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Jan 24, 2013Overall, Wolf's Law largely oversteps the sophomore slump.
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Jan 25, 2013Wolf's Law, the second studio album from The Joy Formidable, finds the Welsh trio building upon its already gargantuan sound with remarkable aplomb.
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Alternative PressJan 9, 2013Thanks to such marked songwriting growth, Wolf's Law cements the Joy Formidable as a ferocious rock act and as a band with plenty to say. [Feb 2013, p.89]
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Oct 4, 2013Wolf's Law swings as hard as The Big Roar, the difference being the aim. Regardless, it's a blast to blow out your speakers with.
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Jan 18, 2013It's this tightrope between bruised self-doubt and fun blasts of noise that gives Wolf's Law its emotional heft.
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Feb 14, 2013You can’t help but admire their ambition, but their tendency to overreach is inhibiting them from becoming the band they want and deserve to be.
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Jan 22, 2013With consistently strong songwriting and an intrepid grasp on its own talent, the Joy Formidable has in Wolf's Law a near-perfect follow-up record: it moves the band forward while staying true to what made it appealing and exciting in the first place.
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Feb 7, 2013Ritzy Bryan’s choruses are as sturdy as they need to be and the songs are an improvement upon those on The Big Roar because they’re lither and punchier, packing more hairpin turns into shorter run times.
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Jan 17, 2013Its clarity, confidence, and cohesion set it apart from their debut which had room for improvement on those fronts.
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Jan 22, 2013Unlike their debut-which could sometimes have moments equivalent to loud machine-gun fire, occasionally hitting its intended target but blurring together and exhausting itself--the tracks on Wolf's Law are like laser-guided rocket blasts, tighter and more effective.
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Kerrang!Feb 11, 2013In amongst their sleeker, poppier, but still hard-hitting grooves, they're not afraid to tackle big issues, either. [26 Jan 2013, p.55]
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Jan 24, 2013Despite rarely achieving all of what it goes for, it's hard to deny the sheer pleasure of getting the enormous hooks and noise that are constantly on display here.
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Jan 24, 2013The Joy Formidable might not have the most plausible ambitions for a 21st century rock band. But Wolf's Law offers enough thrills to suspend your disbelief.
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Jan 22, 2013The Joy Formidable proves on Wolf's Law that it can create grandeur and awe by letting contrast and touch speak volumes more than overpowering brute force can.
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Feb 11, 2013While Wolf’s Law has a few lulls, such as the syrupy, “The Turnaround,” and some of the prog moments like “The Leopard and the Lung,” run too long, the best moments shine.
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Feb 11, 2013Wolf's Law doesn't expand on the Joy Formidable's sound so much as it cements their sound.
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Jan 22, 2013At times, it feels like they're glue-gunning hot ideas rather than writing fully realized songs, but they've come up with some fine Frankensteins nonetheless.
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Jan 23, 2013The songs that collapse under their own weight find the band struggling to feel epic, but Wolf's Law still soars when the band struggles instead with epic feelings.
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Jan 22, 2013The songs on this album are echoing, but not distant; they connect on a personal level, and then pull the listener along in a mighty heave.
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Jan 9, 2013The studio remains the band's fourth member and their wind-tunnel intensity is a constant. The compositions are more focused this time round, however, while quiet-loud dynamic shifts are more arresting.
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Jan 17, 2013This is one for speakers, not headphones, a great dense whoosh of music that makes you feel like the bloke in the old Maxell tapes advert.
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Feb 11, 2013This second album is less of a record than an experience. You truly get a sense of cosmic alignment here.
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UncutJan 9, 2013The Joy Formidable continue to keep British rock sexily sturdy. [Feb 2013, p.74]
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