✶︎ jess joy ✶︎

WON’T BE KICKED OUT THE GARDEN is out 5/30. 🪡🌹 “owed to spring” music video/song is out today. i have 40 gorgeous lyric booklets letter-pressed & hand-stitched by @rubberflower @tiltedhouse . please order one on bandcamp ✨OR✨ join my patreon $9 & above & i will mail you one for free (if you’re already on there, message me your current addy). 🫀 tysm. 📸: cover & polaroid photos by @leonejuice w/ needle art by @blood__and_stone . 🎟️ the one-&-only album release show will be 6/8 @bigcouchnola , feat @exactinverse @averyisland.bce @greg.saucier & @b.o.asher ! sharing the bill with @unkel_kunkel_loves_you . ticket link in bio. “owed to spring” features @greg.saucier on drums (who also mixed), @exactinverse on keys, & alex brownstein of @primpcetheband on electric guitar. the album was 93% produced & 100% mixed by greg saunier (who plays drums on “owed to spring”) with instrumentalists @exactinverse & alex of @primpcetheband , with contributions from @jermaine_from_thesouth , @sarahthegrape , @b.o.asher , @zhaomusic , @yallpendyal & @__ajai__ . oh, and i love you.

SOURCEHEIRESS 🪽 11.10.23 TONIGHT! nola album release show @the_tigermen_den . 7pm. 🏹 my friend @landofplenty_studio shaved my head & shot this album cover in new mexico, where i built this headpiece with the help of woodworker @mikelagg & sewed these overalls with @landofplenty_studio ’s design & pieces of my mother’s wedding dress. wings to me symbolize the future, forward movement, but i still wanted to bring pieces of the past. most of all, the hands are receiving, which is what i feel like this album/visual album is. so many friends made it come to life & i’m so grateful, especially to @mikebyrnedrums who wrote the music, produced, & mixed the record into completion. i will have vinyl tonight, & it’s also available via @joyfulnoiserecs (link in bio). i am playing tonight with @mustachemam @whoisdys @ben__livingston @jeffreyliv4 , who have made beautiful arrangements to perform this live! @scojosax kicks off tonight circa 7:30! the album title SOURCEHEIRESS is a play on words. it is the revelation that the gift of a full, empowered life is our birthright. that we all inherit source energy (divinity, dignity, sovereignty). the recognition that we are all magical beings, all sorcerous. i hope that this record is helpful in others realizing and reclaiming their own inherent power as well—i believe in it.

PATREEARCHY is out 4.16.21 🍎🔫 — album cover photo by @fannychuphotography art direction & costume by me, altering a pattern by @rational_dress_society (the jumpsuit to end capitalism)

tomorrow i open for @sarijjordan ’s record release at cafe istanbul. ✨ doors at 7, me at 8. 🫀 i will share small new songs with my loop pedal, & all will receive a small gift. i read this proverb in a thich nhat hanh book, & here i am singing it @magnoliagrovemonastery in mississippi, a monastery in the tradition of plum village established by thầy. lots of fear about the future is circulating. i invite you to come sit with me & i hope to open your heart ears to hear sari’s work & celebrate being alive. i love you!

✨ this princex is gonna sing may 14, bc thee kueeng requested! i am almost certain @sarijjordan ’s heart is pure. i came across this truth not by scientific inquiry but unicorn intuition. while it may just be me up there warming the stage, i will truly try to bring an offering to your cold cold life. i haven’t thrown a fit in public since october due to my studies in magic, but like an ill-timed groundhog, i’ll poke my head up may 14 & disperse abstract information in the hopes we can emotionally connect. ty

liberation caroling yesterday to shoppers in the french quarter ❤️‍🔥 some scowl, some smile, some consider, children dance 🍉 thankful for songs that challenge the narrative & friends who won’t let the candle go out 🕯️ we sing together on sundays at 6:30 - sign up for the email list in soapbox bio or dm for deets “o’ night of the general strike” was written by choir member @unkel_kunkel_loves_you ! #caroling #socialjusticeactivism #anticapitalism #choir

the bangers last night ❤️ @soapboxchoir . we meet sundays @ 6:30 - dm me/us if you’d like to come sing with us! not pictured: @arealfvntime directing & @yallpendyal playing piano! 1st song by nick of no-law solidarity choir, luigi song by @yallpendyal ty @z.a.c.h.b.u.c.k for asking us to sing & recording “free us all” - happy to be on a compilation of his live recordings of many beautiful artists #socialjustice #choir

tonight! soapbox sings 1st at 7 - we’ll lead a singalong to kick off the night! @z.a.c.h.b.u.c.k has made a cd of every artist he has video recorded - and soapbox was lucky enough to be one among these incredible artists — @yallpendyal @puttingvsup @arealfvntime @asongintheair @outsideagitatorbooks504

we all contain monsters, we all contain angels. sometimes i feel a divide between being an artist & a therapist in training, but i realize it’s all the same thing: a deep interest in lighting up the shadows of the unconscious. tonight i’m opening for @acidmotherstempleofficial @gasa_gasa , performing songs i’ve written over the past decade, weaving existential drama of spirit & a sprinkle of jokes i’ve gathered from observing flight attendants. they’re my favorite actors of all the adult professions, because they perform angular pleasantry - a tight but airy choreography with the aim of containing our fear of death. doors at 8. we play 1st. i’ll be joined by an incredibly talented & sweet band of musicians: @jonarceneauxofficial , @keil.adam , @ilelegendre , & @exactinverse . 📸: @mitchwhales 🪡 needle art by @blood__and_stone

✈️💀 our final flight is friday, opening for @acidmotherstempleofficial @gasa_gasa for halloween! CALL YOUR SPIRIT BACK (at 8pm). the crew: @exactinverse , @keil.adam , @ilelegendre , & @jonarceneauxofficial photos by @jpthebard @musicbox.village ! thank you 🙏

Be here NOW… on Halloween… with ACID MOTHERS TEMPLE, JESS JOY, and THE MACKS plus projections by Hal Lambet🌀 🌀Tickets are at the link in our bio🌀 🌀10/31/25🌀8pm🌀18+🌀

Today we recognize two years of an ongoing genoc|de and the continued resilience of the Pal3stinian people. We have seen unimaginable suffering and equally unfathomable acts of violence, torture, and apathy, which has left us transformed. Not as cowering or fearful people, but individuals who know that love, care, and respect are central to human existence, and are worth fighting for. We stand with our courageous sisters and brothers in G🍉za, and will continue to struggle for Pal3stinian liberation! Song by @risechoircollective