Hailing from Melbourne, Australia, RQTBL are a four-piece post punk band known for pairing tightly wound, head-spinning riffs with bursts of noise. Joyce, a preview of their forthcoming album, expands on the band’s recurring themes of helplessness, shared burdens, and the universal experience of oppression.
Driven by jittery guitars, the track sits at the crossroads of noise rock, post hardcore, and post punk, revealing a band brimming with energy and intent.
The band offers their own reflections on the song. "Joyce is an honest account of living with addiction and the slow onset of mental fragmentation. It is about existing among peers while being haunted by a blind squid, tentacles holding tight, unwilling to release prisoners from a sense of captivity.
"What started as a short melody on a toy piano quickly became an enraged anthem that questions a social apparatus that keeps us bound while we scream for a buoyant vest before a straight jacket is fitted."
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RQTBL
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