Current Joys Release New Single & Video For “My Shadow Life (Ft. Oddbody)”

Current Joys have released a new single, “My Shadow Life (Ft. Oddbody).” The new single comes with a video directed by Hypebeast 100 Photographer and Director Julian Klincewicz. The track features Oddbody, the solo project of Henry Dillon of Surf Curse who will release an album later this year.  Earlier this month they announced LOVE + POP out August 4th and released the title track, “LOVE + POP.” Current Joys, is the moniker of Nick Rattigan, who is also one of the primary members of Surf Curse. An outsized creative force, Rattigan is a prolific songwriter, producer, performer and music video director, with multiple credits across every discipline. LOVE + POP will be Current Joys’ tenth record in as many years and will be available on vinyl as well as CD and cassette in the fall.

Current Joys was heavily inspired by Lil Peep’s music and process when setting out  to make the new album. LOVE + POP  features a cover of Peep’s “walk away as the door slams” as the album opener. Rattigan describes a relentless, feverish pursuit to seize that inspiration and make a sprawling, unexpected album, with “a classic Current Joys-style song and a ten minute house track on the same record. All these songs are also the demo of the song,” says Rattigan. “They’re the beginning and the end.”

What began as a singular passion project unexpectedly grew into a uniquely collaborative record for Current Joys. Rattigan explains, “I’ve set out to make collaborative records before, but they often end up totally me, with just a couple exceptions. But then this record gave me the opportunity to be extremely collaborative, to let other people write instrumental tracks, sending links around for people to mess with and weigh in on. I sat down to do credits and realized here were all these people and styles and they all came together and worked.” Notably, Lil Yachty, Lily West (Lala Lala), Slow Hollows & more also feature on the record.

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