Following the 2016 U.S. presidential election, Ritzy Bryan, frontwoman of Welsh noise-pop band The Joy Formidable found herself gazing out her Utah studio window. “I have a lovely view out the window, and I always find a lot of peace in the nature of where I live,” Bryan said in…

Even as Welsh rock trio The Joy Formidable was writing Wolf’s Law, their 2013 sophomore album, vocalist-guitarist Ritzy Bryan and bassist Rhydian Dafydd could see their romantic relationship crumbling. Like a premonition, their songs at the time spoke of a relationship breaking down. The break-up took place on the…

The Joy Formidable, courtesy. When Welsh rock trio The Joy Formidable resolved to record the follow-up to last year’s critically praised debut, The Big Roar, the band did not settle on a studio in New York, Los Angeles or their home base of London. Instead, vocalist-guitarist Ritzy Bryan, bassist-boyfriend…