Joywave (band)
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Joywave performing at the Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival on April 17, 2016
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| Origin | Rochester, New York, United States |
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| Years active | 2010–present |
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| Website | joywavemusic |
| Members | Daniel Armbruster Sean Donnelly Joseph Morinelli Paul Brenner Benjamin Bailey |
| Past members | Travis Johansen Andrew York Sean Donnelly |
Joywave is an American indie rock band from Rochester, New York, consisting of members Daniel Armbruster (vocals), Joseph Morinelli (guitar), Sean Donnelly (bass), Benjamin Bailey (keyboards), and Paul Brenner (drums). The band first became known for its collaboration with electronic music project Big Data, "Dangerous", which peaked at number one on the Billboard Alternative Songs chart in 2014. After releasing two EPs, their debut album, How Do You Feel Now?, was released on Cultco Music/Hollywood Records in 2015. Their second album, Content, was released on July 28, 2017.
All five members of Joywave grew up in Rochester, New York. Armbruster, Brenner and Morinelli played together in various local bands growing up. They formed Joywave in Rochester in 2010. Donnelly joined the band soon after, and they released their first mixtape, 77777, in 2011. In 2012, they released their first EP, Koda Vista.
Originally a member of Big Data with Alan Wilkis, Armbruster wrote the song “Dangerous”, which was recorded by Wilkis with Armbruster on vocals, and credited to Big Data featuring Joywave. Following the success of “Dangerous”, Joywave's notability continued to rise with the release of their 2014 EP How Do You Feel? The two singles from the EP, "Tongues" (ft. KOPPS) and "Somebody New", achieved considerable popularity on the radio and on YouTube, with the respective music videos each having over 1.8 million views on YouTube as of June 2017. "Tongues" was featured on a Google Nexus commercial, and the music video for the song was directed by the directing duo Daniels.
Joywave's debut LP, How Do You Feel Now?, was released on April 21, 2015 in the US and June 22, 2015 in the UK. It reached #25 on the Billboard Alternative Albums chart, #34 on the Top Rock Albums chart, and #3 on the Heatseekers Albums chart. In 2016, the band released Swish, which features alternate versions of "Destruction". The title is a reference to Kanye West's 2016 album The Life of Pablo, which was originally going to be titled Swish.
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