Cutting together malign heaviness with acidic melody then tying into place with the reigns of contagious pop. Sick Joy's 'noise-pop' blood is dirtied with echoes of Pixies and Nirvana among many others.

Although birthed in Newcastle, Sick Joy moved south to Brighton in September 2016 and played their first show to a sold out Patterns with fellow north-to-south Brighton bands Demob Happy and Tigercub.

Debut single April 2017 'Stars' - 3000+ Spotify hits, Championed by Nick Roberts at BBC Introducing and John Kennedy's "Exposure Hot One"

The follow up three months later, 'Cat In A Bird Cage' - 2000+ Spotify Hits, 12000+ video views