Joywave, Tongues (live), San Francisco, March 15, 2022 (4K)

Joywave play their song "Tongues" live in concert before a sold-out crowd at The Independent in San Francisco, California on March 15, 2022. Tongues was originally recorded with the electronic music group Kopps and was released on the band's How Do You Feel EP (2014) and later on its debut studio album, How Do You Feel Now? (2015). Tongues was remixed by several artists, including Giorgio Moroder, Big Data, RAC, and Starsmith. Joywave is an indie rock band from Rochester, New York consisting of Daniel Armbruster (vocals), Joseph Morinelli (guitar), and Paul Brenner (drums). Joining them on tour are Kevin Mahoney (bass) and Connor Ehman (keyboards).
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Tongues lyrics:
Pick me up, dust me off
Give me breath and let me cough
Drag me back, collect my thoughts
I've come back to the land I'd lost
The palms are down, I'm welcomed back to town
Sometimes I feel like they don't understand me
I hear their mouths making foreign sounds
Sometimes I think they're all just speaking tongues
Tell me all the things I've missed
Who's been killed and who's been kissed
(Drag me back, collect my thoughts)
I'll be gone when the drugs wear off
The palms are down, I'm welcomed into town
Sometimes I feel like they don't understand me
I hear their mouths making foreign sounds
Sometimes you'd think they spoke another language
The palms are down, I'm welcomed into town
Sometimes I feel like they don't understand me
I hear their mouths making foreign sounds
Sometimes I think they're all just speaking tongues
They say I'm the only one who can be brave
That I am the chosen one
But there's no way I am the only one
And there's no one to save
If there's nowhere for them to run
Written by Daniel Armbruster / Sean Donnelly
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Joywave - Cleanse Live Tour Dates (2022)
Feb. 28 - Hummelstown, PA @ The Englewood
March 1 - Cleveland, OH @ Beachland Ballroom
March 2 - Detroit, MI @ Magic Stick
March 4 - Chicago, IL @ Metro
March 5 - Minneapolis, MN @ Fine Line Music Cafe
March 6 - Madison, WI @ Majestic Theatre
March 8 - Kansas City, MO @ The Truman
March 9 - Denver, CO @ Bluebird Theater
March 10 - Salt Lake City, UT @ The Complex
March 12 - Portland, OR @ Wonder Ballroom
March 13 - Seattle, WA @ The Showbox
March 15 - San Francisco, CA @ The Independent
March 16 - Los Angeles, CA @ Teragram Ballroom
March 18 - San Diego, CA @ The Observatory North Park
March 19 - Mesa, AZ @ Nile Theater
March 21 - Dallas, TX @ Trees
March 22 - Austin, TX @ Scoot Inn
March 24 - Jacksonville, FL @ Jack Rabbits
March 25 - Orlando, FL @ The Social
March 26 - Fort Lauderdale, FL @ Culture Room
March 27 - Tampa, FL @ The Orpheum
March 29 - Atlanta, GA @ Terminal West
March 30 - Nashville, TN @ Mercy Lounge
April 1 - Washington DC @ 9:30 Club
April 2 - Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer
April 3 - Buffalo, NY @ Town Ballroom
April 5 - Boston, MA @ Paradise Rock Club
April 6 - Brooklyn, NY @ Elsewhere
April 8 - Rochester, NY @ Anthology
April 9 - Rochester, NY @ Anthology
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Joywave official bio:
When Joywave formed in 2010, frontman Daniel Armbruster was writing and recording songs in his parents’ basement as he embarked on a fruitful period of self-discovery. Ironically, after spending the past ten years touring the world in support of three critically acclaimed albums, the new Joywave EP, Every Window Is A Mirror, was crafted under strikingly similar circumstances. “When I was making these songs, it was like I was back in my post-grad years, but it was in my basement now,” Armbruster recalls with a laugh. “I thought, okay, what do I want to do? There’s nobody here again.’” With a virus ravaging the world and no possibility of touring for the foreseeable future, Armbruster was once again able to dig into his own psyche and see what surfaced. “The writing this time was really introspective because I didn’t want to go upstairs and turn on the TV. The only part of the world that made sense to me was my little corner where I’m making music.”
Over the past decade, that little corner has expanded from his parents’ house in Rochester, New York, to the Lollapalooza stage, tours with everyone from Bastille, Brandon Flowers to Young The Giant and late-night television appearances allowing Joywave to beam their infectious brand of indie rock into households all over the world. However, the release of the band’s 2020 album Possession admittedly felt a bit anticlimactic. “We released Possession on dare I say the worst possible day of March 13, 2020” Armbruster said with a sigh, adding that the band had just gotten back from Europe when the virus put everyone’s lives on pause. “So much time and effort went into that record and suddenly the touring cycle we had been planning on for the next year was already over when we landed at Newark International Airport.” Although Possession, which centered around themes of control and polarization was remarkably prescient, that’s little consolation to a band who thrives on live performances.