It’s no surprise that Vance Joy is one of the most laidback dudes in music – the man’s entire catalogue is tailor-made to be listened to from a hammock on the beach in the middle of summer. So when the pandemic hit, Joy (real name James Keogh) wasn’t too fazed about losing the backbone of his artistry, his penchant for piquant collaborations. After initially wanting to enjoy some well-earned R&R, the Melbourne indie-folkster headed to Zoom, where he and a cohort of co-writers cooked up 12 of his warmest and most wonderful tunes yet.
Those are compiled into Joy’s third studio album, – an album, fittingly, about the concept of timelessness. As Joy said in announcing it: “I’m always
