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The Joy Formidable is an alternative rock artist from North Wales, United Kingdom formed in 2007. 27 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.
Alternative Rock · North Wales, United Kingdom · Best alternative rock albums
A Balloon Called Moaning
EP · 2008
Into the Blue
Single · 2021
Chimes
Single · 2021
The Joy Formidable (Audiotree Live)
EP · 2020
A Balloon Called Moaning (10th Anniversary Edition)
EP · 2019
While the Flies (acoustic)
Single · 2019
Whirring (acoustic)
Single · 2019
Dance of the Lotus
Single · 2018
The Wrong Side
Single · 2018
The Better Me
Single · 2018
The Last Thing on My Mind
Single · 2016
Liana
Single · 2016
The Last Thing on My Mind (Radio Edit)
Single · 2016
Sleep Is Day
EP · 2016
Silent Treatment EP
EP · 2013
This Ladder Is Ours
Single · 2012
The Big More
EP · 2011
A Heavy Abacus
Single · 2011
Austere
Single · 2011
Whirring
Single · 2011
Roarities
EP · 2011
I Don't Want To See You Like This EP
EP · 2010
I Don't Want To See You Like This (Deluxe Single)
EP · 2010
The Joy Formidable is a Welsh alternative rock band, formed in 2007 in North Wales and currently located in London, England. The band consists of Ritzy Bryan (lead vocals, guitar), Rhydian Dafydd (bass, backing vocals), and Matt Thomas (drums, percussion). Childhood friends Ritzy Bryan and bassist Rhydian Dafydd originally played together as part of Manchester band Tricky Nixon, which later reformed into Sidecar Kisses. After Sidecar Kisses split up in 2007 they regrouped, returning to their Welsh home town of Mold, and formed The Joy Formidable with Justin Stahley on drums. For six months, the pair wrote together, experimenting with different sonic approaches. As the sessions began yielding signature tunes like "Austere" and "Cradle" — tracks that combined the duo's interest in thick, textured noises with clear, shimmering pop hooks — took form. "We'd always been into writing strong melodies", Bryan stated. "The sparks really flew when we started messing with things that were choral and symphonic, mixed with what both of us had already enjoyed separately: dirty, loud, rhythmic guitars and thick bass-lines". The Joy Formidable released "Austere" as a single in July 2008, followed b…
