The Joy Thieves release ‘No Anchor’ video with Chris Connelly
The Joy Thieves
A few weeks ago we announced that Chicago collective The Joy Thieves hade released the single âThe Wrong End of Your Rifleâ, the first preview of the full-length album âApocalypse Pendingâ, due June 5, 2026 via Armalyte Industries. Today the collective have released the video for “No Anchor“, featuring Chris Connelly of Finitribe, Revolting Cocks, Ministry and Pigface.
The video was created by Joel Lopez at Lumbra Productions with additional production by Derek Christopher, Mark Pistel, Jeff Harris, Steven Archer, Dee J Nelson, Jane Jensen and DJ Darryl Hell.
The new The Joy Thieves album “Apocalypse Pending” will be available as a digital album and as a digipack CD which is limited to 300 copies.
The album was produced, engineered and mixed by Joy Thieves Productions at Populist Recording + Mastering in Wheaton, Illinois, and mastered by James Scott.
Chris Connelly and Dan Milligan on ‘No Anchor’
Here’s what Chris Connelly says about the new The Joy Thieves track: “These days, it seems like people are capable of being pushed or tempted to exist in a state where they are alone. No moral compass. No ethics. No empathy. No forgiveness. No anchor. In a society where guilt seems to be gone, people can act however they want.”
Dan Milligan adds: “When I was writing the music for âNo Anchor,â I purposefully used ever-changing, off-kilter guitar riffs that seem to stray farther and farther from the songâs key as it progresses. Because the music never truly repeats, or settles down, it creates the sickening sense that everything is unresolved, and itâs only going to get worse.”
About The Joy Thieves
The Joy Thieves began in Chicago in December 2017, when drummer and musician Dan Milligan started assembling contributors for a new industrial rock recording project. Early contributors before the first release included Chris Connelly, David Suycott, Howie Beno, Matt Noveskey, Andy Gerold and Louis Svitek.
The project signed with Armalyte Industries around 2018 before its first release. The debut EP “This Will Kill That” followed on June 28, 2019.
The band followed with “Cities In Dust” on October 4, 2019, “A Blue Girl” on March 13, 2020, and “Genocide Love Song” on May 15, 2020. The first full-length album, “American Parasite”, was released on July 23, 2021 via Armalyte Industries, with Chris Connelly handling all lead vocals.
More releases followed, “Nemesis” in 2021, “6 To 3” in 2022, “Dissent-ertainment: 6 To 3 Remixed” in 2023, “The Heart of the Worm” and “Return To Needle Park” in 2024, and “Spilt Milk” on June 28, 2024.
The group revolves around Joy Thieves Productions, the production team of Dan Milligan and James Scott. The Joy Thieves roster includes current, former and touring members connected to Ministry, Stabbing Westward, The Rollins Band, Killing Joke, Pigface, Revolting Cocks, PIG, David Bowie, Machines of Loving Grace, Depeche Mode, Nine Inch Nails, KMFDM, Naked Raygun, Foetus, My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult, Pegboy, Nitzer Ebb and other projects.
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