Friday, May 22, 2026 at 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM
Zebulon, Los Angeles
**Joanna** **Sans Merit** **Jesspeleta DJ** In 1989, Joanna were on the cusp of something bigger, their sound alive with the same electricity sparking through the North West of England. Yet in a world where gatekeepers decided who would rise and who would vanish, their debut never saw daylight. Now, ‘Hello Flower’ blooms at last — a time-capsule of youthful abandon, freed from the silence it was once consigned to, and finally able to be heard on its own terms. "This album is the missing key to unlocking the long-sought-after beginning of the Madchester scene and subsequent Britpop story. Through just eight tracks, an entire moment in history is bottled on the cusp of something unparalleled and massive, and there’s something transportative and frankly breathtaking about just how pivotal it really should have been.” - Far Out Magazine (Album of the Week) "Rough edged gems from a time capsule nobody even knew was buried.” - Live4ever "All the charm if early Happy Mondays and The Charlatans - the band working an indie-dance groove for all their worth." - The Crack "You sense that with the right A&R and producer Joanna could have blossomed into becoming a proper cult." - Classic Pop “Vibrates with impish energy that feels more like a curtain raiser on a career than a lone, definitive statement." - MOJO