On top of all this visual appeal, “Joker” has meaningful lyrics inspired by the author’s struggles with mental illness, and a solid beat achieved by experienced hip-hop producer Jerry Wonda. For those looking to extend the Halloween-themed fun past October 31st, a solid solution may just have arisen.
The alternative-pop tune explores the modern world we live in filled with fear and pain of living in a country under constant threat of violence, where safety can’t even be guaranteed in schools. Through somber piano keys, lush guitar riffs, and soft drums, this atmospheric track explores the fast-changing world we live in where the strong feed on the meek and gives listeners a brooding sense of urgency in real-time.
Today’s song has a stompin’ bluesy swamp-rock feel, as Prinz Grizzley told Americana UK: “I am pretty sure I wrote this song while I was deep into Howlin’ Wolf and Muddy Waters. It started out as just a delta blues kind of song but after I heard The London Howlin’ Wolf Sessions, I thought why not try and do it like the Rolling Stones did, take a blues song and lean it more into a rock n roll direction. I wanted this to sound like Richards and Jones on guitars with the rhythm section of AC/DC and Prinz Grizzley turning the wolf up in my singing.“
Cleverly letting each song speak for itself, the band marches through a variety of genres (e.g. synth-rock, hard rock and shoegaze, just to name a few) but are held together through Brandsness and Warren’s virtuosic riffs and fiery back-and-forth vocals. Leading off with single ‘Make Me Sick,’ the album recalls the more driving and melodic Queens of the Stone Age cuts, like if Josh Homme worshiped Robert Smith instead of Iggy Pop.
Hearing that laugh can be fatal, but there is madness and sanity inside all of us, and sometimes one speaks louder than the other, but strangely, they walk in theatrical sync, some more comical, some more wicked… dictates the rules of the world, it’s madness you let on.
This music video will capture your attention, with its well-structured beat and thought-provoking vocals, so be careful not to lose sight of the danger, as he has fun everywhere, with the same smile plastered on his face.