{"product_id":"steve-poltz-joyride-lp","title":"Steve Poltz - Joyride LP","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRELEASE DATE: 1\/30\/2026\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e**Ltd Pink Vinyl\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAccording to Wikipedia, Steve Poltz (me) is a Canadian-American singer-songwriter and \u003cspan\u003eguitarist. He is a founding member of the indie-rock band the Rugburns and collaborated on \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eseveral songs with singer Jewel, including the 1996 single You Were Meant for Me, which \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ereached number two in the US. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJoyRide is my 14th solo album. I tour nonstop, so I usually have to be tricked into a studio \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eunder the guise of just one song. Capturing me on tape is like convincing a whirling dervish \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eto stop spinning long enough to sign a bill into law. It's chaos, caffeine, and accidental poetry \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eart colliding with microphones and commerce in a glorious mess. That's how JoyRide \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ehappened. No seatbelts, no helmets. Just unsaturated, unadulterated art. Real humans \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003emaking real noise in real time. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe record opens with If It Bleeds It Leads my kinda classic mischief. Then comes \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePetrichor, inspired by the beautiful smell after it rains. (I later discovered Phish has one \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003etoo, but mines the barefoot cousin at brunch.) At It Again follows, a cosmic co-write \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ewith my brother-from-another-meerkat Jim Lauderdale, featuring Bryan Owings and Chris \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDonohue (Emmylou Harriss rhythm section). The title track JoyRide feels like a warm hug \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eafter a long road trip: Free hugs, no shrugs, wrong drugs, bedbugs. Smiles, laughter, for \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ehere ever after. Side one ends with The Son Of God. I will probably get crucified for this \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003esong, but hopefully it will be an AI video made by an angry man living in his moms basement. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSide two kicks off with Love a Little Bigger, a rowdy co-write with Vince Herman of Leftover \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSalmon. Fixin Up (track seven) is my secret favorite like a quarter from the Tooth Fairy \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eyou gotta dig around for. New Tattoo follows about a dude who got his lovers face inked \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eon his own face. (Bad plan, good song.) Brand New Liver imagines swapping out your old \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eone like a water pump instead of quitting drinking. And then comes the closer Hairlift. That \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eone has my favorite line I've ever written: I used to play ping pong with my old friend Mao \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eZedong. I thought he told me I was well hung, but he was speaking in the mother tongue. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThat's JoyRide. Ten songs, no filter, no seatbelt, no map. Big thanks to Dex Green for being \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ethe musical trickster who lured me into the studio. Party on, weirdos. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSteve Poltz, Nashville\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003ciframe style=\"border: 0; width: 100%; height: 42px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=1848136127\/size=small\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=0687f5\/artwork=none\/track=3390008188\/transparent=true\/\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Red House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51584840073503,"sku":null,"price":26.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1575\/8523\/files\/a3189548918_16.jpg?v=1769782373","url":"https:\/\/www.bullcityrecords.com\/products\/steve-poltz-joyride-lp","provider":"Chaz's Bull City Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}