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The Big Roar by Joy Formidable
The Big Roar is an album by Joy Formidable, released in 2011. 1 song from it has charted on rock radio countdowns, with 8 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “A Heavy Abacus”, on 8 lists with a best position of #15.
The Big Roar, the Joy Formidable's debut album, landed on Atlantic in the UK on 24 January 2011, with America getting it on 15 March, and the title is no false advertising. The Welsh band out of Mold, Flintshire, fronted by singer and guitarist Ritzy Bryan with Rhydian Dafydd on bass and vocals and Matt Thomas in the lineup, make a racket that swells to arena size without losing its scrappy edge: guitars stacked into walls of shimmer and noise, and Bryan's voice slicing clean through the storm.
Some of it was already familiar to the faithful. "Austere", "Cradle", "Whirring" and "The Greatest Light Is the Greatest Shade" first turned up on the mini-album A Balloon Called Moaning and were recorded again for this one. "A Heavy Abacus" shows just how much melody they can cram into all that din.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from The Big Roar on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A Heavy Abacus | 8 | #15 | – | 2011–2012 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.