JOKER'S DAUGHTER - THE LAST LAUGH (180g LP)

Joker's Daughter The Last Laugh on Vinyl LP! 

The Last Laugh is the debut album from U.K. based Joker’s Daughter, featuring vocalist, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Helena Costas. This fresh folk-pop excursion reveals new facets of the renowned artist and producer Danger Mouse, who collaborates with Costas throughout.

Born in London to Greek Cypriot parents, Helena learned violin from ages 7 to 13. Later, she taught herself guitar and keyboards. All the while, she developed a unique inner language and logic, rich with unconscious resonance, mythic allusions and complex food analogies. She wrote songs incessantly, and learned the art of production, using the studio as an instrument. Meanwhile, she developed her confidence by playing constant gigs around London, where she faced demanding audiences and learned to improvise.

In 2003, she began mailing her home recordings to the esteemed artist and producer Danger Mouse. As his international fame grew, the pair kept in touch. They discovered a natural affinity and decided to collaborate, naming their project Joker’s Daughter after one of Helena’s many porous artistic personae. Helena describes Joker’s Daughter as “a dualistic character” who “draws from the serious to turn it into humor.”

Helena’s striking melodies and rich, sensory lyrics reveal the depth, passion and prankishness in her psyche. Danger Mouse collaborates fully at every stage, contributing his farsighted skills as a songwriter, producer and musician. The result is an intoxicating, disorienting blend of folk music from some strange, timeless, uncharted dream world. The project also features the horns of Neutral Milk Hotel’s Scott Spillane and the string arrangements of frequent Danger Mouse collaborator Daniele Luppi.

"Utterly entrancing... like a creepy circus colliding with a polka band gone electronic, complete with quickly bouncing rhythms and plenty of theatrical presence" - NPR

Joker's Daughter The Last Laugh Track Listing

1. Worm's Head
2. Jessie the Goat
3. Go Walking
4. Lucid
5. JD Folk Blues
6. The Last Laugh
7. Under the Influence of Jaffa Cakes
8. Jelly Belly
9. Cake and July
10. Chasing Ticking Crocodile
11. Nothing is Ever What It Seems
12. The Running Goblin
13. The Bull Bites Back
14. Yellow Teapot