Slow Joy is the solo project of Dallas-based Chicano artist Esteban Flores. They have shared the news of upcoming EP Mi Amigo Slow Joy to be released on June 7th, 2024 via Mick Music. The EP was produced by Mike Sapone (Oso Oso, The Front Bottoms, Grouplove) at New Jersey’s Barbershop Studios.

Along with the news, Slow Joy has released the “Pulling Teeth” single and music video. The song is the first from the forthcoming new EP, Slow Joy’s first new music of 2024.

Flores describes the “Pulling Teeth” as:

…basically an apology to my wife for me not being the easiest person to deal with all the time. It’s one of those songs where it’s like, ‘Please don’t give up on me; I know I’m taking a little bit.’

Mi Amigo Slow Joy is the second EP for Flores and follows 2023’s Wildflower EP. Flores first started releasing singles under the moniker Slow Joy in 2020 and by 2022 the project started to gain momentum.

Flores explains:

I only shared my music because I wanted people to hear it, not because I was trying to get a career. Lo and behold, the universe then let me have a career out of it.

Working on Wildflower had Flores dealing with his mother’s passing and “looking at external influences” that had impacted his life impacting his life, but when it came to creating Mi Amigo Slow Joy, he turned the “lens” on himself.

The EP’s visuals and title, Mi Amigo Slow Joy, are also meaningful to Flores, as they make sure his art reflects his Hispanic heritage and culture.

He adds:

Naming it ‘Mi Amigo Slow Joy’ is like, ‘Hey, this is rock music. It’s serious, and it’s important, and it’s me.’ And one thing that is me is being a Mexican-American person, and being proud of that culture, and showing it off.

Slow Joy Confirmed Tour Dates:
March 28 @ Vultures in Colorado Springs, CO
March 29 @ Black Buzzard in Denver, CO
March 30 @ Moxi Theater in Greeley, CO
April 6 @ Northwestern State University in Natchitoches, LA