Remember the era of low-rise jeans, bucket hats, and Surge-stained tongues? No Joy’s Jasamine White-Gluz bottles that late-’90s, pre-9/11 energy and detonates it into Bugland, her first album since 2020’s Motherhood. Out in 2025, Bugland doesn’t just lean on nostalgia—it plays with it, reshaping shiny guitars and neon noise into something thrillingly new.
Working with experimental producer Angel Marcloid (Fire-Toolz), White-Gluz takes her maximalist pop instincts to the extreme. Tracks like opener “Garbage Dream House” swell into cathartic bursts, while the title track collages riffs and static into a dizzying swirl of sound. The result? An album that’s fun, strange, poignant—and unlike anything else in today’s shoegaze revival.
With its surreal textures and boundless energy, Bugland proves No Joy hasn’t just revisited the past—they’ve reimagined it, and the ride is wildly addictive.