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Sick Joy
12+ albums
indie rockGrungepost-grungealternative rockbritish
about
Sick Joy are a post grunge/alternative rock band that brand themselves as 'heavy pop' or 'noise pop'. The name Sick Joy is originally from a 90s movie which Mykl took and made his own meaning for - 'when you really love something but it kills you as well.' Originally from Newcastle, after the disintegration of their former band, Mykl Barton (vocals/guitar/song writing) and Danny Pitson (bass) built a bed into the back of their van and moved to Brighton to form Sick Joy in 2016. Initially complete with drummer Drew Michael, who would later leave to drum for Sam Fender, they wouldn't complete the current line up - with drummer Sam Rattray - until 2019. Oft described as reminiscent of Nirvana or Pixies, Mykl describes their sound as 'kind of like Pixies and Nine Inch Nails and Slipknot and maybe Massive Attack all had dinner together.' The first single, Stars, was released in 2017. Stars is a song Mykl describes as 'written right at the end of the old band' at a time when he realised his writing was changing. In 2017 they also released another single titled 'Cat In A Bird Cage.' Finally in 2017 they released the single Smiling Shame. Described as 'more upbeat' than Stars, with a change in the middle of it, this marked, as Mykl describes, 'the real introduction of the band.' In the next year they released the second single for the then upcoming EP, a song called Senses. A month after that release, the debut EP, Amateurs came out. Amateurs literally means to do something becau
