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The Joy Formidable

The Joy Formidable is a group from Wales, active since 2007.

Group Wales since 2007 indie rock uk britannique

TOTAL PLAYS

503

SONGS PLAYED

STATIONS

FIRST PLAYED

2007-12-04 20:02 · 6 Music — "Austere"

LAST PLAYED

2 weeks ago · 6 Music — "Whirring"

BIO · WIKIPEDIA

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◦ ACTIVITY

Plays per year

2007 — 2026

200 150 100 50 0

'07 '08 '09 '10 '11 '12 '13 '14 '15 '16 '17 '18 '19 '20 '21 '22 '23 '24 '25 '26

◦ WHERE

By station

6 Music 347 69%

Radio 1 151 30%

Radio 2 5 1%

1Xtra 0 0%

◦ WHEN

Common hour

0006121823

Peak hour: 17:00

◦ THE SONGS

Top tracks

BY PLAY COUNT

#TITLEPLAYSLAST

1 Whirring 215 2026-05-04

2 A Heavy Abacus 87 2024-10-31

3 Austere 81 2023-05-23

4 This Ladder Is Ours 13 2021-03-14

5 Cradle 13 2016-05-16

6 Cholla 13 2012-12-19

7 I Don't Want to See You Like This 9 2011-01-28

8 Wolf's Law 5 2025-04-13

9 Into The Blue 5 2021-04-17

10 Greyhounds In The Slips 5 2009-09-30

11 Austere (Radio Edit) 5 2008-07-29

12 Tra bo'r gwybed 2 2019-10-17

◦ THE LOG

Recent plays

2026-05-04 06:34 Whirring 6 Music

2025-12-12 04:15 Whirring 6 Music

2025-11-25 16:03 Whirring 6 Music

2025-10-17 03:18 Whirring 6 Music

2025-10-15 13:44 Whirring 6 Music

2025-09-03 13:26 Whirring 6 Music

2025-08-19 16:47 Whirring 6 Music

2025-07-28 11:33 Whirring 6 Music

2025-07-10 06:53 Whirring 6 Music

2025-06-10 15:22 Whirring 6 Music

2025-05-28 12:33 Whirring 6 Music

2025-05-12 06:11 Whirring 6 Music

◦ EVERY TRACK

All songs played

55 UNIQUE TRACKS · A–Z

BAR ▶

A Heavy Abacus —

87 2024-10-31 ▶

Anemone (session) —

1 2009-01-14 ▶

Ashes to Ashes —

1 2016-12-03 ▶

Austere —

81 2023-05-23 ▶

Austere (6 Music Session, 19 Jan 2009) —

1 2017-08-05 ▶

Austere (Live From Radio 1's Big Weekend Carlisle 2011) —

1 2012-05-01 ▶

Austere (Radio 1 Session) —

2 2011-01-20 ▶

Austere (Radio Edit) —

5 2008-07-29 ▶

Austere - 6M Hub Session 180808 —

2 2009-08-08 ▶

Austere - Hub Session 17/12/2007 —

1 2009-02-14 ▶

Back to Nothing —

1 2021-05-07 ▶

Beth tip - 'Cradle' —

1 2009-01-07 ▶

Buoy —

1 2011-01-28 ▶

Chapter 2 —

1 2011-01-20 ▶

Cholla —

13 2012-12-19 ▶

Crade (Live From Radio 1's Big Weekend Carlisle 2011) —

1 2012-05-01 ▶

Cradle —

13 2016-05-16 ▶

Cradle (6 Music Session, 19 Jan 2009) —

1 2017-08-05 ▶

Cradle (Live at Reading Festival 2008) —

1 2020-08-30 ▶

Cradle <Live From Reading 2008> —

1 2008-08-27 ▶

Dance of the Lotus (6 Music session 050718) —

1 2018-07-05 ▶

EndTapes —

1 2011-11-10 ▶

Greyhounds In The Slips —

5 2009-09-30 ▶

I Don't Want to See You Like This —

9 2011-01-28 ▶

Into The Blue —

5 2021-04-17 ▶

Little Blimp —

1 2013-03-13 ▶

Ostrich (6 Music session 050718) —

1 2018-07-05 ▶

Popinjay —

2 2010-08-07 ▶

Silent Treatment —

2 2013-06-27 ▶

Teh Last Drop (6 Music Session, 19 Jan 2009) —

1 2017-08-05 ▶

Tendons —

2 2013-01-24 ▶

The Better Me —

1 2018-10-17 ▶

The Butterfly's Last Spell - Hub Session 17/12/2007 —

1 2009-02-14 ▶

The Greatest Light Is the Greatest Shade —

2 2011-01-27 ▶

The Greatest Light Is The Greatest Shade (Live From Radio 1's Big Weekend 2011) —

1 2012-05-01 ▶

The Ladder Is Ours —

1 2012-12-10 ▶

The Last Drop —

1 2008-12-16 ▶

The Last Drop (Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs - Iguanodon mix) —

1 2009-01-28 ▶

The Last Drop (Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs Iguanodon Mix) —

1 2009-01-28 ▶

The Last Drop - Hub Session 180808 —

1 2009-02-14 ▶

The Last Thing On My Mind —

2 2016-02-03 ▶

The Wolf's Law —

1 2012-08-24 ▶

The Wrong Side —

1 2018-07-05 ▶

The Wrong Side (6 Music session 050718) —

1 2018-07-05 ▶

This Ladder Is Ours —

13 2021-03-14 ▶

Tra bo'r gwybed —

2 2019-10-17 ▶

Tynnu Sylw —

1 2014-09-16 ▶

While the Flies —

1 2009-02-26 ▶

Whirring —

215 2026-05-04 ▶

Whirring (Live At Radio 1's Big Weekend Carlisle 2011) —

1 2011-05-17 ▶

Whirring (Live At Reading Festival 2011) —

1 2011-08-29 ▶

Whirring (Live From Radio 1's Big Weekend Carlisle 2011) —

1 2012-05-01 ▶

Whirring <Live at Reading Festival 2011> —

1 2011-12-29 ▶

Wolf's Law —

5 2025-04-13 ▶

Yn Rhydiau'r Afon —

1 2014-07-07 ▶