this alternative rock band isn’t afraid to show emotion through their music
to show emotion through their music
to show emotion through their music hi my name is Stephanie welcome to
hi my name is Stephanie welcome to
hi my name is Stephanie welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re speaking
watchmojo.com and today we’re speaking
watchmojo.com and today we’re speaking to The Joy Formidable about the album
to The Joy Formidable about the album
to The Joy Formidable about the album the big roar
I’d like to talk to you guys a bit about
I’d like to talk to you guys a bit about your debut album the big roar what are
your debut album the big roar what are
your debut album the big roar what are the main ideas of the main themes behind
the main ideas of the main themes behind
the main ideas of the main themes behind this record it’s a very personal album
this record it’s a very personal album
this record it’s a very personal album you know and it was written over the
you know and it was written over the
you know and it was written over the year that we were together and I think
year that we were together and I think
year that we were together and I think there was a lot of different things that
there was a lot of different things that
there was a lot of different things that were happening to us all individually as
were happening to us all individually as
were happening to us all individually as a band I didn’t knows a lot of intent
a band I didn’t knows a lot of intent
a band I didn’t knows a lot of intent behind the album there still is a lot of
behind the album there still is a lot of
behind the album there still is a lot of intent in the banners you know it’s
intent in the banners you know it’s
intent in the banners you know it’s definitely a statement it’s a bombastic
definitely a statement it’s a bombastic
definitely a statement it’s a bombastic album and you know it’s powerful
album and you know it’s powerful
album and you know it’s powerful emotional nature is definitely very
emotional nature is definitely very
emotional nature is definitely very emotionally charged sometimes it’s you
emotionally charged sometimes it’s you
emotionally charged sometimes it’s you know on a very simplistic level
know on a very simplistic level
know on a very simplistic level sometimes it’s you know massive
sometimes it’s you know massive
sometimes it’s you know massive massively positive and other times it’s
massively positive and other times it’s
massively positive and other times it’s really maniacally depressive you know it
really maniacally depressive you know it
really maniacally depressive you know it takes you through a lot of different
takes you through a lot of different
takes you through a lot of different emotions and that crunches out and just
emotions and that crunches out and just
emotions and that crunches out and just being a personal record actually having
being a personal record actually having
being a personal record actually having weight socially you know politically
so what is the music making process like
so what is the music making process like in the studio are you guys more of a
in the studio are you guys more of a
in the studio are you guys more of a collaborative effort or is you know
collaborative effort or is you know
collaborative effort or is you know someone writing the lyrics and then
someone writing the lyrics and then
someone writing the lyrics and then everybody’s putting the music onto it
everybody’s putting the music onto it
everybody’s putting the music onto it lots of different ways I think that’s
lots of different ways I think that’s
lots of different ways I think that’s the most important thing is just to kind
the most important thing is just to kind
the most important thing is just to kind of keep it really buried I don’t think
of keep it really buried I don’t think
of keep it really buried I don’t think ever want it to feel too stagnant a
ever want it to feel too stagnant a
ever want it to feel too stagnant a process once you pressurize I should
process once you pressurize I should
process once you pressurize I should just be part of the fabric of who you
just be part of the fabric of who you
just be part of the fabric of who you are in terms of right in and lay in and
are in terms of right in and lay in and
are in terms of right in and lay in and wanting to get behind your instrument
wanting to get behind your instrument
wanting to get behind your instrument wanting to create something and it
wanting to create something and it
wanting to create something and it happens in lots of different ways it can
happens in lots of different ways it can
happens in lots of different ways it can start off from a riff that come be a
start off from a riff that come be a
start off from a riff that come be a lyric you know and it it’s somehow finds
lyric you know and it it’s somehow finds
lyric you know and it it’s somehow finds its way you know into becoming an entire
its way you know into becoming an entire
its way you know into becoming an entire song but we like to keep it very varied
song but we like to keep it very varied
song but we like to keep it very varied i think is
i think is
i think is and with us having such a busy schedule
and with us having such a busy schedule
and with us having such a busy schedule and we love being on the road is hard
and we love being on the road is hard
and we love being on the road is hard for us to come off the road so it’s
for us to come off the road so it’s
for us to come off the road so it’s become you know a part of the family
become you know a part of the family
become you know a part of the family that we are to be able to write on the
that we are to be able to write on the
that we are to be able to write on the road and kind of you know just keep it
road and kind of you know just keep it
road and kind of you know just keep it always moving keep it always evolving
we’ve got kind of the mobile little
we’ve got kind of the mobile little studio whatever so easy to record
studio whatever so easy to record
studio whatever so easy to record yourselves now that’s not we’ve always
yourselves now that’s not we’ve always
yourselves now that’s not we’ve always done things so what’s nice about that
done things so what’s nice about that
done things so what’s nice about that like we said has been able to get ideas
like we said has been able to get ideas
like we said has been able to get ideas down whenever you feel them instead of
down whenever you feel them instead of
down whenever you feel them instead of doing your tour in coming off and doing
doing your tour in coming off and doing
doing your tour in coming off and doing your writing then we don’t really like
your writing then we don’t really like
your writing then we don’t really like that process
you guys that talk to me a bit about
you guys that talk to me a bit about your relationship with your friend we
your relationship with your friend we
your relationship with your friend we very much carved things for ourselves
very much carved things for ourselves
very much carved things for ourselves and the fan base has been so so crucial
and the fan base has been so so crucial
and the fan base has been so so crucial to us in terms of being able to make
to us in terms of being able to make
to us in terms of being able to make records and sustain ourselves on the
records and sustain ourselves on the
records and sustain ourselves on the road so they they should be naturally 20
road so they they should be naturally 20
road so they they should be naturally 20 fund a really important part of what
fund a really important part of what
fund a really important part of what what you doing but there they really are
what you doing but there they really are
what you doing but there they really are important they don’t lick take to us the
important they don’t lick take to us the
important they don’t lick take to us the way that we write I mean of that that
way that we write I mean of that that
way that we write I mean of that that has a gun actually from us and nobody
has a gun actually from us and nobody
has a gun actually from us and nobody tells us what to do in that sense but in
tells us what to do in that sense but in
tells us what to do in that sense but in terms of the way that we present things
terms of the way that we present things
terms of the way that we present things for them are making sure the shows and
for them are making sure the shows and
for them are making sure the shows and the commitment colors and the
the commitment colors and the
the commitment colors and the merchandise and the the releases that
merchandise and the the releases that
merchandise and the the releases that we’re doing you know they’re definitely
we’re doing you know they’re definitely
we’re doing you know they’re definitely you know set up for for our fan base
the connection that we have with them is
the connection that we have with them is very true just because of the way the
very true just because of the way the
very true just because of the way the band’s evolved it’s not had a fickle fan
band’s evolved it’s not had a fickle fan
band’s evolved it’s not had a fickle fan base people have come to see us because
base people have come to see us because
base people have come to see us because there they like the record or they’ve
there they like the record or they’ve
there they like the record or they’ve seen as live somewhere before they
seen as live somewhere before they
seen as live somewhere before they caught us by chance they’re not being
caught us by chance they’re not being
caught us by chance they’re not being told to Rikers because we’d be hiked up
told to Rikers because we’d be hiked up
told to Rikers because we’d be hiked up or you know or they’re following some
or you know or they’re following some
or you know or they’re following some sort of like latest you know walked in
when we get up on stage no want to feel
when we get up on stage no want to feel the you know they’re there because they
the you know they’re there because they
the you know they’re there because they want to people want to be there I much
want to people want to be there I much
want to people want to be there I much I’d rather have a tiny tiny fun base of
I’d rather have a tiny tiny fun base of
I’d rather have a tiny tiny fun base of people who you know I’ve actually
people who you know I’ve actually
people who you know I’ve actually actually escaped and into music and what
actually escaped and into music and what
actually escaped and into music and what you singing to them actually mean
you singing to them actually mean
you singing to them actually mean something so and a very important to us
something so and a very important to us
something so and a very important to us and quite a genuinely you know he
and quite a genuinely you know he
and quite a genuinely you know he actually took 40 of them out for curry
actually took 40 of them out for curry
actually took 40 of them out for curry the other day so how it’s going to be
the other day so how it’s going to be
the other day so how it’s going to be lovely i could have taken them all home
lovely i could have taken them all home
lovely i could have taken them all home with me oh yeah really poisoned every
with me oh yeah really poisoned every
with me oh yeah really poisoned every single that wasn’t us it was the curry
single that wasn’t us it was the curry
single that wasn’t us it was the curry house so we won’t be going there we’re
house so we won’t be going there we’re
house so we won’t be going there we’re not liable okay
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