{"id":8900,"date":"2013-02-06T15:47:55","date_gmt":"2013-02-06T22:47:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/?p=8900"},"modified":"2013-02-06T15:48:26","modified_gmt":"2013-02-06T22:48:26","slug":"the-joy-formidabble","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/2013\/02\/the-joy-formidabble\/","title":{"rendered":"THE JOY FORMIDABBLE"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-8901\" title=\"wolfs-law\" src=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/wolfs-law.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/wolfs-law.jpg 400w, https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/wolfs-law-300x187.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/>T<\/strong><strong>HE JOY FORMIDABBLE<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p><strong><em>Wolf\u2019s Law<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>[Atlantic]<\/p>\n<div>\u00a0The sophomore effort from these Welsh alt-rockers offers guitars that crunch at heavy metal levels and vocals that soothe to the point of hypnosis. Mega distortion gives way to dreamy interludes and ethereal harmony, and frontwoman Ritzy Bryan\u2019s voice conjures the drama and enchantment of Cranberries singer Dolores O\u2019Riordan. On such tracks as \u201cTendons,\u201d guttural bass lines drop to the depths of Welsh coal mines. Appropriately, there\u2019s a song called \u201cBats,\u201d the chorus of which proclaims, \u201cWe keep hanging on.\u201d Indeed, a sense of resilience echoes through <em>Wolf\u2019s Law<\/em>. It\u2019s not defiance, but more a glistening hope at the end of a turbulent journey. \u201cThe Hurdle\u201d best exemplifies this, capturing a mood of tension and angst but never despair. Ironically, the song \u201cSilent Treatment\u201d resonates most profoundly, as Bryan\u2019s vocals blend gorgeously with acoustic guitar. Another standout, \u201cMaw Maw Song,\u201d is structurally diverse and undeniably engaging. The same might be said of\u00a0the band. \u2013Ray Cavanaugh<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THE JOY FORMIDABBLE Wolf\u2019s Law [Atlantic] \u00a0The sophomore effort from these Welsh alt-rockers offers guitars that crunch at heavy metal levels and vocals that soothe to the point of hypnosis. Mega distortion gives way to dreamy interludes and ethereal harmony, and frontwoman Ritzy Bryan\u2019s voice conjures the drama and enchantment of Cranberries singer Dolores O\u2019Riordan. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[17],"tags":[196,4112,5885,5974,5975],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8900"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8900"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8900\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8903,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8900\/revisions\/8903"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8900"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8900"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8900"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}