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Mt. Joy

Mt. Joy is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Del Water Gap. Those roots explain a lot about how Mt. Joy arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Caamp, Richy Mitch & The Coal Miners, The Lumineers, Gregory Alan Isakov and Chance Peña, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into The Head and the Heart, The Shins, Whitney, The Revivalists and Rainbow Kitten Surprise, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 20 connections around Mt. Joy, reaching back through Del Water Gap and forward to The Head and the Heart. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

Background

Mt. Joy is an American five-piece indie rock band based in Los Angeles with roots in Philadelphia. Its members are Matt Quinn, Sam Cooper (guitar), Sotiris Eliopoulos (drums), Jackie Miclau (keyboards) and Michael Byrnes (bass). The band debuted in 2016 with the single "Astrovan", recorded in Los Angeles by Quinn, Cooper, and Byrnes. This was followed up in 2017 by the trio of singles "Sheep", "Cardinal", and "Silver Lining". On March 2, 2018, Mt. Joy released its debut eponymous studio album. For the next two years, Mt. Joy performed at festivals and on tour as a support act, as well as headlining a North American and European tour. After a tour with the Lumineers was cut short due to COVID-19, Mt. Joy released its second studio album, Rearrange Us, on June 5, 2020. Its third studio album, Orange Blood, was released on June 17, 2022. Their fourth studio album, Hope We Have Fun, was released on May 30, 2025.

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Mt. JoyDel Water GapThe Head and the HeartThe ShinsWhitneyThe RevivalistsRainbow Kitten Surpr…The LumineersGreta Van FleetDave MatthewsCaampRichy Mitch & The Co…The LumineersGregory Alan IsakovChance PeñaLord HuronMumford & SonsHazlett

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Mt. Joy connections

Mt. Joy grew out of Del Water Gap, shares an orbit with Caamp, Richy Mitch & The Coal Miners, The Lumineers and Gregory Alan Isakov, went on to shape The Head and the Heart, The Shins, Whitney and The Revivalists. 20 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

Who influenced Mt. Joy

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