A career spanning retrospective podcast with TJF

I am a podcast host who blurs the line between journalistic integrity and pure unfiltered fanboy. This week, I confess the fanboy probably wins out. I am an unabashed lunatic for @joyformidable. We welcome Ritzy and Rhydian from the Joy Formidable for a laugh filled career retrospective. Lets explore their music that predates TJF (and hints at the details of their disastrous ending!) How A Baloon Called Moaning hit Japan… and then the UK… and then the US. We talk about the Big Roar and the glow up some songs got. We get into Hitch and how it documents their romantic relationship and its end. We go deep on their unique relationship with fans (and are so glad Ritzy didn’t cut off any fingers sawing up the guitar bits for the box set). Record labels. Animals and secret careers as veterinarians. Is Ritzy secretly a 100 year old witch? The intensity and intimidating nature of the Welsh language, and how beautiful it is to sing it. The caffeinated octopus @mattthomasdrums decision to depart the band and what it means for TJF. AND MORE.

Lovely, charming, charismatic people who were generous with their time and their story. @rhydiandafydd and Ritzy go all the way down the rabbit hole. The psychedelic heavy rock and roll juggernauts from Wales are our guest on Center Stage this week: