After three critically acclaimed EPs “Party Food”, “After Party“, and “Nothing Is Real“, they are now finally set to release their debut album,” Killjoy”, which expands their sound but also retains all the energy that made them such an exciting proposition. Coach Party’s “Killjoy” carries an ethos that taps into a desperate desire to live life with the joyous freedom of youth, and a reckoning with just how hard it is to do so. It’s a traverse into the depths of mid-20s despair, in all its resentful, god-complex ridden, horned-up glory. Back in 2019, Coach Party announced their arrival with the frenetic fuzzed-up debut single “Oh Lola.” While they didn’t quite explode out of the Isle of Wight in the same way as fellow islanders Wet Leg Coach Party’s progress has nevertheless been thrilling to watch.
The record is painfully intimate and raucously human; a melodic, crashing fall down the rabbit hole of the dissatisfied mind. When I first heard “Born Leader,” It was one of those catatonic, “holy shit” moments you get when you hear a song that feels like you should’ve been the one who wrote it. With the explosive unhinged rush of songs such as recent single “Parasite” and “Micro Aggression,” but also more reflective moments on tracks such as “Be That Girl” and the wistful “Always Been You.” It’s an album that flows beautifully.
The album does feel like a synthesis—or, perhaps, a culmination—of a band that’s taken its time to get off the ground in the most polished, sharp-toothed iteration it could strain for. But there’s a kernel of inspiration they know they’ve got, and they’re nursing it carefully—and with big plans in mindilljoy
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