No Joy - Bugland

It’s a kaleidoscopic album, with each song almost a symphony in its own right; the music swirling through tempo changes and instruments cascading through the canopy of the rhythmic foliage, and the vocals drifting, seeping into the mind of the listener. It’s to the credit of both writer and producer that all these elements are controlled and the mash up of musical styles never becomes dissonant; it’s always perfectly together and cohesive. (…)

Bugland is an album that plays like the day in the life of chaotic, beautiful nature. It’s an all-enveloping music that swarms over you and embraces you in a cocoon of mesmerising swirling styles. Turn on, tune in, chill out with the bugs.

(Louder Than War)

White Gluz’s venture into trip-hop and drum machines on 2020’s Motherland is fully realized on Bugland. Serving as the lead single, the title track opens up with a sequence of punchy drums. Meanwhile, Bather in the Bloodcells employs a crisp and rewarding drum pattern throughout its duration. No Joy never gets stuck in the past; instead, White Gluz builds upon her past work, propelling the trip-hop influences forward. (…)

One thing is clear: No Joy’s effortless genre-hops are fantastic. Boundaries are meant to be broken, and Bugland is the product of their vision: bold, ethereal, and no less mesmerizing in its uncanniness.

(Northern Transmissions)