Originally written by Luke Slater · 3 March 2010
I never know whether or not to adopt the French pronunciation of 'Formidable' when talking about London-based but very much Welsh three-piece The Joy Formidable. What do you think? Sounds better as Fronch non? Enough of this irrelevance.
They release a new single, 'Popinjay' - a word which always me think of this exchange between Christopher Hitchens and George Galloway - on April 5. It's out on limited edition 7", as well as the usual tautological terming of 'digital download', too. Below is the animated video for aforementioned track. The sound which emanates is a real auditory canal filler, if you know what I'm saying!
Should you want to watch them live, there's plenty of opportunities, as they set out on a 20-date UK tour in the next couple of weeks or so. Baddies - who are no strangers to mammoth tours - support for much of it.
March: 14 - Manchester, Ruby Lounge 15 - Liverpool, Korova 16 - Nottingham, Bodega 17 - Leeds, Cockpit 19 - Cambridge, Portland Arms 20 - Birmingham, Academy 2 21 - Oxford, Academy 2 22 - Brighton, Audio 24 - London, Electric Ballroom 25 - Southampton, Joiners 26 - Bristol, Start The Bus 27 - Cardiff, Barfly 29 - Northampton, Roadmender 30 - Sheffield, Academy 2 31 - Newcastle, Academy 2
April: 1 - Wrexham, Central Station 3 - Glasgow, King Tut's 4 - Inverness, Madhatters 5 - Aberdeen, Snafu 6 - Dundee, Fat Sam's