*** Sold out! *** December to Remember
The Joy Formidable
Grouplove
Yours
- Crystal Hotel & Ballroom - Crystal Ballroom |
- Saturday, December 10
- 7 p.m. doors, 8 p.m. show |
- This show is SOLD OUT! |
- All ages welcome
About The Joy Formidable
Sought-after Welsh rock trio The Joy Formidable are the latest act to sign to Canvasback Music/Atlantic Records. The label released the band's full- length debut in early 2011. The Joy Formidable's eight-song EP A Balloon Called Moaning has won them critical praise from a variety of outlets, including the NME, who have consistently raved about the band's style of "grungey pop [that] is sure to win over swathes of converts." SPIN called the release "ambitious," noting: "drenched in fuzzy bass, propelled by...driving percussion... the album transforms ear-stabbing reverb into something pretty, airy, girly and sometimes dark." The New York Times' Jon Pareles praised the songs' "cryptic lyrics that glint with urgency," and said that "the music regenerates the turbulent haze of 1990s rock, but it's less tormented and more anthemic, confident of the pop structures at its core."
The Joy Formidable was conceived by longtime friends Ritzy Bryan and Rhydian Dafydd when they were both students in Wales. After they relocated to London and brought in drummer Matt Thomas, they got down to writing material for their upcoming debut album. The resulting sound melds the huge expanses of the band members' native Welsh countryside with the hectic nature of their new London home. That sound has won them the praise of the UK press and airplay on the UK's Radio 1.
About Yours
YOURS is a band from Portland, OR formed in 2010 by Matthan Minster and Adam Trachsel. YOURS plays/collaborates with a revolving cast of many friends. Distiller says this: "Yours, a mere two-piece who deliver much, much more than the sum of their parts. Integrated into Yours' sound you'll find everything from early Modest Mouse-esque shouts...to almost Mogwai-esque post rock beauty, to the deftest touches of more modern hooks, to piano-driven pop tunes. It's an unusual combination, and an undoubtedly tall order to pull off all that they do. But, somehow, they do it well!
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