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Big Joanie

Back Home

Second full-length album from London-based DIY punk trio produced by Margo Broom

ADM rating[?]

7.8

Label
Daydream Library Series
UK Release date
04/11/2022
US Release date
04/11/2022
  1. 10.0 |   The Skinny

    Back Home shows increased confidence in production, without sacrificing any of the immediacy that make this trio one to watch
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  2. 8.0 |   The Quietus

    If Sistahs lit a beacon, Back Home draws a roadmap – for both the band themselves and kindred spirits who have also been displaced. Indeed, it’s a thrill to find out how Big Joanie will tread it
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  3. 8.0 |   NME

    The trio’s second album sees their righteous politics still in tact, but presented via electronic noise, folk tenderness and jangly guitar pop
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  4. 8.0 |   God Is In The TV

    They cut their teeth on the London DIY scene, and they’re deserving of reaching a huge audience now. It is not a stretch of the imagination to envisage huge crowds singing along. Their time is now
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  5. 8.0 |   XS Noize

    Back Home proves a triumph of exploration. Genre boundaries are successfully pushed to provide a captivating listening experience
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  6. 8.0 |   musicOMH

    Girls invented punk rock, and the world can never have enough black intersectional feminism, and these are absolute facts
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  7. 8.0 |   Uncut

    A cohesive, strong statement as well as an exciting one. Print edition only

  8. 8.0 |   Mojo

    Distorted guitars still feedback and synths jar, but there is also mellotron, violin and Omnichord bringing subtlety and depth. Print edition only

  9. 8.0 |   Upset

    a record that shows not just genuine vision and ambition, but pushes beyond to something bigger
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  10. 7.6 |   Pitchfork

    On the UK trio’s first LP for Kill Rock Stars, the band fleshes out its riot-grrrl-meets-girl-group sound with electronics and strings while singing of strength and vulnerability
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  11. 7.0 |   Spectrum Culture

    A righteous take down of popular discourse and dominant ideology that finds it hard to sustain its worthiness
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  12. 7.0 |   Clash

    Big Joanie makes their own home on the record, and in the process, their own mark on contemporary rock. In a nutshell: Big Joanie is a band that deserves your attention
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