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The Joy Formidable - Whirring [Single]
Friends Vs Records June 25, 2009, 05:02 PM Views: 410
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 “Turn the dial on my words, I can feel them fall short” sings Ritzy Bryan on Whirring, the latest single to be taken from The Joy Formidable’s debut mini-album, A Balloon Called Moaning. I know how she feels; words don’t really do great music justice. Music reviewing is in theory, and often in practice, a pointless exercise. All anyone really needs to do is just listen to the music right? Well maybe not, maybe sometimes a band’s greatness (or dreadfulness) needs to be shouted from the rooftops. As I’m not much of a climber and don’t currently have life insurance, this is as good a place as any to tell you that Whirring is one of the best slices of alt-rock this side of late 80’s Boston (the city, not the band – this isn’t quite ‘More than a Feeling’).
Up until last year, I didn’t think they made bands like The Joy Formidable anymore, so imagine how much better the world seems now. Fuck the current financial crisis, this band don’t have a pot to piss in and they still produce moments of brilliance such as this. The song’s captivating guitar and bass lines follow each other around like loved up teenagers until the guitar breaks free and goes it alone, shaking the listener out of the trance they had been lulled into by Bryan’s alluring vocals. Listen hard enough and you can actually hear the greatest accent in the world come through. The song closes with a rapid distorted guitar line fading into the distance, its faithful bass companion plodding on behind it, confident that the next time they meet will be equally as joyous. Formidable indeed
Last edited by Heron : June 25, 2009 at 09:35 PM.
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| | | | Overall Rating | | 9 | | Vocals / Lyrics | | 9 | | Musicianship | | 8 | | Production | | 8 | | Creativity | | 8 | | Lastability | | 8 | | Reviewers Tilt | | 10 |
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