Sick Joy's début EP, 2018's "Amateurs", announced them as something exciting, with some describing them as somewhere between The Pixies and Slipknot, and the band received huge support from Radio 1, Kerrang! Radio and Radio X. Live, meanwhile, their shows with the likes of Pixies, Pearl Jam, Dinosaur Pile-Up and Demob Happy fully demonstrated Sick Joy's infectious energy and power.

After their debut album "We're All Gonna F***ing Die" came out to great response from Kerrang among others, they returned with a sound darker, heavier and more venom than ever, Painkiller. Gaining "Track of the Week" on Dan P Carter's Radio 1 Show as well as support from Nels Hylton and Jack Saunders too.