Joywave: The First Century

Cleanse (Full Episode) | Joywave: The First Century - Episode 04. Recorded on location at Ruby Car Wash in Rochester, NY.

In 2021, Paul received LIVE SCORPIONS in the mail. He’s finally ready to talk about it. Episode 4 of Joywave: The First Century is now available on the podcast platform of your choice. Welcome to the car wash. #Cleanse

Credits: Joseph Morinelli, Jason Milton, Daniel Armbruster

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Location: at 2205 E Henrietta Rd, Rochester, NY 14623

Recorded on location at the Strasenburgh Planetarium at the Rochester Museum & Science Center.

Special Guest: Dan Smith

Special thanks: Jim Bader, Kain McCall and the entire team at RMSC. For more info: http://rmsc.org

Credits: Joseph Morinelli, Jason Milton, Daniel Armbruster

Video chapters:

• 00:00 - Welcome to the RMSC Strasenburgh Planetarium
• 03:18 - Episode 2 recap
• 04:23 - Question #1: why is it called Possession?
• 07:20 - The Golden Record
• 11:30 - The Golden Record on Possession
• 15:14 - Question #2: why was the vinyl clear instead of gold?
• 17:26 - Question #3: how easy was the recording process?
• 19:48 - Track-list game / Joey doesn’t know the track-list
• 22:22 - Question #4: what’s the lore behind “Blank Slate?”
• 25:00 - “Blank Slate” the way it was intended to be heard
• 28:55 - Question #5: Was the spookiness of “Possession” intentional?
• 30:55 - The Golden Record samples are on the album.
• 33:37 - The Ballad Of Jack Eichel
• 34:28 - Is F.E.A.R. actually an acronym or are you trying to make us think?
• 36:15 - How did creating “Possession” serve as a technical and musical bridge between LP2 and LP4?
• 38:06 - The original version of “Blastoffff” with Fornite
• 39:45 - The story behind the “Obsession” music video
• 42:10 - The story behind the “Half Your Age” music video
• 45:30 - The story behind the “Blank Slate” music video / Paul loves for claymation
• 46:15 - The story behind the “Like A Kennedy” music video in the UK. 
• 48:30 - Special Guest: Dan Smith (Bastille) joins
• 1:08:00 - Performing at The Stanley Hotel in Estes Park, CO.
• 1:09:20 - Dan experiences the haunted Stanley Hotel 
• 1:11:00 - Touring Europe with PVRIS in February 2020, returning to COVID.
• 1:14:28 - Marvel Comic collab for “Obsession”
• 1:17:49 - Jason Suwito from Best Frenz/Sir Sly makes an appearance to answer a very important question.
• 1:18:40 - The Possession Sessions shows in LA/NYC/London/Rochester. 

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Recorded on location at the First Federal Plaza Building in Rochester, NY.

Production Credits: Joseph Morinelli, Jason Milton.

chapters:

00:00 - Stuck in an elevator

01:08 - Joey is woefully unprepared / Episode 01 takeaways.

03:04 - We are on the roof of a flying saucer building right now.

04:16 - What was in the Kodak smokestacks?

04:45 - Content album release event

05:55 - Complete tour history in the van

07:20 - Question #1 - Can you pretty please repress Content on vinyl?

08:25 - Is it Content or Content?

10:25 - Question #2 - How did we find the barn to record in?

16:10 - Content track-list overview

19:50 - Looking back on Content now.

23:58 - Question #3 - What song aged the best on the album?

24:50 - Why are there no cymbals at all on the song "It's A Trip!"

27:00 - Trying to follow up "Tongues"

28:31 - The writing process on Content

31:40 - Early Content demos

37:42 - Question #4 - Do we ever get to know the lyrics of the first part of "Thanks, Thanks For Coming"?

38:00 - Question #5 - Did we bait and switch with Content?

38:42 - Question #6 - When to lean into the optimistic vs darker impulses on albums?

43:30 - Question #7 - The story behind recording at The Rave (venue) in Milwaukee

47:07 - Question #8 - Any songs that didn't make the cut from this album?

48:50 - The Joywave vault - mixing with Rich Costey

49:35 - Music reviews

55:00 - Question #9 - What part of Content do you still connect to today?

57:38 - Music video shoots - "It's A Trip!" And "Doubt"

01:04:00 - Question #10 - Where was the "Going To A Place" lyric video shoot?

01:06:23 - Question #11 - Using CRTs on the Content touring cycle

01:07:58 - Memories from the Content touring cycle (Red Rocks, on-stage workouts)

01:11:05 - Playing Madison Square Garden

01:12:15 - The story of playing Destruction 7 times in Holmdel, NJ.

01:17:10 - Opening for The Smashing Pumpkins

01:19:40 - Performing on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

01:32:20 - Content album cover art

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Recorded on location at the George Eastman Museum in Rochester, NY.

chapters: 

00:00 - start / George Eastman Museum (Rochester, NY)

00:34 - welcome to Joywave: The First Century

02:04 - fun facts about the George Eastman House

04:40 - George Eastman, founder of Kodak and Joywave

05:00 - Kodak’s secret nuclear reactor in Rochester, NY.

06:19 - How Do You Feel Now? and the early years.

07:15 - Arena shows with The Killers, Getting fired from Wegmans, Olive Garden and quitting Staples.

12:00 - Dan has trauma from 10,000 Maniacs

13:05 - Joywave’s first show ever + HDYFN origins.

15:05 - Early songwriting advice.

18:10 - Signing a record deal.

19:20 - Big Data / Dangerous.

21:09 - LP1 recording gear

24:36 - In Clover secret sound FX

27:50 - Q&A: Andy Wallace mixer + more

31:00 - Q&A: Which song on LP1 do you which you did differently?

32:50 - Q&A: LP1 synth sounds / The Destruction sound.

34:00 - Q&A: 2 different versions of “Tongues”

35:30 - Q&A: LP1 themes lyrically

38:00 - LP1 tracklist review

39:30 - Bad Dreams ft. Little Simz and Mick Jenkins

42:00 - "Tongues" video (directed by DANIELS)

47:00 - "Somebody New" video + Tony Hawk

49:20 - First time hearing JW on the radio.

53:00 - First time in Europe/UK

54:15 - “The Joywave Opener Bump”

59:30 - Affliction

1:02:00 - Destruction

1:02:50 - “The 1-inch Wall”

1:04:45 - SWISH

1:06:45 - Top moments in LP1 era

1:11:47 - The original Fortnite official trailer

01:15:02 - Dan wins a BMI award + Taylor Swift

01:18:28 - David Bryne meets Joywave

01:21:14 - The Sundays

01:22:30 - Dan gets pancreatitis

01:24:39 - That’s a wrap for Episode 01.

Production credits: Joseph Morinelli, Jason Milton

George Eastman Museum: http://eastman.org

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Episode 01 coming soon.

Fun fact: The conclusion of 2026 marks the end of Joywave’s first century. I know this may come as a surprise to a lot of you, but Joywave has never actually subscribed to the Gregorian calendar. During this soon-to-end century, Joywave released 1 EP, 2 mixtapes, and 5 full length studio albums (plus a live record!). Truly an impressive output for getting such a late start (due to the unfortunate timing of our births). Today we are thrilled to announce that we’ll be spending the rest of 2026 reminiscing as part of our brand new limited podcast series. Joywave: The First Century. We’ll discuss each of the 5 major footnote albums (How Do You Feel Now?, Content, Possession, Cleanse, and Permanent Pleasure) one episode at a time, answer some of your questions, share a few tour stories, and more. The first installment arrives Monday, July 6th, and the episodes should appear at monthly intervals to take us through the rest of the year. We’ll have some fun album-specific merch drops along the way (Content fans especially, be on high alert). Thanks to all of you who helped make our first century truly our best yet ♥️

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