Joyce started as a solo project by Jimmy Watkins (Future of the Left / The Vega Bodegas) and quickly evolved into a band featuring Gwen (Adwaith), Joe (Big Special), Tom (God Damn / The Big Hell), Phil Thornalley (The Cure / Bryan Adams/ Natalie Imbruglia), Paul (Fauxchisels) and drumming legend Allan Oakes. In the summer of 2023, after releasing a few singles, Joyce recorded their debut album in Wolverhampton with Thom Edward. The band played a packed out show in Clwb Ifor Bach at Swn festival in October 2023, and have followed that up with gigs in London and Swansea. Joyce mixes hip-hop, spoken word, acoustic pop, noise rock, punk, industrial noise, indie, goth, psych and electro.
Latest single Deja Vu made its radio premiere on the Craig Charles show on BBC6 Music. It was an X-Posure Hot One on Radio X and has a lot of support on BBC Radio Wales and KEXP.