Esther Joy Shares New Single 'Friendless Necessity'

Emerging London-based artist Esther Joy is sharing new single ‘Friendless Necessity’ from her new EP. Having written, produced & recorded the entirety of the upcoming record, Pyschic Tears is due out August 11. Look out for our review next week.

In the words of Esther, "‘Friendless Necessity’ is about the emotional remnants left behind from a bad experience in my life. I’ve written it almost like a love song to the trauma - exploring how at times I can feel lost without it, even though it hurts but how at other times it totally suffocates me.  The track is ultimately a plea for freedom - but not fully knowing whether it won’t let go of me or I can’t let go of it.”

Esther Joy doesn't stay in one place for long. Born in Leeds, she grew up in Edinburgh, and has since lived in London, Sheffield, Coventry & is now again in London. Having started making music as a teenager on a computer DJ programme, Esther sees music as a way of expressing the things that caused her much distress in her formative years. ‘Most of my teenage years and early 20s were super dysfunctional and I did a great job of royally fucking up" she explains "The thing that pieced me back together was rediscovering making music. I realised that you could build worlds of sound and textures in a computer without ever having to leave your bedroom (which is kind of mind blowing). From then on I taught myself how to produce and began writing electronic music.”

Whilst also a member of Charli XCX's band, Esther Joy is an artist in her own right. Written, recorded and produced by Esther Joy, new EP Psychic Tears, combines dynamic electronics, hard & heavy synth lines and bewitching lyrics, but somehow retains a certain feeling of weightlessness and ethereal emotion, showcasing a fresh sound that has clicked into place for this London-based artist.

She concludes "I couldn’t express myself musically in the way I wanted to for such a long time, and I just wanted someone to swoop in and make it all easy. Never finding those people was the best thing that could have happened because it forced me to get better on my own and now I am now I am just starting to feel like I am sounding like me."  And as Psychic Tears marks the sound of personal self-discovery for Esther Joy, for the London music scene, it also marks a rising star positioning herself firmly on the horizon.

 ‘Psychic Tears’ EP tracklist:

1. Intro/Wealth

2. Franke

3. Samgel

4. Wealth 

5. Friendless Necessity