Joe P Is The Garden State Vampire
Alternative artist/producer/multi-instrumentalist Joe P has released his long awaited debut album, Garden State Vampire, available now via Neon Gold/Atlantic Records
. Album single “Violet” also gets an official music video, featuring Joe and directed by long term collaborator Anthony Yebra.
Largely recorded late at night in his own New Jersey basement studio, Garden State Vampire expertly captures Joe P’s trademark brand of frenetic alt-rock songcraft, including such recent singles as “She Got Me” and the tender “Lily,” both joined by cinematic official music videos streaming now at YouTube HERE. Both visuals were filmed on location in New Jersey, echoing Joe’s deep affection for his beloved home state – an element that extends to both the album’s title and evocative cover art (shot on one of the most notorious stretches of the Garden State Parkway).
“One of the reasons I named the album Garden State Vampire is that I really thrive in being in a place that no one pays much attention to,” says Joe P, “instead of living in Nashville or L.A. or New York like a lot of people in the music business. It’s kind of nice to feel like I’m alone on a different planet, where the only thing that matters is staying true to whatever these songs want to be.”
Joe released album single “Birthday Baby (The Girl With No Smile)” in May, which longtime fans have been eagerly awaiting since the NJ-based artist first debuted a glimpse of the song on TikTok in 2021. The single was met with instantaneous critical acclaim, with Ones To Watch hailing it as “an alternative heartstopper…Joe P is a master at inviting you into his world and creating a transcendentally universal story, all the while retaining a sonic view and narrative that is entirely his own.”
Joe will kick off his biggest North American headline tour to date, getting underway September 19 at Ferndale, MI’s The Magic Bag and then traveling into early December. Highlights include shows at such vaunted venues as Los Angeles, CA’s The Roxy (October 7), Nashville, TN’s Exit/In (October 15), New York City’s Bowery Ballroom (October 21) and a home state tour finale at Asbury Park, NJ’s The Stone Pony (December 13).
Joe is also slated to open for good neighbours on several of their European dates in October, with stops in Brussels, Paris, Amsterdam, Copenhagen, and Berlin. More info and tickets can be found here: https://www.wearegoodneighbours.com/
Joe’s busy touring schedule will also see a number of festival performances including an appearance at Asbury Park, NJ’s sold-out Sea.Hear.Now. (Saturday, September 14 and Austin, TX’s Austin City Limits Music Festival (Saturday, October 12). For complete details and ticket information, please visit joepthehyena.com.