The Joy Formidable New Single

The Joy Formidable’s new single ‘Greyhounds In The Slips’ has been made as a free Download available now.

Available to download for free from their MySpace page, the new song features vocals from Mansun’s Paul Draper this is the band’s first new song since the release of their 8 track CD, ‘A Balloon Called Moaning’.

The band will also release a live recording of their forthcoming Relentless Garage headlining show on September 30th. Titled ‘First You Have To Get Mad’, it will be released just 6 weeks later on November 16th and will be available to pre-order from the band’s MySpace page.

The Joy Formidable visit Japan for the first time in early October, before returning for UK tours with Editors and Passion Pit.

September

30 London Relentless Garage (headline show)

October

5 Tokyo Club Quattro (Japan)
6 Osaka Club Quattro (Japan)
12 Edinburgh Picture House (w/ Editors)
13 Glasgow Barrowland (w/ Editors)
14 Newcastle O2 Academy (w/ Editors)
16 Manchester Academy (w/ Editors)
17 Leeds O2 (w/ Editors)
18 Norwich UEA (w/ Editors)
21 Sheffield Leadmill (w/ Passion Pit)
22 Northumbria Uni (w/ Passion Pit)
23 Glasgow Club Academy (w/ Passion Pit)
24 Manchester Club Academy (w/ Passion Pit)
26 Oxford O2 Academy (w/ Passion Pit)
27 London Koko (w/ Passion Pit)
30 Bristol Anson Rooms (w/ Passion Pit)
31 Southampton University (w/ Passion Pit)

November

1 Birmingham O2 Academy (w/ Passion Pit)

After the shows The Joy Formidable head back to the studio to finish off their debut album, which is scheduled for a spring 2010 release.