Fresh off the back of their recent appearance at this year’s Coachella Festival where they joined Doja Cat on the main stage to open her headline performances on both weekends, last week South African 5-piece vocal group The Joy released their self-titled debut album on Transgressive Records.
Recorded live during one live take, this album is said to showcase the astounding natural vocal ability of the 5 group members – Pastor (Ntokozo Bright Magcaba), Duzie (Melokuhle Mkhungo), Guduza (Sphelele Hlophe), Sthombe (Phelelani Sithole) and Marcus (Sanele Ngcobo) – who have been together since meeting at school, and it was their astonishing talent which led Doja Cat to hand select them as her guest at Coachella.
And following the Coachella performance, Doja Cat also released all three tracks featuring The Joy on DSPs as part of an expansive digital album, Scarlet 2 CLAUDE. The band provided lead vocals alongside the US rapper on recent single ‘ACKNOWLEDGE ME’, ‘DISRESPECTFUL’ and ‘Shutcho’, all of which were re-imagined incorporating lyrics in Zulu.
Footage of the performance can be viewed HERE and read more about it at The Guardian (5*) and Billboard
Additionally, the band are set to appear at the Eventim Apollo, Hammersmith, London on 19 September 2024 with Johnny Flynn & The River Band as part of the Transgressive 20th anniversary run of shows.
Listen below:
