The Joy Formidable: "There was some personal stuff going on; traumatic stuff"

Since releasing their sweeping second full-length ‘Wolf’s Law’ in 2013, Welsh trio The Joy Formidable have had a bit of a rough time of it. In between labels in the UK, and putting in the hard yards touring the States, the North Wales natives decamped back to Mold in 2015 to record the more sombre, reflective ‘Hitch’. That album was soaked in the strains that were weighing heavy on the group after eight years of relentless hard work.

Now, energised by a burst of creativity and the grand surroundings of the Utah wilderness, The Joy Formidable are back with their fourth album ‘AAARTH’, a more concise record that leaps out of the speakers, grabs you by the scruff of the neck and hurls you into a world of colour and chaos.