Following their critically acclaimed debut EP ‘You’re Welcome’, Modern Guilt have kicked off 2022 in style by announcing the release of brand new single ‘Joy Control’.

Hailed by tastemakers including John Kennedy (Radio X), praised by This Feeling as one of the ‘Best New Bands’, and championed by the likes of Bobby Gillespie (Primal Scream), Shell Zenner (BBC Radio / Amazing Radio) and Rowena Alice (BBC Radio / Boogaloo Radio / Islington Radio), Modern Guilt “are re-igniting and modernising their era and genre influences in a strong flame of colour” (Listen To Discover).

‘Joy Control’ is the band’s first release following last year’s ‘You’re Welcome’ EP. Produced by long-term collaborator Mikey Buckley, the new single sits somewhere between the sounds of Motown and the New Wave scene of 1970’s New York City. While lyrically it depicts the frustrations of watching an individual, for a multitude of reasons, choose not to become someone you thought they could be.

‘Joy Control’ will be released digitally on Friday 25th February and will be accompanied by an official visualiser.

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‘Best New Bands’ - This Feeling & Amazon Music

“Modern Guilt are knocking it out of the park. Their sound already has a level of maturity that makes it both distinctive and confident in it’s ambition” - Chalkpit Records

“They’re fun, gritty, and daringly infectious. We’ll be watching this band with great interest, they’re for sure going places” - Clunk Magazine

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Joy Control

I wanna show you God
Sleeping on your floor
I wanna show you things
You ain’t seen before

I don’t wanna stay
But i ain’t ready to go
I wanna tell you things
You already know

Oh I wanna be yours
I wanna be adored

I wanna show you God
In the palm of your hands
Would you say it differently
If I was a different man

The sun it falls
Upon your head
I wanna take you inside darling
I wanna take you to bed

Oh I wanna be yours
I wanna be adored
I want to drink all your honey, when I feel this way
I feel like the last man on Earth when it rains

I wanna show you God
Right behind your eyes
I want you to love me
Don’t look so surprised

I want you, I want you, I want you
(Don’t you want me too?)
I wanna show you, I wanna show you, I wanna show you
(Just what I could do)
I could be yours, I could be yours, I could be yours
(I could be your man)
I could be yours, I could be yours, I could be yours

Oh I wanna be yours
I wanna be adored
I want to drink all your honey, when I feel this way
I feel like the last man on Earth when it rains

Joy Control

MODERN GUILT

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