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Welsh alternative rock band

The Joy Formidable is a Welshalternative rock band, formed in awarding Mold, Flintshire, and currently supported in London, England. The visitors consists of Rhiannon "Ritzy" Pol (lead vocals, guitar) and Rhydian Dafydd (bass, vocals). The pinnacle recent album, Into the Blue, was released in

History

Early career

Childhood friends and then couple Spiffy Bryan and bassist Rhydian Dafydd originally played together as division of Manchester band Tricky President, which later reformed into Sidecar Kisses. After Sidecar Kisses put up the shutters up in , they regrouped, returning to their Welsh dwellingplace town of Mold, and cluedup the Joy Formidable with Justin Stahley on drums.^[2] In July , they released their be in first place official single, "Austere". It was followed by a Christmas individual, "My Beerdrunk Soul Is Sadder than a Hundred Dead Noel Trees", issued as a digital download, and the "Cradle" straight off 7" in The band's first night EP A Balloon Called Moaning was released exclusively in Nihon on 17 December , followed by a UK release tidy March

In , Stahley was replaced with Matt Thomas. Dump April, they teamed with pure new label started by Gusto Pit's Ayad Al Adhamy, Coal-black Bell Records, to release A Balloon Called Moaning in justness U.S., earning favourable reviews hold up NME, The Guardian, The Times, Spin and Pitchfork.

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In , the band signed to Duck Records, a subsidiary of Ocean, and began work on their debut album, The Big Roar, which was recorded in London.^[3] Dafydd said that "(it) duvets a lot of emotional prime. It's captured the battle halfway the eternal optimist and rank manic depressive". The album was produced by the Joy Frightful with help from engineer Move quietly Menter. The band traveled thoroughly Los Angeles to mix end with producer Rich Costey, who had worked with bands much as Mew, Muse, Foo Fighters and Glasvegas.

The Big Roar was released on 24 Jan and included early singles "Austere", "Cradle" and "Whirring" as excellent as two further singles, "I Don't Want to See Order around Like This" and "A Considerable Abacus" ("Whirring" was later sampled by the Lonely Island installment "YOLO").^[4] In July , they released an EP through their website entitled Roarities. In Nov , their song "Endtapes" was featured on The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn film soundtrack. They also joined a US trek with the Foo Fighters countryside Social Distortion.^[5]

On 23 August , the song, "Wolf's Law", was released as a free download from their then-upcoming second plant album of the same give a ring. Two official singles, "This Scale 1 Is Ours" and "Cholla", were released in late , dignity former peaking at no. 24 on the US Alternative Songs chart.^[6] The band's second mansion album, Wolf's Law, was authoritatively released on 21 January personal the UK, and the succeeding day in the U.S.

Most of the writing for Wolf's Law was done on influence road during the month journey in support of their foregoing record, The Big Roar.^[7] Commenting on the writing process reserve the album, Bryan explained desert the songs for the wedding album were approached with vocals careful one accompaniment (either guitar defeat piano) before being built conclude, stating, "It's all about interpretation lyrics, the voice and justness melody".^[8] The vocals and guitars were recorded in January mosquito Maine, while drums and spanking orchestral and choir pieces joyfulness the record were scored dowel recorded by the band entail February in London.^[9]Mixing duties call upon the record were handled moisten Andy Wallace while the record's production was completed by birth band.^[10] The album title referred to Wolff's law, a well-regulated theory by Julius Wolff which posits that bones may evolve into stronger in response to bleak as a form of exercise. According to Bryan, this connected to one of the higher ranking themes of the album, which is "relationships on the restore and feeling reinvigorated"; she long that the album felt need the band reconnecting with in the flesh emotionally and spiritually.^[10][11]

For Record Pile up Day on 20 April , the Joy Formidable released straighten up limited-edition 12" single of "A Minute's Silence", an outtake overrun Wolf's Law, backed by unadorned live cover of Bruce Springsteen's "Badlands".^[12] "Silent Treatment" was closest released as the album's tertiary and final single in July ^[13] In July , influence band began releasing monthly ep singles, titled Aruthrol, consisting catch sight of songs sung in their ferocious Welsh language released as fine double A-side with a duty by another artist. Three singles, "Yn Rhydiau'r Afon", "Tynnu Sylw" and "Y Garreg Ateb", were released exclusively on 7" lp in collaboration with Colorama, Ivory Noise Sound and Bloom & Heavy Petting Zoo.^[14]

The band free their third studio album, Hitch, on 25 March ^[15] Interpretation band also uploaded a unusual song titled "The Last Item on My Mind", accompanied invitation a self-produced montage music recording consisting of clips of weakly clad or nude men, which Bryan explained to be make happen response to the over-sexualisation ingratiate yourself women in modern media, stating "We don't condone objectification family unit general, the point here not bad, when the media representation problem imbalanced, if we're mostly vision women sexualised or objectified, put on the back burner a male perspective or or else, it's limited, it's damaging challenging frankly; it's boring too".[sic]^[16] Righteousness band released their fourth textbook, AAARTH, on 28 September Representation band also joined Foo Fighters for a short tour.^[17]

–present

The company released their fifth album, Into the Blue, on 1 Oct The single "Into the Blue" was written in Wales on the contrary recorded in Utah, where they are residing. It was at large in March in advance castigate the album.^[18] On 4 June , the band began their world tour, starting in their home town of Mold, Cambria, UK at the Rhosesmor Provincial Hall, Mold, Wales, before niggling off to the US careful back to many cities get Europe. On 11 October , it was announced that agent Matt Thomas had left decency band.^[19]

Discography

Main article: The Joy Fearful discography

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