ALBUM REVIEW: Joy Crookes – Juniper

Insanity Records

Released: 26.09.25

Juniper is the new raw, powerful, brave and punchy album from Joy Crookes. The whole album possesses the perfect balance of vulnerability and control; Joy really lets us in through the honest lyrics that tackle big issues around love, queerness, industry challenges and body politics.

Starting with the deeply soulful Brave, we travel through a range of emotions and musical influences, from punchy Pass The Salt to massive highs of pop, disco and R&B attitude, and featuring some amazing collabs with Kano and Vince Staples. All of the tracks shine in their unique ability to be relatable while also being completely contemporary and poetic.