never mind, i just found out and bought it.
― the Sandalled Vandal (dog latin), Monday, 27 June 2011 14:21 (twelve years ago) link
album : the big roar.no access to red button on normal freeview.never realised how diff freeview is for sat/cable viewers then this weekend.normal freeview had nothing on the red button really.booo.
xpost. ha.
― mark e, Monday, 27 June 2011 14:23 (twelve years ago) link
I've received The Big Roar in the mail (lovely artwork let down by standard plastic case - should've been a digi-pak). Will be putting my ear quite close to it at lunch and report back.
― can't be gloomy with halloumi (dog latin), Thursday, 30 June 2011 11:32 (twelve years ago) link
I like them a lot but I wish the songwriting was as good as their overall sound.
― Matt DC, Thursday, 30 June 2011 14:02 (twelve years ago) link
not got this yet. too busy buying/absorbing the hold steady back cat. this week.on my list though.
― mark e, Thursday, 30 June 2011 14:04 (twelve years ago) link
(lovely artwork let down by standard plastic case - should've been a digi-pak)
Yes! At the risk of stirring up yet another debate about the relative merits of each, I'm always a little disappointed when an album comes in a standard jewel case - they should all be digi-paks now.
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Thursday, 30 June 2011 14:15 (twelve years ago) link
My husband likes this band and I was never really inspired to care much until today -- watched a live performance of Whirring and there is something so pleasantly late 80s/early 90s about them. I love her!
― Fa la la (La Lechera), Thursday, 30 June 2011 14:29 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZvYDpmnwMno
I will admit that I was also put off by their name.
― Fa la la (La Lechera), Thursday, 30 June 2011 14:30 (twelve years ago) link
^^^^ otm
on both counts!
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Thursday, 30 June 2011 14:30 (twelve years ago) link
I mean, if I was still in high school I would totally have pictures of Ritzy all over my locker and be in a constant state of massive crush.
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Thursday, 30 June 2011 14:37 (twelve years ago) link
^^this
I know it's kind of crude, but I'm a sucker for a band with a cuet singer. And the early-'90s alterna-rock thing only emphasises that. Could see them being included on one of the old Volume compilations.
― can't be gloomy with halloumi (dog latin), Thursday, 30 June 2011 14:40 (twelve years ago) link
She's cute, but she also has guts and seems somewhat mature -- she's not cartoonishly cutesy or twee/winky. that's why i like her.
― Fa la la (La Lechera), Thursday, 30 June 2011 15:11 (twelve years ago) link
Exactly, plus she plays a mean guitar.
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Thursday, 30 June 2011 15:14 (twelve years ago) link
I saw them play live a couple of months ago in Cleveland and just stood near the stage and marveled and her and the bass player's pedal rigs. Some of them are labeled for specific songs, some have an effect feeding into another of the same effect with different settings, it's crazy. They're coming back here for a free show at the Rock and LOL Hall of Fame in August, I'll definitely see them again.
― Michael Bay, CEO of Transformers (Phil D.), Thursday, 30 June 2011 15:18 (twelve years ago) link
Definitely a PJ Harvey/Kristin Hersh thing about her.
― can't be gloomy with halloumi (dog latin), Thursday, 30 June 2011 15:19 (twelve years ago) link
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5256/5561101431_3ef0d170a2.jpg
― Michael Bay, CEO of Transformers (Phil D.), Thursday, 30 June 2011 15:20 (twelve years ago) link
That's what I mean -- she is skilled! And adorable! I think the super noisy intro/outro are what sold me, tbh.
― Fa la la (La Lechera), Thursday, 30 June 2011 15:27 (twelve years ago) link
*sticks up poster in work locker*
― can't be gloomy with halloumi (dog latin), Thursday, 30 June 2011 15:32 (twelve years ago) link
Whoa. Two Line 6 loopers?
― righteousmaelstrom, Thursday, 30 June 2011 16:11 (twelve years ago) link
Not loopers - the gold box is the distortion modeler, the purple box is the filter (modulation) modeler.
― Brooker T Buckingham, Thursday, 30 June 2011 16:24 (twelve years ago) link
I do not know what these things are, but I want them!
― can't be gloomy with halloumi (dog latin), Thursday, 30 June 2011 16:25 (twelve years ago) link
Think the two green pedals in the foreground are a Tubescreamer and a Bad Monkey (excellent cheap Tubescreamer clone)
― B-Boy Bualadh Bos (ecuador_with_a_c), Thursday, 30 June 2011 16:30 (twelve years ago) link
Ah, thx. They kind of looked like old loopers but I wasn't totally sure.
― righteousmaelstrom, Thursday, 30 June 2011 16:31 (twelve years ago) link
A graphic eq and a tuner pedal there too. Top tip: if you don't like your distortion, try putting an eq before it, can totally change its character.
― B-Boy Bualadh Bos (ecuador_with_a_c), Thursday, 30 June 2011 16:45 (twelve years ago) link
It's been quite while since I heard such a great full-on, blasting, melodic rock record.
― Asamoah Nyan (Le Bateau Ivre), Sunday, 17 July 2011 16:45 (twelve years ago) link
Very good album, this. Interviewing Ritzy tomorrow if anyone has a burning question or two...
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 1 September 2011 16:20 (twelve years ago) link
Since buying this, I've had it on my ipod but other than Abacus I couldn't tell you anything about it. Every track is kind of startling but then just wooshes over me. A shame - I like the idea of this band.
― It was a Thursday night. I was working late... (dog latin), Thursday, 1 September 2011 16:22 (twelve years ago) link
I like "Whirring" a whole bunch.
― a 'catch-all', almost humorous, 'Jeez' quality (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 1 September 2011 16:26 (twelve years ago) link
oh yeah, Whirring is the other one. The others are kind of cool, but not memorable.
― It was a Thursday night. I was working late... (dog latin), Thursday, 1 September 2011 16:29 (twelve years ago) link
― Asamoah Nyan (Le Bateau Ivre), Sunday, July 17, 2011 12:45 PM (1 month ago) Bookmark
― some dude, Friday, 2 September 2011 03:22 (twelve years ago) link
cradle remains one of my favorite songs of the past couple of years
― kaygee, Friday, 2 September 2011 05:17 (twelve years ago) link
the opening track of this album (everchanging spectrum of a lie) is one of the best opening tracks of any albums in several years. it kind of overshadows the entire album by being so great though. I was on the fence about this band for a long time even after hearing the album a ton, it seemed too derivative and her vocals too siouxsie, but it eventually won me over.
― akm, Friday, 2 September 2011 07:44 (twelve years ago) link
Hmm I've avoided them because of the band name but y'all are making them sound cool.
Seriously, the joy formidable is so bad, like a jam band from a small expensive private school in a small town in the midwest
― velvet underground - reloaded (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 2 September 2011 13:24 (twelve years ago) link
The terrific fanvid for Austere is, sadly, no longer featured on their website.
― der dukatenscheisser (Sanpaku), Friday, 2 September 2011 15:36 (twelve years ago) link
This is still such a great album.
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Friday, 2 September 2011 15:53 (twelve years ago) link
Seeing these guys tonight. So psyched!
― righteousmaelstrom, Thursday, 8 September 2011 17:23 (twelve years ago) link
― kaygee, Friday, September 2, 2011 1:17 AM (6 days ago) Bookmark
― witchho (zachlyon), Thursday, 8 September 2011 17:34 (twelve years ago) link
― velvet underground - reloaded (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, September 2, 2011 9:24 AM (6 days ago) Bookmark
yeah the name is beyond embarrassing but imo you would probable dig it
the other night Conan reran the episode they were on, that performance was basically the thing that made me go "holy shit, i need to hear this album"
― some dude, Thursday, 8 September 2011 23:55 (twelve years ago) link
the band name is terrible and the album name is even worsestill, the music is great
they're like the ugli fruit of bandshttp://www.fruitipedia.com/Fruit%20NGTP.jpg
― i drive a wood paneled station dragon (La Lechera), Friday, 9 September 2011 01:12 (twelve years ago) link
im prolly repeating myself from rolling indie but Ostrich is still my favorite, such a raw beast (exactly why it wasn't one of the holdovers from the EP). Austere and Greatest Light still get me going but Whirring is totally lost on me. They're friendly too and I really wanna see them make good.
― Cosmo Vitelli, Friday, 9 September 2011 01:29 (twelve years ago) link
And my interview's up:
http://www.ocweekly.com/2011-09-08/music/the-joy-formindable-ritzy-bryan/
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 9 September 2011 02:41 (twelve years ago) link
formindable!
― some dude, Friday, 9 September 2011 02:54 (twelve years ago) link
Thankfully the actual headline's correct.
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 9 September 2011 02:59 (twelve years ago) link
Great show last night. The band is totally tight. A lot of the songs have been lengthened out for noisy/neo-shoegazey parts. They played 'Ostrich' which I thought they wouldn't. And I never really warmed up to Cradle as many have around here but the version I heard last night was massive.
― righteousmaelstrom, Friday, 9 September 2011 15:11 (twelve years ago) link
A lot of the songs have been lengthened out for noisy/neo-shoegazey parts.
OH DARN.
Meantime, a very...random story:
http://www.business2community.com/social-media/what-small-business-can-learn-from-the-joy-formidable-about-social-media-marketing-056217
(The impact seems to be 'hey let me tell you about this stuff everyone already knows about!')
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 9 September 2011 20:17 (twelve years ago) link
that link has a youtube embed of the awesome Conan performance i was talking up thread, though!
― some dude, Friday, 9 September 2011 20:20 (twelve years ago) link
There is that!
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 9 September 2011 20:42 (twelve years ago) link
So you haven't seen them, Ned?
― righteousmaelstrom, Friday, 9 September 2011 22:25 (twelve years ago) link
Not yet. That will be corrected in two days.
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 9 September 2011 22:30 (twelve years ago) link
i don't like the album quite as much as the ep, but like some others here i'm a sucker for that sound.
(lol this is like the only thread i've ever started on ilm that gets revived. thanks to maura for championing them!)
― mookieproof, Friday, 9 September 2011 23:04 (twelve years ago) link
in a perfect world it would be twice as long and not acoustic
― Roberto Spiralli, Wednesday, 5 June 2013 22:15 (ten years ago) link
New song, new album soon!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TpWUIRGZwvE
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 26 January 2016 19:54 (eight years ago) link
Great video!
― pitchforkian at best (cryptosicko), Tuesday, 26 January 2016 23:05 (eight years ago) link
I haven't heard Wolf's Law since 2013. Should revisit.
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 26 January 2016 23:21 (eight years ago) link
wowzers.
― how's life, Tuesday, 26 January 2016 23:22 (eight years ago) link
I don't like this very much, but maybe there'll be better songs on the record.
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Wednesday, 27 January 2016 01:46 (eight years ago) link
Its been diminishing returns since the first two singles, for me. A Balloon Called Moaning is my most played guitar rock album in a decade, but all the "ambitious" production of the later albums just distracts.
― astrophagy might not be immediately obvious (Sanpaku), Wednesday, 27 January 2016 04:27 (eight years ago) link
^ yes, this.
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Wednesday, 27 January 2016 04:29 (eight years ago) link
Ie, they were a lot more fun when they were into punky power-trio dustups than pretending to be Heart.
― astrophagy might not be immediately obvious (Sanpaku), Wednesday, 27 January 2016 04:31 (eight years ago) link
Here, the only remotely interesting sound (to me) is the descending guitar line on the bridges. On the first album, that would have been allowed to carry the song.
― astrophagy might not be immediately obvious (Sanpaku), Wednesday, 27 January 2016 04:37 (eight years ago) link
So, what I'm trying to say, is here's Steve Albini's number. He's really not the asshole you may think, and his studio has the BEST coffee.
― astrophagy might not be immediately obvious (Sanpaku), Wednesday, 27 January 2016 04:38 (eight years ago) link
this album killed any interest left in them eh
― boxedjoy, Friday, 4 November 2016 18:46 (seven years ago) link
Me too, they jettisoned everything interesting.
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Friday, 4 November 2016 21:56 (seven years ago) link
yup same here
― Evan R, Friday, 4 November 2016 23:13 (seven years ago) link
This band seems determined to turn into Linkin Park or some shit.
― Johnny Fever, Sunday, 27 May 2018 14:40 (five years ago) link
Did they release something new and uninteresting?
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Sunday, 27 May 2018 16:06 (five years ago) link
Any any band needed to strip back to its roots and visit Steve Albini's studio...
― Microtransgressions as a Business Model (Sanpaku), Sunday, 27 May 2018 16:39 (five years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=haktGTrtdx0
Mike Shinoda could "rap" all over this.
― Johnny Fever, Sunday, 27 May 2018 18:56 (five years ago) link
last two albums lost me but it's return to form time baby!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3fRYvc6jZy0
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Wednesday, 12 May 2021 16:41 (two years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cAR3Wdu9rZo
first single is also excellent
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Wednesday, 12 May 2021 16:43 (two years ago) link
Ooh, digging this!
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 12 May 2021 16:45 (two years ago) link
Yeah already got this on preorder. In retrospect I should have gone to see them in late December 2019 but you can't have it all.
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 12 May 2021 17:08 (two years ago) link
glad to see they're still going, I have a couple albums to catch up on
― intern at pepe le pew research (Simon H.), Wednesday, 12 May 2021 17:37 (two years ago) link
nice. would love another album as succinct as Balloon Called Moaning.
― swing out sister: live in new donk city (geoffreyess), Friday, 14 May 2021 04:32 (two years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wHs7Y2bhJbM
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Friday, 11 June 2021 16:42 (two years ago) link
took me forever to get around to it but this album is dope
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Thursday, 30 September 2021 20:29 (two years ago) link
that last tune you posted is fucking great tbh
― primate marmite (NickB), Thursday, 30 September 2021 20:31 (two years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AH1ewx6d8j4
can't get enough of this song
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Thursday, 30 September 2021 20:32 (two years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=93ftEk8ZYec
oh what the hell, also obsessed with this song. i need tim f to hear this record
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Thursday, 30 September 2021 20:39 (two years ago) link
Yeah i like 'interval' too, guess i need to check the album. Is there a piano lurking in the mix there? It's giving me tori amos vibes for some reason
― primate marmite (NickB), Thursday, 30 September 2021 20:46 (two years ago) link
Looking forward to the late November show...
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 30 September 2021 21:55 (two years ago) link
This is great! I hate to lean on the overused cliche, but it really is a return to form. This scratches the right itch for me.
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 20 October 2021 14:42 (two years ago) link