Love'n'joy - "Psy Summer" from the 2022 self-released album Half Home.

Kyiv-based band Love’n’Joy completed their latest album Half Home just three days before the start of the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Vocalist/guitarist Anton Pushkar explained toPsychdelic Baby Magazine, "The idea of ​​the album title was mainly connected with the loss of Crimea, the place where me and Sergey (Zlobin, drummer) were born and raised and where our relatives live under russian occupation. After the events of February 24, when we had to leave our native Kyiv, this feeling multiplied.”

While touring in support of the new LP, the band established the Musicians Defend Ukraine fund, a way for them to support "Ukrainian artists who defend their cities and work as volunteers." 

“Different parts of the world [are] trying to support somehow,” Pushkar toldKerrang. “[You] can sell your records, collect money, organise a show – there’s lots of options available. And for [promoters] you can also just have a Ukrainian band play, because I guess all of the bands who are outside the Ukraine right now are raising money. We have a really big volunteer movement in Ukraine, and in a really horrible time it’s really nice to know and a really warm feeling that everybody cares for each other. And to see how people from Europe and U.S. help us, that’s really important.”

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Love'n'joy - "Psy Summer" from the 2022 self-released album Half Home.
Kyiv-based band Love’n’Joy completed their latest album Half Home just three days before the start of the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Vocalist/guitarist Anton Pushkar explained to<a href="https://www.psychedelicbabymag.com/2022/08/half-home-by-lovenjoy-album-premiere.html"> Psychdelic Baby Magazine</a>, "The idea of ​​the album title was mainly connected with the loss of Crimea, the place where me and Sergey (Zlobin, drummer) were born and raised and where our relatives live under russian occupation. After the events of February 24, when we had to leave our native Kyiv, this feeling multiplied.”
While touring in support of the new LP, the band established the <a href="https://www.kerrang.com/musicians-defend-ukraine-how-lovenjoy-are-raising-money-for-the-frontline-through-the-power-of-music">Musicians Defend Ukraine</a> fund, a way for them to support "Ukrainian artists who defend their cities and work as volunteers." 
“Different parts of the world [are] trying to support somehow,” Pushkar told<a href="https://www.kerrang.com/musicians-defend-ukraine-how-lovenjoy-are-raising-money-for-the-frontline-through-the-power-of-music"> Kerrang</a>. “[You] can sell your records, collect money, organise a show – there’s lots of options available. And for [promoters] you can also just have a Ukrainian band play, because I guess all of the bands who are outside the Ukraine right now are raising money. We have a really big volunteer movement in Ukraine, and in a really horrible time it’s really nice to know and a really warm feeling that everybody cares for each other. And to see how people from Europe and U.S. help us, that’s really important.”
<a href="https://www.kexp.org/podcasts/song-of-the-day/2022/8/29/santigold-high-priestess/">Read the full story at </a><a href="http://KEXP.org">KEXP.org</a>

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