I can not wait to share with you my latest project titled Radical Acceptance. It is a 45 minute record of stories of me learning to love myself again. I wanted to create a sonic world of healing in many different ways.

Radical acceptance is a personal practice that has evolved in my life over the past year. This doesn’t mean there aren’t still tough times, but times of warmth and comfort are much more present these days.  I will never be able to change my past, the things that hurt me, but I can live a peaceful and beautiful life of my own creation. The most important thing I’ve had to teach myself is that there is nothing wrong with my body or my brain. My body is fat, and I struggle with my mental health daily, and neither of those things makes me any less of a human being. I know that my Black, Fat, Queer and Non binary body is valid in every fucking way. Learning to  love my whole self  unconditionally will be a lifelong journey, but I am just so happy to be where I am today. This is my radical acceptance.

Much love,

Joy Guidry

Album credits

Joy Guidry: Electronics, Voice, Bassoon 

Maudry Richard Davis, Voice 

Oli Harris: Cello 

Alfredo Colon: Sax 

Jessie Cox: Drums 

Nick Dunston: Bass: 

Chioneso Bakr: Drums 

Hasan Bakr: Drums 

Victor See Yuen: Drums 

Album Art: Robyn Smith 

Layout and Design: Dustin Bowen 

Mixing: Edwin Kenzo Huet 

Mastering : Murat Colak 

Dressed by: Dylan Mekhi