Joyrobber: an anonymous songwriter releasing debut track

When I first heard about Joyrobber, a one man, faceless and nameless musical project it’s fair to say my interested was piqued, and it’s fair to say that the press release I’ve seen is only creating more questions…

The project got underway in the summer of this year when the artist (whoever they might be) rediscovered some long-lost demos of a few previous unreleased tracks, and although Joyrobber doesn’t have a name for himself, he does have some big names behind the single, with vocals being engineered by the Wiltshire legend Jolyon Dixon and the song itself having been produced by Sugarpill Productions.

The song is called Jeremy Kyle, it’s a comedic, catchy take on the career of (you guessed it) Jeremy Kyle. At this point it probably is sounding like some sort of naff joke song that’s not really worth a listen, but surprisingly it’s sort of the opposite.

‘Jeremy Kyle’ has a light indie rock sort of feel – which I think we can all agree we’ve seen work very well locally, with bands like Nothing Rhymes with Orange and Burn the Midnight Oil taking the world by storm. It’s full of melodic guitar riffs, smooth vocals and punchy drum fills, and you can hear the value of both Sugarpill Productions and Jolyon Dixon throughout the track.

I’ve heard on the grapevine that luckily there’s more to come in the not-so-distant future as a few other lost demos have been found alongside this one. It really is worth a listen, I have to say when I first heard about the project I thought it would probably just be a sort of joke single, that I’d listen to once or twice to write this piece and then just forget, but it feels like it has a bigger potential and I would genuinely recommend it.

You can give it a listen here