The Joy Formidable @ Leeds Cockpit 09/02/2011
One of the many great memories I have from last summers Leeds Festival is seeing the Joy Formidable, any band that smashes a guitar into peices on the first track is my kind of band. I try not to let the images of front woman Ritzy grinning like a cheshire cat as she repeatedly smashes the neck of a Strat into the stage detract me from what is a “presses all the buttons” roraringly epic sound.
So it happens that tonight the band hit the Cockpit 2 – which despite the commercial lure of the “NME Insertnameofsponsour Tour” at the “Insrtnameofsponsor Academy” across town the venue is still packed (dear futuresound – why not Cockpit 1?)
It’s the first time I’ve been in the cockpit 2 since the improvements to the lighting and PA – and it’s fantastic.
To cut a long rambling story short, they are great, the crowd love em. Yes it sounds exactly like the album but much, much louder – but how can that be a bad thing ?
