{"product_id":"motherhood","title":"Motherhood","description":"\u003cp\u003eFirst No Joy LP since 2015’s \u003ci\u003eMore Faithful.\u003c\/i\u003e No Joy’s relentless sonic permutations are evidence of frontperson and principal songwriter Jasamine White-Gluz’s insatiable desire to grow.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor No Joy’s first full length in five years, White-Gluz took what she learned from synthesis, reincorporated guitars, and produced an album that is not a departure from No Joy’s early shoegaze, but a stylistically omnivorous expansion that ekes into trip hop, trance and nu-metal. Motherhood is the culmination of years composing outside of her comfort zone, and a return to DIY recording with a leveled-up expertise in production. Throughout the record there are loving nostalgic nods to the records White-Gluz adored on their release twenty years ago - Massive Attack, Sneaker Pimps, No Doubt.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhite-Gluz hadn’t read Sheila Heti’s Motherhood when she wrote and titled this record, but when she did, the narrative parallels between the two projects were “like looking into a mirror. Time is critical, and you have to make decisions that are extremely time sensitive and your body doesn’t care,” she explains. “It’s a lot of seeing myself through my mother’s experiences, and the physicalness of a body getting older.” The album also investigates the implications of her parents’ aging on her role as their child.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHeti’s book’s central conceit is an open-ended pondering of whether dedication to writing is more significant than the desire to have children. No Joy doesn’t definitively answer this existential quagmire, either - how could anyone? Instead, \u003ci\u003eMotherhood\u003c\/i\u003e is a beautifully dense exploration that proves how thoughtful, thorough music can translate into art that is rich, vast and alive.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor fans of Curve, Sneaker Pimps, Primal Scream, Slowdive, Massive Attack, Kate Bush. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Joyful Noise Recordings","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":50530730705227,"sku":"1093679","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/b69cecb3-9cac-44a8-8aa0-1867bcf1ccf4_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1728083694","url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/de\/products\/motherhood","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}