Nearly 15 years is a long time to be in a band. How do you keep the creative juices flowing? Some acts find one thing they’re good at, and then keep doing it, ad infinitum. (See: Bad Religion, most ...

The Lonely Forest and The Joy Formidable perform at Webster Hall. The Lonely Forest playing New York’s Webster Hall on Friday, April 29th. Photo: Leigh Belz I have to agree with Dave—"Whirring" is one ...

The Joy Formidable is rooted in a childhood friendship. This trio from Northern Wales started to grow when Ritzy Bryan (vocals, guitar) and Rhydian Dafydd (bass, vocals) began to work together in ...

In a few months, the U.S. men’s soccer team will face off against Wales in the FIFA World Cup, the biggest sporting event in the world. It’ll be the first time the American athletes have played in the ...

Utah is a long way from home in Wales, yet all too familiar to The Joy Formidable, who relocated from the UK to the southwest prior to recording the band’s fourth album Aaarth in 2018. Rooted in Utah, ...

Welsh trio The Joy Formidable return today with their fifth studio album, Into the Blue, which was recorded during the global pandemic restrictions. Frontwoman and guitarist Ritzy Bryan and bassist ...

The Joy Formidable‘s new album Into The Blue arrives this Friday (8/20) via Enci Records in North America, Full Time Hobby in Europe and Soundly Distro in the rest of the world (pre-order), and ahead ...

The Joy Formidable lives up to its name in the music the alt-rock trio makes, and they’ve got the attitude to back it up. Ritzy Bryan, the Welsh band’s frontwoman, is not afraid. In conversation she’s ...

Celebrated Welsh, alt-rock band The Joy Formidable are proud to announce the band's Into The Blue Deluxe Edition (pre-order). Out digitally on September 14, the forthcoming release includes two new ...

Audio for this feature is no longer available. With its ferocious rock assault and shimmering beauty, Welsh trio The Joy Formidable's proper full-length debut is aptly named The Big Roar. The album ...