If there is one band that knows how to make me feel all the feels, it is Joie De Vivre. From their LP We’re All Better Than This, to their Summer Months EP, their drone delivery and bright guitars know how to make a dude wonder what the hell has happened in his life lately.

With the release “Martin Park,” from their upcoming split with Prawn, they continue this emotional assault on my core. “Martin Park” is a welcomed addition to their roster, giving fans exactly what they have come to know from the Rockford, IL act. But, within their continual air strike on my feelings, the foundation of their work always brings me a sense of security. The sense of that first love that finds itself hard to die, or the lingering effects of my late teen embarrassments and disappointments, I can feel pure knowing others have felt that as well. Isn’t that all we want in life really? To know our hardship is shared between consciousness? Let “Martin Park” take you back to one Friday night, senior year.

“And I can’t remember, how many times I told somebody I loved them, and didn’t mean it.”

Feel their newest track here, and pre-order the split here, or here.

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