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JOSEPH Release New Single “The Sun”; Watch The Music Video

March 16, 2023

AN ANTHEM ABOUT EMPOWERMENT, WALKING AWAY FROM FEELING SMALL, AND ASKING THE QUESTION “WHAT IF I’M MORE”

WATCH MUSIC VIDEO HERE

NEW ALBUM THE SUN, SET FOR RELEASE APRIL 28 ON ATO RECORDS 
RECENTLY ANNOUNCED – JOSEPH WILL OPEN FOR JAMES BAY AT ROYAL ALBERT HALL IN THE UK 
PLUS: MAJOR U.S./NORTH AMERICAN SPRING-SUMMER TOUR INCLUDING DATES IN LOS ANGELES, NEW YORK, SAN FRANCISCO, NASHVILLE, PHILADELPHIA, CHICAGO AND MORE 

“As always with the group, band synergy is one thing, but harmonies between sisters like those offered here just can’t be faked. “Nervous System” kicks off the new era for Joseph with a bright, empowering spark.”

Consequence 

“That’s a song that’s going to help a lot of people. It’s a smash”

Zane Lowe 

Soul-searching lyrics are elevated by gorgeous vocals and unique harmonies throughout 

Paste Magazine 

“The Closner sisters sing beautifully, sure, but they share their voices in the service of songs about fearlessness, commitment and the pursuit of a life fully lived”

NPR Music 

March 16, 2023 – Today, indie pop trio JOSEPH release an empowering new anthem “The Sun,” the second single and title track from their upcoming album The Sun (April 28, ATO Records). The new single is released alongside a music video, and tells the story of walking away from a relationship that makes you feel small, and realizing you are more than you think you are.

“The Sun” is released on the heals of “Nervous System,” (watch the official video here) the band’s first single from the upcoming album that has already surpassed 1.5 million streams, and been featured on Apple’s New Music Daily and Morning Coffee, Spotify’s All New Indie and Just Good Music, Amazon’s Fresh Indie, and many more.  In addition to a major fast selling US tour this spring and summer, the band will open for friend and collaborator James Bay at London’s famed Royal Albert Hall on April 26. For more information: https://thebandjoseph.com/shows

Pre-order the album here: https://atorecords-ffm.com/josephthesun
Listen to “The Sun”: https://atorecords-ffm.com/thesunsong
Watch Music Video: https://youtu.be/Z911DKdXaZc

One of the first songs recorded for The Sun, the album’s shimmering title track served as something of a sonic breakthrough for Joseph. The band took a more slowed down, acoustic and serious version of the song out on the road, testing it for audiences while on tour with The Shins. When it came time to lay down the track, with the help of longtime producer Leggy Langdon, the song took on a more buoyant, summery and well, sunny, disposition.

Inspired by Meegan’s experience in working through the lessons of a past relationship, “The Sun” now centers on a lush arrangement of galvanizing rhythms, radiant piano tones, and gorgeously euphoric harmonies—all of which lend a profoundly triumphant spirit to the song’s statement of self-celebration (“I thought I was the light switch you turned on/But I was the Sun”).

Says Meegan, “Many times I have found myself in a position where I’m stuck in cycles of negative self-talk. Times when I have seen myself as bad and struggle seeing any other possible truth. This song is my higher self speaking to that me. It’s me reminding myself that I am more than I think I am.”

That shift toward a more joyful and resplendent presentation perfectly mirrors The Sun’s underlying narrative. “The whole album is a sort of thinking through of the story that you tell about yourself, to yourself,” says Natalie Closner, “It’s about looking at whatever is diminishing you or making you believe in these limitations you’ve put on yourself, and then finally asking, ‘What if I’m more than that?’”

Track List –The Sun

  1. Waves Crash
  2. The Sun
  3. Fireworks
  4. Don’t Protect Me
  5. Slow Dance
  6. Nervous System
  7. Tell Me About You
  8. Kicking Up The Light
  9. Three More Hours
  10. Love Is Flowing 

UPCOMING TOUR 2023

April 24 – London, UK – Bush Hall** 
April 26 – London, UK – Royal Albert Hall (Opening for James Bay – SOLD OUT) 
April 28 – San Francisco, CA – The Fillmore
April 29 – Los Angeles, CA – The Belasco
April 30 – San Diego, CA – Music Box
May 2 – Tucson, AZ – Congress Plaza Stage
May 3 – Santa Fe, NM – Meow Wolf
May 5 – Dallas, TX – The Echo Lounge & Music Hall
May 6 – Houston, TX – Last Concert Café 
May 7 – Austin, TX – Paramount Theatre 
May 9 – Oklahoma City, OK – Tower Theatre
May 11 – Boulder, CO – Boulder Theater**
May 12 – Salt Lake City, UT – Commonwealth Room
May 13 – Boise, ID – Knitting Factory**
May 15 – Missoula, MT – The Wilma
May 16 – Spokane, WA – Knitting Factory 
May 18 – Seattle, WA – The Showbox**
May 19 – Vancouver, BC – Commodore Ballroom
May 20-21 – Portland, OR – Revolution Hall**
June 9 – St. Paul, MN – Fitzgerald Theater**
June 10 – Milwaukee, WI – Turner Hall 
June 11 – Indianapolis, IN – HIFI Annex
June 13 – Columbus, OH – Newport Music Hall
June 14 – Ferndale, MI – The Magic Bag**
June 16 – Toronto, ON – Opera House
June 17 – Buffalo, NY – Town Ballroom
June 18 – Burlington, VT – Higher Ground  
June 20 – Boston, MA – Paradise Rock Club**
June 22 – New York, NY – Irving Plaza
June 23 – Philadelphia, PA – World Café Live 
June 24 – Washington, DC – 9:30 Club
June 25 – Carrboro, NC – Cat’s Cradle
June 27 – Atlanta, GA – Variety Playhouse 
June 29 – Nashville, TN – Brooklyn Bowl
June 30 – St. Louis, MO – Delmar Hall
July 1 – Chicago, IL – Thalia Hall** 

**LOW TICKET WARNING