Joywave, which plays Jannus Live in St. Petersburg, Florida on May 15, 2025. Credit: Photo via joywave/Facebook

Tampa fans still can’t thank Joywave enough for playing two gigs in Ybor City back in 2022: One at the since-relocated Orpheum to fulfill its long-postponed March 2020 stop (which was supposed to kick off a brief run of Florida-exclusive shows that month), and then again at The Ritz to make up for lost time.

Three years down the line, the New York alt-indie outfit is taking to larger spaces to push its latest album Permanent Pleasure, where there’s a rollercoaster of styles and emotions in play, but also a line that sums up the introvert experience better than anything else we’ve heard: “I hate to be a bother, but could you leave me the fuck alone?”

Tickets to see Joywave play Jannus Live in St. Petersburg on Thursday, May 15 are still available for $32.