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Artist
Joe Wood
12+ albums
synthpoprockbluesrockelectronicaindierock
about
“My songs process my feelings of nostalgia, and the passion and desire I have buried deep inside to take risks and break free from the comfort of the past,” confides indie-pop songwriter Joe Wood. Joe shrouds his lyrics in a wash of dreamy synthscapes, jagged guitars, rugged hip-hop beats, and sharp pop hooks. His words capture the mania, anxiety, and alienation of being a 20-something artist in New York City. His addictive pop sensibility is like an opiate, tranquilizing the jittery effects of heartbreak and disappointment. The Brooklyn-based indie artist makes his debut with the woozy indie-pop gem, “Rush,” which has recently beenfeatured on season four (episode nine) of Starz’s critically acclaimed crime drama television series Power. He will follow up this auspices debut with a series of singles. Joe counts The Neighborhood, Majid Jordan, Blackhear, HERO, and Verite as influences. He writes, produces, tracks, and performs his cinematic electro-pop pop in his apartment studio in Brooklyn. He brings a homespun DIY approach to his tracks nurtured from his early trial and error experiments splicing together hip-hop samples when he was in middle school and high school. Therefore, Joefavors a limited toolkit of affordable gear, stock synth sounds, drum samples, and a guitar to build his richly layered pop compositions. It would seem Joe was destined to be a musician. He was born with perfect pitch, taught himself piano and guitar, and came out of the gate a gifted songw
