Hailing from North Wales, The Joy Formidable now reside in London and have been gaining quite a buzz lately, with The Guardian citing them as "one to watch" and NME describing their music as "Epic, melodic, hand-shandy pop from a band who understand the true joys of life."
The band’s second single, "Cradle," will be released next month in the UK, while an 8 track mini album, A Balloon Called Moaning, is slated to be released in Japan shortly as well. Pre-order here from Pure Groove. It is limited to 500 special edition copies with a screen-printed cover.
Tracklist: 01 The Greatest Light Is The Greatest Shade 02 Cradle 03 Austere 04 While The flies 05 Whirring 06 9669 07 The Last Drop 08 Ostrich
I love this song, but check out the original demo if you can find it- less production, more raw and driven. Austere is also great if for nothing more than the way the chorus thumps into the song like a 10-tonne slab of awesome.
Saw them live at Latitude this year and really enjoyed their set- while they lose a fair amount of depth in the (there were only 3 of them), they gain in energy and musicianship.
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Cradle
Happy to see an album released.
I love this song, but check out the original demo if you can find it- less production, more raw and driven. Austere is also great if for nothing more than the way the chorus thumps into the song like a 10-tonne slab of awesome.
Saw them live at Latitude this year and really enjoyed their set- while they lose a fair amount of depth in the (there were only 3 of them), they gain in energy and musicianship.
I'll definitely be "following with interest"
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