Jenny Lewis detailed Joy’All, a new album set for release via Blue Note/Capitol Records on June 9. Lewis previewed her fifth studio album and first since 2019’s On The Line by sharing the forthcoming LP’s opening track, “Psychos.”
Produced by Dave Cobb, the 10-track album was recorded at Nashville’s famed RCA Studio A. Lewis previously released the single “Puppy And A Truck,” which is featured on Joy’All.
“Dave works fast and we cut the bulk of the record with his incredible house band (Nate Smith, Brian Allen and Cobb on guitar, and myself on acoustic guitar & vocals) live on the floor in a couple of weeks,” Lewis explained. “[Lucius’] Jess Wolfe came back to the studio to provide background vocals on the record and then Greg Leisz and Jon Brion added pedal steel, B-Bender guitar and Chamberlin, respectively, back in L.A..”
Some of the material on Joy’All dates back to the time of On The Line’s release. Lewis shared the following in regards to her process:
“I started writing some of these songs on the road, pre-pandemic… and then put them aside as the world shut down, and then from my home in Nashville in early 2021, I joined a week-long virtual songwriting workshop with a handful of amazing artists, hosted by Beck. The challenge was to write one song every day for seven days, with guidelines from Beck. The guidelines would be prompts like ‘write a song with 1-4-5 chord progression,’ ‘write a song with only cliches,’ or ‘write in free form style.’ The first song I submitted to the group was ‘Puppy and a Truck.’”
Watch the official lyric video for “Psychos” below:
Joy’All Tracklist
- Psychos
- Joy’All
- Puppy and a Truck
- Apples and Oranges
- Essence of Life
- Giddy Up
- Cherry Baby
- Love Feel
- Balcony
- Chain of Tears
