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JOAN & THE GIANTS
share an unfeigned
tragic story of love with
‘FEELS LIKE HEARTACHE’
Out Monday July 8 at 7:30pm – Listen here
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Support For Joan & The Giants
‘Feels Like Heartache’ – First Play on Triple J (Monday, July 8)
Triple J Unearthed Feature Artists – w/c March 18, 2024
“Joan & The Giants have emerged as a force to be reckoned with, and 2024 is shaping up to be their most triumphant year yet.” (Rolling Stone AU)
‘Good Time’ Added To Spotify’s New Music Friday, Front Left, AltHere, Fresh Finds, Local Noise and Indie Arrivals
‘Good Time’ Track Of The Day and on Rotation On Triple J Unearthed
Showcased at BIGSOUND 2023
WA Music Awards 2023 – Best Alternative/Indie Act, Best Single (‘Cool Kid’), and Best Music Video (‘Cool Kid’)
WA Song Of The Year Awards 2024 – Winner of ‘Rock’ and Runner Up of Song Of The Year
Named As One Of Four Artists Defining Australia’s Next Wave Of Pop (AU Review)
“…three spins in, it’s got some dynamo and a chorus that’s hooked on” 4 / 5 (Richard Kingsmill, Triple J) [About ‘BEG’]
“My favourite from you yet J&TG.” 4.5 / 5 (Claire Mooney, Triple J) [About ‘Born In The Wrong Time’]
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Joan and the Giants are back and as strong as ever with their new single ‘Feels Like Heartache’, out Monday, July 8 at 7.30pm AEST.
This Boorloo/ Perth-based indie-pop band has made themselves known for their emotion-packed music and captivating live performances. So far, 2024 has been their biggest year yet, seeing overwhelming support for their two singles, ‘Good Time’ and ‘Born In The Wrong Time’, before performing alongside P!NK and Tones and I in Optus Stadium in March. With no hesitation, the band jumped back into the studio to continue raising their own bar on their music.
‘Feels Like Heartache’ is a gentle change of pace from their previous releases this year, but captures the endearing and unfeigned sentiments that Joan & The Giants are so fondly loved for. This slow, melancholy song spirals into a powerful and painful peak, combining ghostly acoustic guitar with layered vocals with an eventual kick-in of drums to forge an unforgettable buildup and a release of sorrow.
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Tracking the path of a doomed romance, this song has a story close to many. It details in gentle prose how it feels to be stuck in a tragic love that hurts no matter what you do, playing on the familiar in a slow sad ballad. Grace Newton-Wordsworth speaks on the track: ““Feels like Heartache’ is the most deeply personal and honest song we’ve written. It’s centred around longing for the person you love more than anything but knowing it’s an addiction and isn’t good for you. Being brutally honest isn’t easy, but honesty to us is a very important thing, especially in our songwriting.“
It’s no secret frontwoman Grace Newton-Wordsworth and guitarist Aaron Birch have been creating music together, whilst also being in a relationship for the past 9 years. Despite all the band’s highs in 2024, the couple have navigated tougher times in their personal lives. Aaron Birch states : “We wrote this song in the midst of a chaotic storm and it was a cathartic way of saying how we felt about stepping away from each other.”
Joan and the Giants share their mourning in a beautiful spiral soundscape in ‘Feels Like Heartache’, out Monday, July 8 at 7.30pm AEST.
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Listen here
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Upcoming Shows:
Saturday, July 13 – Yah Yah’s, Fitzroy | Tickets
Saturday, July 20 – Mojo’s, Perth
Joan & The Giants
The Decades Tour | Tickets
Support Belinda Carlisle
Wednesday, September 18 – Astor Theatre, WA
Friday, September 20 – Palais Theatre, VIC
Saturday, September 21 – Palais Theatre, VIC
Tuesday, September 24 – Civic Theatre Newcastle, NSW
Friday, September 27 – Anita’s Theatre Thirroul, NSW
Sunday, September 29 – Enmore Theatre, NSW
Monday, September 30 – Enmore Theatre, NSW
Thursday, October 3 – Twin Towns, NSW
Saturday, October 5 – The Tivoli, QLD
Sunday, October 6 – The Tivoli, QLD
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Follow JOAN & THE GIANTS
Website – Spotify – Apple Music
Soundcloud – Youtube – Facebook
Instagram – Triple J Unearthed – Bandcamp
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