A tall, playful glass of tongue-in-cheek harmonies with a shot of country and a chaser of folk. Doo-Wop Days is a combustion of organic musical elements that maintain a consistently hopeful vibe. Musically, Joy Thompson sits directly in the middle of a high tea with Tracy Chapman and Ani DiFranco, covertly hiding a flask of bourbon under her skirt. Evoking the optimistic, all-encompassing feelings unfettered by neuroses and self-consciousness, the album depicts an opportunity to feel things exactly as they are, and be as you are irrespective of outside influence.
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