New York band Joudy releases the next single from their upcoming album, “Three Dollar Bill.” With distorted drop-tuned guitars, a heavy-handed bassline, powerful drums, and a clean yet raspy vocal delivery, the new offering is a blistering cycle of contradictions. “Three Dollar Bill” is raw, riff-driven alt-rock charged with aggressive energy that hits heavy from the jump.

The band shared, “‘3 Dollar Bill’ is an explosive, chant-ready anthem that balances abrasion with melody while digging into the uneasy cycle of wanting what will ultimately undo you. ‘We are in perfect danger’ and ‘you could never leave, I would never stay’ lock into a spiraling exchange that feels both confrontational and resigned, capturing the push-pull of connection at its most volatile and inevitable phase, framing a connection that survives only through imbalance and contradiction.”

The new single arrives alongside an official video directed by Santiago Franco. Shot live at Medusa Bar in Brooklyn, NY, “Three Dollar Bill” is a surreal karaoke-comedy fever dream. It sets the dial somewhere between public access TV, late-night hallucinations, and a dive bar singalong. The karaoke lyrics stay on screen, turning the viewer into a participant as the night unfolds.

Joudy’s new album Permanent Maintenance will be released on July 24 via Trash Casual.A hot-blooded, love-torn record created to get something off their chests, the band is making some of the heaviest music of its career. Taking their album title from a mechanic shop of the same name, there is a throughline of machine-made elements across the record. Frontman Diego Ramirez recognized he had existed in survival mode for so long, this album was the first time he stopped to process. Mirrored by a political climate that banks on our constant burnout, Permanent Maintenance is a record of personal stories that reach across an entire society — Pre-save.

Joudy is a trio of Venezuelan emigres originally formed in San Cristobal in the mid-2010s. Fleeing the country due to the intense political climate, they spent time in South America before finding a new home in New York City. Never did the band think they would find themselves once again occupying the same city as Nicolás Maduro.

Photo Courtesy: Gabriel Duque