2011-05-04

The Joy Formidable - April 2011 West Coast dates

credit: victorkippes
The Joy Formidable
2011-04-12
Crocodile Cafe Seattle
SR recording (Schoeps MK4)

Setlist

The Ever Changing Spectrum Of A Lie
The Magnifying Glass
Austere (vid 2)
The Greatest Light Is The Greatest Shade
Cradle
Buoy 
I Don't Want To See You Like This
Whirring

9669
A Heavy Abacus


The Seattle show got a couple of songs for the encore that we didn't get at all in SF, lucky bastards!   Thanks to SR for making this recording available.

Download FLACs in zipfile.
 




The Joy Formidable
2011-04-14
Bottom Of The Hill SF

TZOTH1 blend (Sonic Studios DSM-6L omnis + Church Audio CA11 cards)

Setlist

The Ever Changing Spectrum Of A Lie
The Magnifying Glass
Austere
The Greatest Light Is The Greatest Shade (vid 2)
Greyhounds In The Slips
Buoy (Ritzy chit chat)
I Don't Want To See You Like This
Whirring

Cradle


Download FLACs in ZIP archive.


Rainingvodka (whom I met at this show and is a stand-up gentleman) has generously put up his recording on DIME, which you can grab if you're a member there: 
    (24 bit version)  
    (16 bit version)

A complete video can also be viewed on YouTube.  Shot mostly with my iPhone4, except for 'Whirring', which was done with the Flip Video, and 'Cradle', which features our sources blended in with the above rainingvodka recording, the audio files I have linked are more complete than on the video version since it includes the bits between song there's no video bits for.

I make no warranty that the blended recording is any better than any of the recordings separately, especially since some slight synchronization discrepancies may have been introduced (I can't be a fair judge, as I'm pretty intimately involved with its production), though I really do believe it sounds absolutely stunning.

The Joy Formidable put on a stellar effort for their second show in San Francisco, the first being last year's Popscene effort.  The exuberance of a certain member of the crowd towards the group throughout has to be noted.  'Greyhounds In The Slips' has a sample from "Jesus Camp" ("Warlocks are enemies of God") triggered by the drummer which was really cool. 

The group possess such energy on stage, all the more impressive given how many shows they've played over the past couple of years.    
I can't really focus on any one song because all of them were delivered with authority and passionbut the end of 'Austere' gets a mention for Rhydian's head-bobbing.    Be sure to catch my video on YouTube, it's not as good as being there, but it'll have to suffice.

Rhydian's pedals.

Openers The Lonely Forest put on a fine show.


The Lonely Forest
2011-04-14
Bottom Of The Hill SF
TH1 recording (Church Audio CA11 cards > Sony PCM-M10)


Setlist


Turn Off This Song And Go Outside
I Am The Love Addict
Woe Is Me
I Don't Want To Live There
Coyote
Tunnels
Let It Go
We Sing In Time


Download FLACs in ZIP archive.


We Sing In Time (acoustic in SF)

Interview with the group after the show.



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