The Joy Formidable: The Big Roar – review

(Atlantic)The album title's no lie. The debut album from the Joy Formidable sounds as if it was recorded as some kind of sonic weapon. And singer/guitarist Ritzy Bryan seems to feel one of her is nowhere near enough: her guitar tracks are heaped on each other, until the whole edifice is teetering under its own weight, and her voice is layered and treated into a smooth, shiny facade. In small doses, this kind of shoegaze-grunge hybrid – it's a bit of both, without ever really being either – ...

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