-big-morning-buzz-live/1163355/video/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150227201824/http://www.vh1.com/shows/big_morning_buzz_live/somebody-new-big-morning-buzz-live/1163355/video/#id=1734417|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 27, 2015|website=vh1.com|access-date=April 24, 2015}} The band then signed a contract with the Disney-owned label Hollywood Records to form their own imprint, Cultco,{{cite web |last1=Donelson |first1=Marcy |title=How Do You Feel Now? - Joywave |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/how-do-you-feel-now--mw0002827731 |publisher=AllMusic |access-date=6 February 2025 |language=en}} and obtained unique permission to use samples from Disney's movie catalog in their music.{{cite news |last1=Gokhman |first1=Roman |title=Noise Pop Q&A: Success buys pink suits, new bed for Joywave |url=https://riffmagazine.com/qa/noise-pop-pink-suits-joywave/ |access-date=2 January 2025 |work=RIFF Magazine |date=25 February 2016}} The band released their second EP, How Do You Feel?, later in 2014.

Joywave's debut LP, How Do You Feel Now?, was released on April 21, 2015 in the US and June 22, 2015 in the UK.{{cite web | url=http://www.inveterate.co.uk/music/interview-joywave-destruction-is-one-of-our-favourite-on-the-record-its-aggressive-and-scary/146000/ | title=Interview: Joywave – "Destruction Is One Of Our Favourite On The Record; It's Aggressive And Scary" | publisher=Inveterate | date=May 21, 2015 | access-date=May 21, 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150524021024/http://www.inveterate.co.uk/music/interview-joywave-destruction-is-one-of-our-favourite-on-the-record-its-aggressive-and-scary/146000/ | archive-date=May 24, 2015 | url-status=dead }} The album was a compilation of tracks composed by the band's members over the preceding decade. It reached #25 on the Billboard Alternative Albums chart, #34 on the Top Rock Albums chart, and #3 on the Heatseekers Albums chart. Four singles were released from the album: "Somebody New", "Tongues", "Destruction", and "Now".{{cite web |title=Joywave |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/joywave/chart-history/ |website=Billboard |access-date=6 February 2025}} A music video for "Tongues" was directed by the duo Daniels.{{cite news |last1=Lobenfeld |first1=Claire |title=Joywave and Kopps Lead NSFW Romp in 'Tongues' Video |url=https://www.spin.com/2014/06/joywave-kopps-tongues-video/ |work=SPIN |date=3 June 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150619101355/https://www.spin.com/2014/06/joywave-kopps-tongues-video/ |archive-date=19 June 2015}} The band toured in support of the album for seven months from April to October, including segments opening shows for The Kooks in North America{{cite news |last1=Citron |first1=Zev |title=INTERVIEW: Joywave talks touring, Tony Hawk and what they’re listening to |url=https://intothecrowdmagazine.com/2015/06/26/interview-joywave/ |work=Into the Crowd Magazine |date=26 June 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160415202648/https://intothecrowdmagazine.com/2015/06/26/interview-joywave/ |archive-date=15 April 2016}} and for Brandon Flowers of The Killers in the United Kingdom,{{cite news |last1=Lynn |first1=Jennifer |title=Joywave Talk Collaborating With Kendrick Lamar & Why They'll Never Make A Coldplay Album |url=https://www.mtv.co.uk/news/2uk88i/joywave-talk-collaborating-with-kendrick-lamar-why-theyll-never-make-a-coldplay-album |work=MTV |date=22 May 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231012014715/https://www.mtv.co.uk/news/2uk88i/joywave-talk-collaborating-with-kendrick-lamar-why-theyll-never-make-a-coldplay-album |archive-date=12 October 2023}} where they also played Leeds Festival.{{cite news |last1=McGeorge |first1=Alistair |title=Joywave love 'taking the crowd hostage' and 'thrive on being the underdog' |url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/joywave-love-taking-crowd-hostage-6413748 |work=The Mirror |date=9 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150910171943/https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/joywave-love-taking-crowd-hostage-6413748 |archive-date=10 September 2015 |language=en}}

In 2016, Joywave released Swish, a novelty record which only featured nine copies of the song "Destruction" and a B-side track titled "Life in a Bubble I Blew".{{cite web |last1=Donelson |first1=Marcy |title=SWISH - Joywave |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/swish-mw0002926916 |publisher=AllMusic |access-date=19 January 2025 |language=en}} The title is a reference to Kanye West's 2016 album The Life of Pablo, which was originally going to be titled Swish.{{cite news |last1=Harvey |first1=Tyler |title=Review–Joywave Shows Denver Some Destruction |url=https://303magazine.com/2016/06/review-joywave/ |work=303 Magazine |date=14 June 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160615075854/https://303magazine.com/2016/06/review-joywave/ |archive-date=15 June 2016}} The band also went on a five-week US tour with Metric.

{{Main|Content (Joywave album)}}

Joywave began recording their next LP in late 2016. Now working with a larger budget, they relocated their home studio in Rochester to a barn in Bloomfield, New York and recorded the album Content over the course of four months.{{cite news |last1=Sweeney |first1=Sydney |title=Feeling Content in a Cloudy Sea of Content: An Interview with Joywave |url=https://atwoodmagazine.com/joywave-2017-interview-content/ |access-date=4 February 2025 |work=Atwood Magazine |date=22 August 2017}} Five singles were released ahead of the album, including the song "Content" in April 2017{{cite news |last1=Sweeney |first1=Sydney |title=Review: Joywave's "Content" is a Creepy, Double-Edged Sword |url=http://atwoodmagazine.com/content-joywave-review/ |work=Atwood Magazine |date=21 April 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170425100234/http://atwoodmagazine.com/content-joywave-review/ |archive-date=25 April 2017}} and "It's a Trip!" in May.{{cite news |last1=Howard |first1=Lindsay |title=Listen: Joywave Teases Next Album with New Song 'It's a Trip' |url=http://variancemagazine.com/sounds/7779-joywave-its-a-trip |work=Variance Magazine |date=5 May 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170812141210/http://variancemagazine.com/sounds/7779-joywave-its-a-trip |archive-date=12 August 2017 |language=en-gb}} Content was released on July 28, following a launch party held at Rochester's First Federal Plaza. An injury prevented Donnelly from touring for the album,{{cite news |last1=Spevak |first1=Jeff |title=Joywave 'Content' in downtown flying saucer for album release party |url=https://www.democratandchronicle.com/story/lifestyle/2017/07/29/joywave-content-downtown-flying-saucer/515101001/ |access-date=19 January 2025 |work=Democrat and Chronicle |date=28 July 2017}} "In the middle of the group is bassist Sean Donnelly, who due to an injury, could not perform and will not go on tour." and he departed from the band later in 2017.{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/joywave-mn0002855911/biography |title=Joywave |work=AllMusic |publisher=Rovi Corporation |access-date=July 25, 2014 |author=Thomas, Fred}}

In the summer of 2017, they toured across the United States with Young the Giant and Cold War Kids. In November 2017, the band announced the second leg of their Thanks. Thanks for Coming tour, which began in Las Vegas on February 10, 2018.{{cite news |last1=Vigil |first1=Dom |title=Joywave Expand Thanks. Thanks For Coming Tour With 2018 Dates |url=https://www.thepreludepress.com/news/2017/11/16/joywave-expand-thanks-thanks-for-coming-tour-with-2018-dates |work=Prelude Press |date=16 November 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221002211545/https://preludepress.com/news/2017/11/16/joywave-expand-thanks-thanks-for-coming-tour-with-2018-dates |archive-date=2 October 2022}} The band appeared on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert on February 9, 2018, where they performed the single "Doubt".{{cite news |last1=Himawan |first1=Dhika |title=Joywave Performs at The Late Show with Stephen Colbert |url=https://www.lofficielusa.com/music/what-goes-on-backstage-at-colbert-according-to-joywave |access-date=30 December 2024 |work=L'Officiel USA |date=9 February 2018 |language=en}} They toured with Thirty Seconds to Mars, Walk the Moon, and MisterWives on Thirty Seconds to Mars's North American tour in the summer of 2018,{{cite web |last1=Dickman |first1=Maggie |title=THIRTY SECONDS TO MARS SHARE MASSIVE NORTH AMERICAN TOUR, DETAIL NEW ALBUM |url=https://www.altpress.com/news/thirty_seconds_to_mars_north_american_tour_new_album_april_6/ |website=Alt Press |date=February 8, 2018 |access-date=17 July 2018}} and in September 2018 they toured with Bishop Briggs.{{cite web |title=Bishop Briggs schedules fall tour dates with Joywave |url=http://abcnewsradioonline.com/music-news/2018/6/13/bishop-briggs-schedules-fall-tour-dates-with-joywave.html |website=ABC News Radio |access-date=17 July 2018}}

{{Main|Possession (Joywave album)}}

Joywave returned to the extensive use of samples on their third LP, Possession, primarily sourced from the recordings on the Voyager Golden Record.{{cite news |last1=Spevak |first1=Jeff |title=Joywave: Rochester's cutting-edge fun, to a point |url=https://www.wxxinews.org/across-the-universe/2020-01-22/joywave-rochesters-cutting-edge-fun-to-a-point |access-date=6 February 2025 |work=WXXI News |date=22 January 2020 |language=en}} Five of the album's twelve tracks were released ahead of the album, including the singles "Like a Kennedy", released on June 21, 2019,{{cite news |last1=Wasylak |first1=Victoria |title=Joywave signal an age of media oversaturation with ‘Like A Kennedy’ |url=https://vanyaland.com/2019/06/26/joywave-signal-an-age-of-media-oversaturation-with-like-a-kennedy/ |access-date=6 February 2025 |work=Vanyaland |date=26 June 2019}} "Obsession", released on August 9, 2019,{{cite news |last1=Spruch |first1=Kirsten |title=Joywave Team Up With Marvel Comics to Unveil New Song 'Obsession' |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/rock/8526946/joywave-obsession-listen |access-date=19 August 2019 |publisher=Billboard |date=9 August 2019}} and "Half Your Age", released on January 7, 2020.{{cite news |last1=Greenwood |first1=Marcia |title=Rochester-based indie-rock band Joywave announces new album, tour |url=https://www.democratandchronicle.com/story/news/2020/01/08/joywave-rochester-ny-indie-rock-band-new-album-tour/2842650001/ |access-date=6 February 2025 |work=Democrat and Chronicle}} Despite the extensive promotion for the album, its release on March 13, 2020 was overshadowed by the COVID-19 pandemic. Joywave performed their last live show of 2020 on March 1 in Berlin, Germany, before returning home to Rochester, where a state of emergency was declared on March 14.{{cite news |last1=Greenwood |first1=Marcia |title=Joywave lead singer on life during COVID, touring and upcoming Fringe Festival show |url=https://www.democratandchronicle.com/story/news/2021/09/09/joywave-lead-singer-daniel-armbruster-on-covid-touring-fringe-festival-show-in-rochester-ny/5770061001/ |access-date=6 February 2025 |work=Democrat and Chronicle}} The planned Possession Tour was delayed repeatedly and ultimately canceled in 2021.{{cite news |last1=Gross |first1=Dan |title=Rochester-based band Joywave cancels their ‘biggest tour yet’ |url=https://www.rochesterfirst.com/news/digital-exclusives/rochester-based-band-joywave-cancels-their-biggest-tour-yet/ |access-date=2 January 2025 |work=RochesterFirst |date=24 February 2021}}

{{Main|Cleanse (Joywave album)}}

During the period of COVID-related restrictions in 2020 and 2021, Armbruster resumed writing and composition for another album, writing ten tracks of reflections on the pandemic which would form the album Cleanse.{{cite news |last1=Kozlowski |first1=Anthony |title=Interview: Joywave Wash, Rinse, and Start Fresh on New Album 'Cleanse' |url=https://atwoodmagazine.com/jywc-joywave-music-interview-cleanse/ |access-date=6 February 2025 |work=Atwood Magazine |date=18 February 2022}} Armbruster handled production in his home studio with contributions from Brenner and Morinelli shared over the internet. Keyboardist Benjamin Bailey departed from the band in 2021 to work on solo projects.{{cite news |last1=Spevak |first1=Jeff |title=Joywave’s new album a cleansing trip through the car wash |url=https://www.wxxinews.org/across-the-universe/2022-02-09/joywaves-new-album-a-cleansing-trip-through-the-car-wash |access-date=6 February 2025 |work=WXXI News |date=9 February 2022 |language=en}}{{cite web | url=https://www.instagram.com/p/CR6t-SiBvn6/ | title=Joywave on Instagram: "We have some bittersweet news to share with all of you today. For the past year or so, our beloved Benjamin Bailey aka @jacobashermusic has been hard at work on his solo project. His debut EP arrives August 11th (It is excellent!), but it means he will be transitioning away from his role in Joywave. You may still see him on stage with us in the coming months (He's a sport and is not leaving us high and dry), but do not be alarmed if you start to see photos with three people in them on this page..." }} Joywave released the four-track EP Every Window is a Mirror on June 25, 2021.{{cite news |last1=Massaro |first1=Joe |title=Joywave's new EP is a step forward sonically |url=https://www.roccitymag.com/music/joywaves-new-ep-is-a-step-forward-sonically-13360071 |access-date=6 February 2025 |work=CITY Magazine |language=en}} An additional single, "Cyn City 2000", was released on November 2. Cleanse was released on February 11, 2022.{{cite news |last1=Robinson |first1=Ellie |title=Joywave drop new single ‘Cyn City 2000’, detail fourth album ‘Cleanse’ |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/joywave-drop-new-single-cyn-city-2000-detail-fourth-album-cleanse-3085763 |access-date=6 February 2025 |work=NME |date=2 November 2021}}

In October 2021, the band announced The Cleanse Tour, which began in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania on February 26, 2022.{{cite tweet|number=1454129203159437317|user=joywave|title=🚨 The Cleanse Tour. Spring '22. Full 🇺🇸. 🚨...|date=29 October 2021}} Bassist Kevin Mahoney joined as a touring musician, as well as keyboardists Connor Ehman and Jason Milton. In the fall of 2022, Joywave coheadlined The Welcome to Hellvetica Tour with I Dont Know How But They Found Me.{{cite tweet|number=1531668715439366144|user=joywave|title=🚨🚨 Joywave and @iDKHOW have joined forces to bring you the coheadline tour that America deserves. Welcome to Hellvetica. Tickets on sale Friday. 🚨🚨|date=31 May 2022}} In August 2022, Joywave announced a UK and EU tour, which began in Dublin on November 1, 2022.{{cite tweet|number=1554391560610951170|user=joywave|title=🚨🚨 UK🇬🇧/EU🇪🇺 🚨🚨 We are pleased to announce Joywave's VERY FIRST UK/EU HEADLINE TOUR...|date=2 August 2022}} In December of 2022, they announced another tour of the United States called Express Wash, which took place in March and April 2023.{{cite web |title=Joywave Announce 2023 Express Wash Tour |url=https://preludepress.com/news/2022/12/14/joywave-express-wash-tour/ |website=Prelude Press |date=December 14, 2022 |access-date=20 February 2023}}

In Spring 2022, the band recorded a version of the NHL on ESPN theme for playoff broadcasts.{{cite news |last1=Spevak |first1=Jeff |title=Rochester indie band Joywave is reaching hockey fans with a new version of a classic ESPN theme |url=https://www.wxxinews.org/arts-life/2022-05-20/rochester-indie-band-joywave-is-reaching-hockey-fans-with-a-new-version-of-a-classic-espn-theme |access-date=3 January 2025 |work=WXXI News |date=20 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220706192627/https://www.wxxinews.org/arts-life/2022-05-20/rochester-indie-band-joywave-is-reaching-hockey-fans-with-a-new-version-of-a-classic-espn-theme |archive-date=6 July 2022 |language=en}}

On June 24, 2022, the band announced a live album titled Live.{{cite tweet|number=1540312287772377090|user=joywave|title=🚨🚨INTRODUCING🚨🚨"Live", the new #live album from Joywave, available 7/29/22...|date=24 June 2022}} The album was recorded from multiple shows on the Cleanse Tour and released on July 29, 2022.{{cite web |last1=Yeung |first1=Neil Z. |title=Live - Joywave |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/live-mw0003793877 |publisher=AllMusic |access-date=4 January 2025 |language=en}}{{cite news |last1=Spevak |first1=Jeff |title=Joywave’s live album: Fear and loathing, and satire |url=https://www.wxxinews.org/across-the-universe/2022-07-27/joywaves-live-album-fear-and-loathing-and-satire |access-date=4 February 2025 |work=WXXI News |date=27 July 2022 |language=en}}

The band contributed 3 songs to the soundtrack of the 2023 video game Star Wars Jedi: Survivor, credited as "Yubnib Zekk and the Main Characters".{{cite tweet|number=1651970493178683393|user=joywave|title=Well. That was a hard secret to keep. Star Wars Jedi: Survivor is out everywhere today...}}

{{Main|Permanent Pleasure}}

On February 16, 2024, Joywave released the single "Brain Damage".{{cite news |last=Vigil |first=Dom |date=16 February 2024 |title=Joywave Reveal New Single, "Brain Damage" |url=https://preludepress.com/news/2024/02/16/joywave-brain-damage/ |access-date=20 March 2024 |publisher=Prelude Press}} On March 22, 2024, they released the single "Scared", and announced that their upcoming album Permanent Pleasure was scheduled for release on May 17, 2024.{{cite tweet |number=1771024019543691646 |user=joywave |title=📣 Permanent Pleasure, the 5th full length studio album from Joywave, arrives May 17th. 📣 ... |date=22 March 2024}} In May 2024, the band announced the Permanent Pleasure World Tour, which began on September 11, 2024, in Toronto and concluded on November 14, 2024, in Utrecht.{{cite news |last1=Shields |first1=Genae |title=Joywave announces 2024 Permanent Pleasure World Tour |url=https://www.democratandchronicle.com/story/lifestyle/music/2024/05/16/joywave-announces-2024-permanent-pleasure-world-tour-ticket-information-and-more/73703597007/ |access-date=13 September 2024 |publisher=Democrat & Chronicle |date=16 May 2024}} On January 27, 2025, the band announced their Here to Perform... tour, which will begin on April 16, 2025, in New Haven, Connecticut, running through May, with Little Image as their supporting act.{{cite news |last1=Sharpe |first1=Josh |title=Joywave Shares the First Run of Their 'Here To Perform…' Spring 2025 Tour |url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwmusic/article/Joywave-Shares-the-First-Run-of-Their-Here-To-Perform-Spring-2025-Tour-20250127 |access-date=28 January 2025 |publisher=Broadway World |date=27 January 2025}}

Joywave's music has been described as electropop, indie rock, and indietronica. Critics have noted influences from pop and synth rock acts of previous decades, including Tears for Fears and LCD Soundsystem. The album Content drew comparisons to the band Hot Chip.{{cite web |last1=Yeung |first1=Neil Z. |title=Content - Joywave |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/content-mw0003067796 |publisher=AllMusic |access-date=6 February 2025 |language=en}} According to Donnelly, the Rochester music scene largely consisted of metal bands at the time of Joywave's formation, which influenced their sound to be more aggressive and edgy on How Do You Feel Now?.

Joywave have paid homage to their hometown of Rochester on several projects. Armbruster has said of his hometown pride, "I think it’s a shame so many people from here move to another city and never even acknowledge they’re from Rochester". Press badges for their 2015 world tour included a copy of the logo for Kodak, where parents of all five band members had worked. Later that year, the band jokingly attempted to crowdfund a purchase of the abandoned local Medley Center Mall. The album Permanent Pleasure samples a message by former mayor Thomas P. Ryan Jr. and the song "Rochester is a Grand Old City" from a 1984 album commemorating the 150th anniversary of the city's founding.{{cite news |last1=Hosken |first1=Patrick |title=A grand old city |url=https://www.roccitymag.com/music/a-grand-old-city-18090652 |access-date=29 December 2024 |work=CITY Magazine |date=11 September 2024 |language=en}}

After touring with the band Sir Sly in 2018, Armbruster formed the group Best Frenz with Sir Sly musician Jason Suwito. The duo released the EP 30% Off in 2021 and the LP The Mall in 2023.{{cite news |last1=Hosken |first1=Patrick |title=POV: Two 'Best Frenz' invite you to the mall |url=https://www.roccitymag.com/music/pov-two-best-frenz-invite-you-to-the-mall-16370808 |access-date=4 January 2025 |work=CITY Magazine |date=21 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230801135218/https://www.roccitymag.com/music/pov-two-best-frenz-invite-you-to-the-mall-16370808 |archive-date=1 August 2023 |language=en}}

• Daniel Armbruster – lead vocals, guitars, production, pianos {{small|(2010–present)}}
• Joseph Morinelli – guitar {{small|(2010–present)}}
• Paul Brenner – drums {{small|(2010–present)}}

• Kevin Mahoney – bass guitar {{small|(2017–present)}}
• Connor Ehman - guitar, keyboards, and background vocals {{small|(2022)}}
• Taylor Dubray - guitar, keyboards, and background vocals {{small|(2022–present)}}

• Travis Johansen – keyboards {{small|(2010–2013)}}
• Sean Donnelly – bass guitar {{small|(2010–2017)}}
• Jeremiah Crespo – bass guitar {{small|(2017–2018)}}
• Benjamin Bailey – keyboards, pianos, synth {{small|(2013–2021)}}

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{{Main|Joywave discography}}

• How Do You Feel Now? (2015)
• Content (2017)
• Possession (2020)
• Cleanse (2022)
• Permanent Pleasure (2024)

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• [https://joywavemusic.com/ Official website]
• [https://www.hollywoodrecords.com/press/joywave/ Joywave press] at Hollywood Records
• [https://www.democratandchronicle.com/story/lifestyle/2015/11/25/what-does-joywave-sound-like/75660838/ Joywave profile in the Democrat and Chronicle], November 25, 2015
• [https://www.lpm.org/music/2020-07-08/joywave-i-was-a-history-major-and-economics-minor-and-thats-been-turned-into-art Interview with Daniel Armbruster on Louisville Public Media], July 8, 2020

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