Joy Crookes details second studio album, Juniper

The album is set to include previous singles such as "Pass The Salt", "Mathematics", "I Know You’d Kill", and "Carmen".

Meanwhile, on "Paris", the closing track, Joy Crookes reflects on a formative queer relationship: “Something I feared so much finally, actually felt like love.” It’s a sentiment echoed across Juniper – a record that captures the beauty and brutality of emotional openness. The album arrives after a period of personal upheaval for Crookes, including a mental health crisis that shadowed the album’s creation. “I was in the trenches,” she says. “But the studio became my solace. What you hear is live and direct from that time.”

Following the success of her 2021 debut Skin, which earned BRIT and Mercury Prize nominations, the forthcoming release was produced by long-time collaborators including Blue May, Tev’n and Harvey Grant. Juniper features guest appearances from Vince Staples, on "Pass The Salt", and Kano, on "Mathematics". Crookes describes the record as “more nuanced” than Skin: “With Juniper, every situation is visceral and I’m very much in it. It’s me in the centre of it all.”

In celebration of Juniper's release, Crookes will head out on tour to perform in cities including Dublin,Manchester, Bristol and London where she’ll headline O2 Academy Brixton for the first time

Tracklist:

1. Brave
2. Pass the Salt feat. Vince Staples
3. Carmen
4. Perfect Crime
5. Mathematics feat. Kano
6. House With A Pool
7. I Know You’d Kill
8. First Last Dance
9. Mother
10. Somebody To You
11. Forever
12. Paris