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The Joy Formidable | Format: Audio CD
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BIOGRAPHY JUNE 2010
Some things are just meant to be. Thus it was that Ritzy Bryan and Rhydian Dafydd met at school and discovered their shared love of music. The pair, opinionated and deeply in love with the whole idea of being in a band, started to spend time at North Walian music mecca The Buckley Tivoli, gaining inspiration and experience from the procession of touring and local bands that… Read more in Amazon's The Joy Formidable Store

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  • Audio CD (24 Jan 2011)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Format: CD
  • Label: Atlantic
  • ASIN: B004DKLVLA
  • Other Editions: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 5,457 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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Song Title Time Price
Listen  1. The Everchanging Spectrum Of A Lie 7:44£0.89
Listen  2. The Magnifying Glass 2:19£0.89
Listen  3. I Don't Want To See You Like This 4:18£0.89
Listen  4. Austere 3:30£0.89
Listen  5. A Heavy Abacus 3:40£0.59
Listen  6. Whirring 6:47£0.89
Listen  7. Buoy 4:51£0.89
Listen  8. Maruyama 1:46£0.89
Listen  9. Cradle 2:46£0.89
Listen10. Llaw = Wall 3:44£0.89
Listen11. Chapter 2 3:08£0.89
Listen12. The Greatest Light Is The Greatest Shade 5:20£0.89

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BBC Review

Welsh trio The Joy Formidable have been shaping this debut album for years. Current single Austere came out in its original form way back in 2008, and three other songs on The Big Roar have been released in the intervening years. If you want a model for careful, gradual career building, look no further than this lot.

While long-standing fans must be weary from all that waiting, it has proved a wise move for the band, enabling them to tour around the world – using their own funds – and gracefully step up from support slots to headline act. The live show was honed; new songs were written; old songs were perfected. And now the debut album is ready to send them stellar.

The Big Roar is huge: a roller-coaster of an album driven on by urgent, accelerating grunge riffs and punchy pop melodies. The Joy Formidable’s template is simple. They create a basic melody that Ritzy Bryan sings with ethereal majesty, and build it upwards into an irresistible, molten-lava crescendo. As with Muse, it’s almost unthinkable that this band only has three members.

Well aware of their limitations as individuals, they work hard on this debut album to expand upon them, making the sum greater than the parts. Older songs are subtly remixed and extended – Whirring now has an almighty, hair-raising coda; Cradle has a rich new sheen – and the fresh songs bring changes in attitude and tone. On Llaw = Wall, Ritzy steps aside from the microphone so her bandmate Rhydian Dafydd can have a turn; Buoy starts like an eerie xx track and doesn’t get much friendlier as it mushrooms upwards and outwards. Indeed, the second half of The Big Roar is, at times, a chilly, disconcerting listen.

This album’s long gestation period brings some flabbiness too as The Joy Formidable try to add depth: the man’s screams during the intro; the ‘roar’ at the end of Austere; the overlong opening track; the Maruyama interlude. Some pruning could have tightened all this up, especially as the band’s songs speak volumes for themselves. Nevertheless, The Big Roar is a powerful signal of intent and a fantastic debut.

--Mike Haydock

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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
A 'Big Roar' indeed 24 Jan 2011
By Huw
Format:Audio CD
Managed to get my hands on a copy today. Fantastic debut from the Welsh trio. Crashing drums from Matt, pounding bass from Rhydian, and buzzing guitars from Ritzy, as well as the great vocal delivery from the latter two, make one brilliant album. Personal favourites Buoy, The Magnifying Glass and the single I Don't Want To See You Like This are all magnificent both musically and lyrically and fit perfectly with old favourites like Cradle, Whirring and The Greatest Light is the Greatest Shade that have been newly mixed and adapted with some new arrangements. Just as striking as they were on first listen. Its not pure perfection but its very close. 9/10 from me but I'll round that up to 5 stars. In short, all you could want from a debut album. Going to see them next week. I wish them success.
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The Dog's Whiskers 25 Jan 2011
Format:Audio CD
What a relief! Too often apparently talented new bands appear on the horizon then fail to deliver. TJF deliver on this full-length debut. My fear that The Big Roar would simply be an extended version of A Balloon Called Moaning (magnificent though it was) proved unfounded. A glut of new songs and a reworking of the old make this as fresh as you could hope for.
Shades of My Bloody Valentine, Pixies, Throwing Muses but certainly not looking backwards, TJF have a great future ahead if Ritzy & Rhydian maintain this level of creativity.
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By andyp
Format:Audio CD
Cannot stop playing this album, solid listen and no bad tracks on it. A certainty when it comes to the lists for rock albums of the year 2011. Any one who likes Subways, Muse, Biffy Clyro, Manic Street Preachers, Foo Fighters will find something here for them.

And best of all go some them live you will not be disappointed if you like the album.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
Good but a little confused first offering.
As a long time listener to the band, and someone who has seen them live, the album does not live up to expectations. Read more
Published 5 months ago by J. Vidler
My New Favourite Album!
I must admit that I hadn't heard of The The Joy Formidable but I've got a ticket to this years Glastonbury and I was checking out some of the bands to decide who to go to see. Read more
Published 11 months ago by Dave
A JOY TO LISTEN TO
What's not to like,really impressive. The instruments are really well played with a passion that music needs,and the vocals are spot on. Read more
Published 12 months ago by BAZ316
what a find
Bimbling around the music section of Amazon, I came across this album, and what a find. I really like the sound and presentation. A very listenable collection of unique music.
Published 14 months ago by Mr. Michael A. Green
loveless boy joy
Thanks to Mr Radcliffe and Mr Maconie I bought the Balloon...ep. All the comparisons are right (first album U2 and My Bloody Valentine mostly to my aging ears) but this is... Read more
Published 15 months ago by Faustino Beardsley
Not leaving my iPod any time soon
Reminiscent of so many indie rock greats before; Curve, Lush, Smashing Pumpkins, My Vitriol, Ride and of course Mansun who they've collaborated with live. Beautiful.
Published 15 months ago by Tim Dean
this dream is in a telescope now
Consisting of Matt (drums), Rhydian (bass & backing vocals), Ritzy (lead/rhythm guitar & lead vocals) are another fine new alternative rock trio. Read more
Published 15 months ago by R. Cooper
Joy Formidable - Welsh wonders produce a thunderous debut
While some of these songs have been doing the rounds for a number of years its is a Joy at last to have them all encased on this debut album from our friends in the North (Wales in... Read more
Published 16 months ago by Red on Black
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