The Joy Formidable perform "Whirring" live from Mellow Johnny's Bike Shop during KEXP's broadcast at SXSW. Recorded 3/17/2011 host: Cheryl Waters engineer: Kevin Suggs Cameras: Jim Beckmann, Shelly Corbett, Scott Holpainen and Christopher Meister editing: Scott Holpainen
A Welsh band in a bicycle shop in Texas. As you do.
As the KEXP announcer points out at the end, the noise that builds over 9 minutes here is made by just three people. Outstanding.
A standout track from one of the best debut albums I've heard in years.