Sick Joy
Born in Newcastle’s underground circuit and cultivated in Brighton’s renowned music scene, Sick Joy is the sonic heartbeat of singer and multi instrumentalist Mykl Barton. Coined late one evening in a North East bar, the project's name became the perfect metaphor for Barton’s enduring obsession with duality: beauty vs. ruin, euphoria vs. despair. Sick Joy became a vehicle to channel years of disarray and turmoil into a sound where rabid riffs sit beside soaring widescreen choruses.
Since their formation, Sick Joy have become one of the UK’s most compelling rock bands. Armed with a sound that fuses bleeding-heart melody, sledgehammer riffs, and brutal lyrical honesty, they’ve toured with icons like Pixies and Pearl Jam, shared stages with Dinosaur Pile-Up and Deaf Havana, and torn through sets at Reading & Leeds, 2000 Trees and beyond.
Their critically acclaimed debut album turned heads all over, earning worldwide praise across press and radio. With the new album and their biggest-ever headline tour on the horizon, 2025 marks a new era for Sick Joy - heavier, hungrier, and more human than ever before.
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So Recordings
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