Clara Joy Releases New LP, Shares "You Just Liked My Item" Single + Video via FLOOD | 'What We Have Now' LP Out Today Via Shimmy-Disc

Clara Joy Releases New LP, Shares "You Just Liked My Item" Single + Video via FLOOD Read Magnet Magazine Feature What We Have Now LP Out Today Via Shimmy-Disc

Photo by Su Koko LISTEN: Clara Joy - What We Have Now LP Stream LISTEN/WATCH & SHARE: Clara Joy - "You Just Liked My Item" YouTube LISTEN/WATCH & SHARE: Clara Joy - “Find Things Beautiful” Stream | YouTube LISTEN/WATCH & SHARE: Clara Joy - “Breakdown” Stream | YouTube NYC-based songwriter Clara Joy today has released her new album What We Have Now via Shimmy-Disc. Yesterday she released new single "You Just Liked My Item," which is accompanied by a Su Koko-directed video. What We Have Now was recorded in her NYC home over the course of several years, and was co-produced with Kramer, who completed the LP at his studio in North Carolina in December 2024. Today's release follows previous singles "Find Things Beautiful" and "Breakdown," which have earned press support from Chorus.fm, Americana Highways, Stereo Embers, and more.  The new track is a slow-core folk ballad shaken to its core by a vocal performance that spans the space between a weep and a battle cry. Clara sheers off pieces of her heart, and you want to catch them. "The song uses the phrase ‘liked my item’ which is taken from online shopping," she explains. "The song is about desperation and questioning reality under a society based around consumption." What We Have Now is a love-letter to New York City, written by a breaking heart weathering the deep indigo night of a soul realizing dawn will release it from the dried tears of youth. There is no brighter or harsher wasteland of self-discovery than the one in which we see that childhood is a dream and the now is something we will have to fabricate alone, from those broken mirror shards of memories in service to a world that does not seem to know how to care for us any longer. Full of feeling and shepherded by Clara’s intensely honest vocals, these songs transcend place and time to share a universe of wonders beneath the hard-wrought questioning of the deeply human condition we are all living within.  What We Have Now is out now via Shimmy-Disc. Clara Joy - “You Just Liked My Item” Full of feeling and shepherded by Clara’s intensely honest vocals, these songs transcend place and time to share a universe of wonders beneath the hard-wrought questioning of the deeply human condition we are all living within.  Clara Joy is a songwriter full of melody and vision. These ‘home’ recordings were made by Clara in NYC between 2020 and 2024. The songs were then Arranged, Mixed & Mastered by Kramer in December 2024 in his Studio in the mountains of North Carolina.  Speaking of Clara, Kramer says that she is, "...what we have all been waiting for since the passing of Daniel Johnston - a new performer who sees and hears the world around her, agonizes over its endless parade of absurdities, and responds by setting out to create art that transcends itself and conveys the kind of love and optimism that helps us to survive the maelstroms. In short, Clara Joy's artistry is miraculous in every way, and in every sense of the word. It's embedded in her genes, and this debut LP bears only a hint of what's to come. There's just no telling where this brave young artist will take us." Clara is at the dawn of her career and Shimmy-Disc is proud to bring this amazing work to the world. What We Have Now - TRACK LISTING Side A Breakdown Dying Witch Don’t Wanna Go Home You Just Liked My Item Is It Even Gonna Snow Side B Find Things Beautiful Dusk In The City Teenager Living In A World Like This Despite The Satellites (Digital Only) Featured Musicians: Clara Joy: voices, guitars, samples, etc.  Bonner Kramer: bass, piano, mellotrons, samples, etc.  Producer(s): Clara Joy & Kramer Mixed & Mastered by Kramer Composer(s): Words & Music by Clara Joy Clara Joy Links Instagram | Bandcamp | Spotify | Apple Music Shimmy-Disc Links Website | YouTube | Instagram | Bandcamp | Facebook