Wolf's Law

by The Joy Formidable

Wolf's Law cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 21 January 2013
  • Label: Canvasback
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 52:49
  • Community rating: 3.51/5 from 4 ratings

Artists on this release: Joy Smith, Jorge Jimenez, Tercia Realidad, Emma Alter, James O'Toole, Henrik Persson

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Written largely while touring across the United States, the Welsh trio's sophomore effort leans into incredibly dense, stadium-sized alternative rock. Ritzy Bryan's ethereal vocals anchor an overwhelming sonic landscape defined by soaring melodies and heavy, shoegaze-indebted guitar distortion.

Genres

Descriptors: noisy, nature, bombastic, massive, soaring

Tracklist

  1. This Ladder Is Ours (5:11)
  2. Cholla (3:24)
  3. Tendons (4:17)
  4. Little Blimp (2:52)
  5. Bats (3:46)
  6. Silent Treatment (3:38)
  7. Maw Maw Song (6:47)
  8. Forest Serenade (4:19)
  9. The Leopard and the Lung (5:56)
  10. The Hurdle (3:55)
  11. The Turnaround (4:37)
  12. Wolf's Law (4:01)

Credits

  • Henrik Persson - cello
  • Joy Smith - harp
  • Martin Wittfooth - painting
  • Matt Thomas - performer [the joy formidable are:]
  • Rhiannon Bryan - performer [the joy formidable are:], songwriter [all songs written by], arranged by, written-by [all string arrangements written by]
  • Rhydian Dafydd - performer [the joy formidable are:], songwriter [all songs written by], arranged by, written-by [all string arrangements written by]
  • LoudHailer - public relations [uk publicity at]
  • Lewis Jamieson - public relations [uk publicity]

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