Video: The Joy Formidable - The Big Roar album announcement

The Joy Formidable-' The Big Roar' Review ' Whirring' ( non album version ) By The Joy Formidable. The Joy Formidable have garnered a fearsome reputation as being one the UK’s most thrilling bands on the live circuit with the trio of Ritzy Bryan, Rhyddian Daffyd and Matt Thomas almost transforming themselves into a collective force of nature when on stage.  I’ve seen them a number of times at various stages of their career and [...]

I first wrote about The Joy Formidable back in February '08 . Gosh, doesn't that seem like a long time ago? Now, with the release date of the Welsh trio's debut album The Big Roar confirmed, and widespread critical acclaim from taste-makers at The Guardian , Pitchfork , and NME , I feel my early support of the band was well justified. Following the U.S. release of E.P. A Balloon Called [...]

• The Joy Formidable - Whirring

If I was a teenage girl, the below news would reduce me to OMG!!! As I'm not, it's fucking brilliant news, and one day I am extremely excited for... Head over to http://joyformidable.warnerart ists.com/store.htm and you can pre-order the debut full length by The Joy Formidable. Not content with a standard 12 track CD, you can also order a rather wonderful box-set containing a bonus CD, two DVD's, a signed certificate, a badge and as a bonus for the first 300 orders, a piece of Ritzy's guitar broken at Reading / Leeds festival [...]