Rolling Stone make The Joy Formidable band of the week

The incredibly influential American magazine Rolling Stone has made The Joy Formidable its Band Of The Week.

The magazine says of the north Wales trio: "Loud, tuneful Nineties alt-rock. Though [singer Ritzy] Bryan says the group draw their inspiration from a wide range of music, the songs on their debut album The Big Roar (released yesterday in the U.K.; out March 15 in the U.S.) mostly recall that time in the mid-Nineties when female-fronted bands such as Hole, PJ Harvey, Veruca Salt and Elastica had a major presence on rock radio."

You can watch a video with Ritzy and Rhydian on this blog now.