Joy Mumford’s passion for storytelling and music started with teaching her guitar. She went on to steadily develop an impressive ability to bring relatable lyrics and charming melodies together, allowing her to use her talent to write wonderful songs. This has led to performances at festivals such as Rock City, Dot to Dot, Barn on The Farm and Splendour. Alongisde this, she has garnered a following on YouTube and support a range of artists.
Her latest release is a new single entitled ‘Spilt Milk’, which features a prominent drum line, as well as short melodic stabs from instruments which makes the instrumental very energetic. This is contrasted with Joy’s laid back vocal performance, which creates a cheerful and summery song, with pretty yet bittersweet lyricism.
On the new release, Joy says, “I wrote and produced Spilt Milk during a challenging time in my life when I was learning to make peace with the fact that it’s okay to let go of things, people and places that drain me, rather than trying to fix or control everything. I was trying to liberate myself from a difficult situation, whilst simultaneously learning to sit and accept the uncomfortable emotions I was feeling by doing so. I have a tendency to rush out of feeling difficult emotions, and so making music has always been my way of connecting back to myself, and processing the great and not-so-great things happening around me. No matter how difficult it can be, I like to believe that when we let go of certain things, it’s to make room for something better and brighter ahead – and I really wanted Spilt Milk to reflect that!”
‘Spilt Milk’ is out now on streaming services, give it a listen below:
