Album Review:The Joy Formidable - The Big Roar

On The Joy Formidable's newest album The Big Roar, we find the North Wales band perfecting the swirling guitar sounds of Curve, Failure, and Catherine Wheel from 20 years earlier.    The album's title is appropriate, as the tracks burst from what sounds like a compromised cage on the opening The Everchanging Spectrum of a Lie.    The mix is piled high with multiple layers of guitar, vocals and copious effects to keep The Big Roar interesting, pausing only briefly later in the album on Maruyama and Llaw = Wall before sinking its claws deeper into you on the departing songs Chapter 2 and The Greatest Light is the Greatest Shade.    All in all, a pleasant surprise that this formula is still fizzy after all these years.

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The Joy Formidable - Whirring


The Joy Formidable - The Everchanging Spectrum of a Lie


The Joy Formidable - Heavy Abacus





The Joy Formidable - The Big Roar Tracklist

01. The Everchanging Spectrum Of A Lie - The Joy Formidable - (Album: The Big Roar)
02. The Magnifying Glass - The Joy Formidable - (Album: The Big Roar)
03. I Don’t Want To See You Like This - The Joy Formidable - (Album: The Big Roar)
04. Austere - The Joy Formidable - (Album: The Big Roar)
05. A Heavy Abacus - The Joy Formidable - (Album: The Big Roar)
06. Whirring - The Joy Formidable - (Album: The Big Roar)
07. Buoy - The Joy Formidable - (Album: The Big Roar)
08. Maruyama - The Joy Formidable - (Album: The Big Roar)
09. Cradle - The Joy Formidable - (Album: The Big Roar)
10. Llaw = Wall - The Joy Formidable - (Album: The Big Roar)
11. Chapter 2 - The Joy Formidable - (Album: The Big Roar)
12. The Greatest Light Is The Greatest Shade - The Joy Formidable - (Album: The Big Roar)

Album Review:Wye Oak - Civilian

This boy-girl duo Wye Oak aligns the musical spirits of Sonic Youth, Curve, Medicine, and Unrest for a centerpiece of production and pop mastery for their newest album Civilian.    Throughout the LP, the songs often begin with a simple structure that regularly reveal fresh elements that pleasantly surprise you and then disappear moments later.    Great music for baking cinnamon buns or even playing Scrabble or possibly even celebrating an evolution.

Wye Oak - Alter


Wye Oak - Plains


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Wye Oak - Civilian tracklist

01 “Two Small Deaths”
02 “The Alter”
03 “Holy Holy”
04 “Dogs Eyes”
05 “Civilian”
06 “Fish”
07 “Plains”
08 “Hot as Day”
09 “We Were Wealth”
10 “Doubt”