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The Joy Formidable Sign To Passion Pit's Label

• 7th Apr 2010

The Joy Formidable are the first signings to US label Black Bell, founded by Passion Pit’s Ayad Al Adhamy.

Black Bell will release the ‘A Balloon Called Moaning’ 8 track EP stateside on May 4th.

Of his roster’s first act, Ayad says that “The Joy Formidable grabbed my attention when I first heard the EP. The loud guitars, epic drums and dense textures with lush pop vocals and melodies just stood out from everything else I was listening to. Since then I’ve been an addict, and so has everyone I have shown this band to.”

The Joy Formidable played their first US shows in January of this year, supporting Passion Pit at New York’s Terminal 5 before their own sold out headlining shows at Brooklyn’s Union Hall and New York’s Pianos.