Coming off of the success of their self-titled era, The Maine have returned with their “green era” at a time when interest in the band is at a fever pitch. The band sought out to create a full artistic statement of an album for their 10th studio album to date, and was written and recorded in the same sequencing as the final tracklisting found on Joy Next Door. “I suppose it’s only fitting that our tenth album has been one of the toughest to make to date,” lead vocalist John O’Callaghan says of Joy Next Door. “Most of the personal friction I’ve felt during the making of this record has derived from having to face my own struggle with feeling like I have everything I could have ever dreamed of, yet I can’t seem to allow myself to be fully present and appreciate the weight of a very fortunate life.” Some of the growing pains that both O’Callaghan and The Maine go through on this record bleed into the overall listening experience of Joy Next Door, but it’s an album that’s worthy of the legacy that the band has created for themselves.