MUBI FEST LIVE: CURRENT JOYS WITH DELROY EDWARDS
The Salt Shed | Indoors, 1357 N Elston Ave, 60642 Chicago Directions
Sat 11.07.2026 19:30
Since 2013 Current Joys output has been prolific. Within six months of beginning the project, Current Joys had already released its debut, Wild Heart; by 2018, the sixth Current Joys full length and visual album, A Different Age, was out. Each piece of Current Joys early discography is wholly built and envisioned by Rattigan, self recorded and quickly released, quivering with a lonely intensity. In his later works, Rattigans songwriting/recording approaches have continued to change and evolve. From Voyager with its bristling, sentimental rock n roll cacophony overlaid with a soundtrack orchestra to LOVE + POPs aggressive, deconstructed production, house music influence, and even a guest appearance from Lil Yachty. On his latest album, East My Love, Rattigan turns inward using country music and transcendental folk to quell his own personal struggles. All the while, Current Joys profile quickly and quietly ascended, selling out tour after tour at venues like LAs The Wiltern, Paris Trabendo and Sydneys The Factory, simultaneously amassing over a billion combined streams and a dedicated following. Current Joys is held together by the fervor of Rattigans creative process. He believes in the premonitory power of music, regardless of genre and he latches onto the song ideas that strike him in the moment, propelled by an abstract existentialism or burst of feeling more than anything else. WATCH GREAT CINEMA. MUBI FEST 2026 is here. Cinema and culture, curated. A world-wide celebration of cinema. Watch great cinema with us. Join discussions with leading cultural voices. Eat, drink and engage with good company. All with other film lovers, like you. A weekend of unrepeatable experiences. MUBI FEST CHICAGO BETTER TOGETHER: A series of cinematic pairings that reflect and refract one another, exploring relationships as a shifting bond shaped by loyalty, desire, intimacy and power. Each film might echo or complicate the other, but theyre always better together.
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Current JoysCurrent Joys is the enigmatic solo project of 25-year- old Henderson, Nevada born songwriter Nicholas Rattigan. In addition to his minimal two-piece band with Jacob Rubeck, Surf Curse, Rattigan has been releasing a prolific catalog of heart-wrenching no wave ballads via Bandcamp under a handful of names (including the Nicholas Project and Tele/visions), eventually choosing Current Joys as the permanent moniker, based on a song by folk-artist liam the younger of the same name.