Djo - Twenty Twenty

One of the most quietly remarkable debut albums of recent years. In 2019, Joe Keery, known to millions as Steve Harrington on Stranger Things and already a veteran of Chicago heavy psych outfit Post Animal, released his solo debut with no announcement, no label, no fanfare, and no singles campaign. Just a lush, layered, self-reflective 12-track album dropped into the world under the name Djo and left to find its own audience.

Find its audience it did. More than 200 million streams later, Twenty Twenty stands as one of the most compelling stealth successes in recent indie music history, a record that spread entirely through word of mouth and the genuine enthusiasm of listeners who felt like they had discovered something personal and real. As Rodeo Magazine put it, "Joe Keery built a carnival. The resonance of each riff or beat is not new, but redesigned and reshaped into the beauty it is today. The face of psych or alternative mirrored through his own design, and it reveals a person who shouldn't be underestimated."

Drawing on the psych rock foundations he developed with Post Animal, Keery crafts something more intimate and kaleidoscopic on Twenty Twenty, a record that filters classic influences through a distinctly personal lens. Layered guitars, dreamy textures, and a loose, exploratory energy run through every track, the work of a musician who had something genuine to say and said it entirely on his own terms.

A cult classic in the truest sense, now available on vinyl for the first time.