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ecto-digest          Thursday, July 29 2021          Volume 16 : Number 3049



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  Re: The Joy Formidable                 [Bernie Mojzes <brni@kappamaki.com>]
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Date: Wed, 28 Jul 2021 22:59:01 -0400
From: Bernie Mojzes <brni@kappamaki.com>
Subject: Re: The Joy Formidable

Thank you so much for sharing this. (insert a heart emoji that i don't know
if i can figure out how to make)

bernie

On Wed, Jul 28, 2021 at 10:10 PM Gregory Bossert <bossert@suddensound.com>
wrote:

> I donb t hear much new music outside of game soundtracks these days - the
> last ectophilic group I came across was Daughter thanks to their wonderful
> soundtrack for the game Life is Strange: Before the Storm.  Most of the
> time
> these days I listen to minimalist drone/glitch stuff while workingb&which
> is
> most of the time.
>
> But yesterday a Facebook friend also into shoegaze pointed me at the Welsh
> group The Joy Formidable via a KEXP performance* and just now I lsietned to
> some more tracks and I am digging it.  They actually sound a bit like
> Daughter**, with tinges of Belly and MBV and even Arson Garden.
>
> Anyone have album recos for them?
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W782QhqPTNQ
> <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W782QhqPTNQ>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AgW10RET2wY
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TY7GOJW2P54
>
>
> *what a treasure is KEXP!
> **I adore Daughter, but they are MUCH better in the studio than live,
> whereas
> TJF seems jaw-droppingly tight live. I havenb t been to a live show in 80
> years (give or take) but Ib d go see these folks.
>
> -- www.gregorynormanbossert.com --
> --         www.suddensound.com         --

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