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- Summary: This is the debut full-length album on Atlantic for the Welsh trio and continues to be a cacophony of rock riffs and pop sensibility.
- Record Label: Atlantic
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock, Indie Rock
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Top Track
A Heavy Abacus | |
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Here we are bending feet In the dark before dreamless sleep Cloaks that spot, that shiver, that breeze Throws you in the dark Happiness, it won't... | See the rest of the song lyrics |
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Positive: 20 out of 24
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Mixed: 4 out of 24
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Negative: 0 out of 24
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Feb 11, 2011The Big Roar has been some time in coming, but it has been well worth the wait. This could finally be The Joy Formidable's year.
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Mar 21, 2011They have dared to venture in the loud, the textured and the big sounds, instead of the more minimal, tangy and clean indie rock we are hearing far too much of these days.
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Mar 15, 2011There's a right way and a wrong way to write anthems in the early 21st century, and the Joy Formidable -- with only three bandmembers present -- find themselves on the right side of the dividing line during the majority of this debut.
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Mar 17, 2011Welsh rock trio The Joy Formidable gives us a roar that makes things of the '90s seem modern again.
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Mar 14, 2011The Joy Formidable has been backed with the recording budget to fully realize their vision. They're a band with ideas, perhaps a little too much confidence in them, and one that's benefitted from an album clearly assembled by expert hands.
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Mar 11, 2011There's no denying the Joy Formidable's passion, vigor, and pop smarts; it would just be easier to appreciate those qualities if The Big Roar didn't so often sound like a big blur.
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Under The RadarJun 8, 2011Unfortunately, The Big Roar can't sustain the love affair over 12 tracks. [May 2011, p.85]
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Positive: 3 out of 3
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Mixed: 0 out of 3
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Negative: 0 out of 3
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