Sold Date: October 7, 2018
Start Date: September 16, 2018
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AAARTH marks a transformative, near-psychedelic rebirth that channels long-held anger, soundtracking a chaotic global period of injustice and division, setting it against a deeply poignant backdrop of personal experiences and healing. Although the album came into being as The Joy Formidable travelled the globe and recorded in their mobile recording studio, the music intertwines the whispering hills of Wales with the otherworldly rainbow canyons of the Utah / Arizona border.

AAARTH unites the personal with the mythical and symbolic, as frontman Ritzy Bryan explains: “We’ve definitely made a colourful, mystical collage with this record, partly because of our surroundings. Those multi-coloured sunsets and the primeval elements of nature in the Southwest – it’s emboldened our imaginations in the songwriting and the production. I love stories and seeing symbolism and meaning change with different cultures and interpretations. I see it in my lyrics, a lot of the imagery plays on being ambivalent because I’m often expressing a lot of things at once. That’s true of the title; it falls somewhere between a scream, an exaltation, a play on words, and then this motif of the bear (“arth” in Welsh) that spiritually represents strength, wisdom & healing.”

This limited edition LP format is pressed on clear vinyl with yellow and pink splatters, and is only available through independent shops such as ourselves.

LP

Clear vinyl with yellow and pink splatters

* EXCLUSIVE TO INDEPENDENT RETAILERS *

Tracklist:

1. Y Bluen Eira

2. The Wrong Side

3. Go Loving

4. Cicada (Land On Your Back)

5. All In All

6. What For

7. The Better Me

8. Absence

9. Dance Of The Lotus

10. You Can't Give Me

11. Caught On A Breeze

Barcode: 5060246129861   

Catalogue Number: HOFF284LPA

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