I Saw Freak Joy, by Junior Mint Prince

I Saw Freak Joy

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	1.	When I Am Him 03:24
	2.	Worm Death 02:52
	3.	I Saw 01:21
	4.	Strange Ballad 05:39
	5.	In The Manner of Yes 01:24
	6.	The Correct Place 02:13
	7.	Yeah Yeah 02:00
	8.	True's Friend Desire 07:33
	9.	Home and Then 04:50
	10.	Peeling 04:45

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In their debut album, “I Saw Freak Joy”, Junior Mint Prince tucks listeners into bed with folk-inspired lullabies, acoustic noise improvisations, whispered poetry, and meandering sonic landscapes, immersing willing bathers in a sound-swaddle both spicy and sweet.

Recorded over the course of two years in Oakland, Chicago, and various campgrounds across the Southern US, “I Saw Freak Joy” collages together studio-recorded songs, archival recordings from live performances, found sounds, and a slew of scavenged instruments to procure a raw coming of age testimony to long-distance friendship; a sonic communal hearth sung by a nest of lost elves; a sketchbook of dream translations; and a celebration of that true, delectable joy which sticks between these muffled freaks.

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Junior Mint Prince (JMP) is a multimedia sonic duo consisting of two joy-seeking freaks: Lula Asplund and Naomi Harrison-Clay.

Formed in 2018 while studying at Mills College, JMP draws from free improvisation, freak folk, spoken word poetry, computer music, Deep Listening, and performance art.

JMP uses vulnerability and raw emotionality to channel wayward spirits and inner children through an orchestra of guttural squeals, hypnotic sonic gestures, absurdist ritual acts, and carefully crafted whispered words. Their toys include found objects, homemade instruments, computers, transducers, analog synthesizers, field recordings, acoustic guitars, puppets, trash art, and more. By exposing themselves like amoeba under the harsh light of the stage, they hope to make their audiences blush.

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released July 7, 2023

All instruments by Lula and Naomi

Mastered by Nicholas Wilbur

Art by Junior Mint Prince
Insert art by Ruby Harrison-Clay

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