“Something we’ve learned with Colorjoy is how to give ourselves grace when things aren’t clicking right away and use that to push ourselves forward. There are countless times when we feel like progress isn’t being made, but in those moments, the best thing to do is remind ourselves that ‘progress’ isn’t always a tangible thing. Everything simply takes time.”

“The road to the top was a rugged one, cutting through some big competition, but Colorjoy…grab their first blog chart topper with "Golden Age", the title track from their soon-to-be-released debut album.”

Our song, “Beautiful People” was recently featured on GrammyU’s latest mixtape: Con-GRAD-ulations!

“The song starts off with a jangly guitar reminiscent of The Cure that persists through the whole song. But once Emily's smooth vocals kick in, it showcases the writing style that she perfected with her prior band. The hooks are in the right place, and this is alt-pop heaven. The production is top-notch as well, and a pleasant surprise is towards the end of the song where the saxophone kicks in for a time. …”

“Colorjoy played a mix of originals and covers. While I really didn't recognize the original numbers (none of which were ScreenAge songs to my knowledge), the covers that the band played just blew us away. Versions of Coldplay's "Viva La Vida", Tears for Fears' 'Everybody Wants to Rule the World", and especially Prince's "Let's Go Crazy" got the audience going. Just Ms. MacMahon's guitar work at the end of that Prince song should rank her in the upper echelons of the all-time guitar greats. I'm not joking; she's that good…”

“Lead singer, keyboardist and guitarist Emily MacMahon, and Sam Novotny on drums, bass, synthesizer, and back-up vocals, have formed a new outfit, Colorjoy. The duo has already written many songs and will release its debut album, Golden Age, this summer.”