Name: Simon Joyner
Start: 2025-12-12T19:30:00.000Z
Location: The Hug and Pint

<p>Coyote Butterflyis the first album of new songs in two years from singer-songwriter, Simon Joyner, following theoverdose death of his son, Owen, in August of 2022. Drawing on the kaleidoscopic nature of grief, Joyner exploreshis loss through a series of imagined dialogues and raw confessions. The album is a tribute to Owen, but what Joynergenerously delivers is an intimate glimpse at his attempt to comprehend the incomprehensible.The album is bookended by field recordings overlaid with minimalist guitar laments. Thefirst, a spring thrum ofsparrows and red-winged blackbirds, functions as an invitation to the elegies which follow, while the last, the late-August drone of cicadas returns us to a life of sweat on the skin, sirens in the distance, and the things we cannotchange but must somehow accept. In between these instrumentals, Joyner grapples with regret and fear, shame andlove. From the opening song, “I’m Taking You With Me” to the gut-wrenching remorse of “My Lament,” Joyner laysbare the struggles of those left in the wake of personal devastation. On the title track, we hear Joyner perform anelemental incantation, a heartbroken ode infused with forgiveness. The final song of the album, “There Will be aTime,” is a meditation on a future where such suffering,both personal and universal, might be softened byunderstanding.</p>

Simon Joyner

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