Back home

"On the UK trio's first LP for Kill Rock Stars, the band fleshes out its riot-grrrl-meets-girl-group sound with electronics and strings while singing of strength and vulnerability ... Back Home provides heart-rending moments alongside its punk grit, expanding on Big Joanie's sound without loosening their bite".

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"Big Joanie have become slow-burning breakout stars since 2018's Sistahs, and their second album is sure to cement their reputations as iconoclasts in both the traditional punk sense, as well as in their approach/rejection of genre boundaries ... The stylistic leaps from song to song would be unwieldy in lesser hands, but Big Joanie have such a clear, cohesive vision that going from trance to grunge seems to make sense ... One of the most exciting albums to come out this year, regardless of genre".

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"Big Joanie indentify as black feminist punks, their three members (...) using the group as a safe space to explore issues surrounding race, gender and injustice through lo-fi art pop that builds on such alt-rock touchstones as Bikini Kill, Sleater-Kinney and Hüsker Dü ... Their 2018 debut 'Sistahs' captured their fervid live sound. This second is more sophisticated; distorted guitars still feedback and synths jar, but there is also mellotron, violin and Omnichord bringing subtlety and depth".