The Overjoyed’s third studio album is out now, self-produced by the Athens-based punk trio with engineering and mixing from Marios Adamopoulos. Known across Europe for relentless touring and explosive live shows, the band made this record differently, writing it fully collaboratively for the first time. “I’m so excited about this album,” frontman Leo says. “It’s the first time we collaborated 100% in the writing process.”
The record dives into personal struggle, mental health, addiction, and identity with the blunt force the band has always brought to their music. Opening track “Can’t Write Music” sets the tone immediately, written from what Leo describes as “a really dark place, struggling with self-identity, drugs, a break-up, while living in a world recovering from a worldwide epidemic and a social-political mass hysteria.” Elsewhere, “Spark” brings back the defiant energy the band is known for, and “Sleep,” one of their oldest songs, finally finds its place on record as a haunting reflection on comedowns and emotional collapse.
The Overjoyed’s new album is out now. European touring follows.