''How Do You Feel Now?'' is the debut studio album by American
indie rock
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band
Joywave
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, released through Cultco Music and
Hollywood Records
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on April 21, 2015. The album is a follow-up to the band's second extended play, ''How Do You Feel?'', which was released earlier in 2014. It was co-produced by band members Daniel Armbruster and Sean Donnelly and was recorded during 2013 and 2014. Four official singles were released from the album: "
Tongues", "
Somebody New", "
Destruction
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", and "
Now
Now most commonly refers
to the present time.
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".
Background and composition
Joywave was signed to a record label and composed the album following the break-through success of the single "
Dangerous", written by member Daniel Armbruster with Alan Wilkis in the band
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. In an interview with RIFF Magazine, Armbruster said the band received two signing offers, one from "a really small Brooklyn indie label" and the other from
Disney
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-owned Hollywood Records. After signing with Hollywood Records, Joywave obtained permission to use samples from the Disney catalog in the album,
the first band to do so. Samples from the movies
Fantasia
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,
Bambi
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, and
Peter Pan
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were used in the album.
The Rochester music scene was dominated by
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bands at the time, leaving Joywave in a unique position to pursue whatever sound the members desired. According to Donnelly, "Everyone else in Rochester is very aggressive with the music they make, which has seeped into our music a little bit".
The album has an eclectic mix of rock and pop elements, with each track having an underlying dance beat.
Armbruster stated the album's overarching theme was figuring out post-college life after the
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Promotion and release
The album was released on April 21, 2015.
Following the release, Joywave promoted the album with the Joywave World Tour for seven months, concluding with a performance in Rochester on October 10.
Reception
Critical reception of the album was generally positive, with critics noting the album's genre-mixing. Oliver Pelling of Rolling Stone Australia wrote, "The New York natives have somehow managed to mash multiple sounds and styles into one cohesive, captivating and effortlessly convincing record."
Writing for AllMusic, Marcy Donelson described ''How Do You Feel Now?'' as a "highly danceable, occasionally ambient album".
The song "
Tongues" featuring KOPPS was included in the soundtrack of the
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video game ''
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''.
"
Somebody New" was featured in the
Konami
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video game ''
Pro Evolution Soccer 2016''.
Track listing
Personnel
Personnel adapted from album liner notes.
Joywave
*Daniel Armbruster – vocals, guitar, keyboards, programming
*Sean Donnelly – bass, guitar, keyboards, programming
*Paul Brenner – drums, percussion
*Joseph Morinelli – guitar
*Benjamin Bailey – piano
Additional musicians
*Andrew York – keys
*Erik McOmber – trumpet
*Patricia Petrone – background vocals
*Mikaela Davis – harp
Technical personnel
*Daniel Armbruster – producer and engineer
*Sean Donnelly – producer and engineer
*Brian Moore – additional engineering
*
Andros Rodriguez – additional engineering
*
Neal H Pogue
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– mixing
*Randy Warnken – mix assistant
*
Andy Wallace – mixing
*Paul Suarez – Pro tools engineering
*
Chris Gehringer
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Gehringer is known for having mastered recordings by popular artists such as AJR, Dua Lipa, Drake, Ed Sheeran, Gwen Stefani, Harry Styles, ...
– mastering
*
Joseph Cultice
Joseph Cultice is an American photographer.
Cultice began his photography career in Phoenix, Arizona, where he was inspired by his love of rock 'n' roll and pop icons like KISS and David Bowie. His first photo shoot was with rock band The Meat Pu ...
– cover image
*Enny Joo – art direction
*Kyle O'Hara – album layout design
Charts
References
External links
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2015 debut albums
Joywave albums
Hollywood Records albums