{"id":29673,"date":"2018-09-17T12:15:18","date_gmt":"2018-09-17T16:15:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=29673"},"modified":"2019-05-31T12:15:13","modified_gmt":"2019-05-31T16:15:13","slug":"the-joy-formidable-share-new-single-the-better-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=29673","title":{"rendered":"The Joy Formidable share new single &#8216;The Better Me&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Joy Formidable have shared the latest single lifted from their new album &#8216;AAARTH&#8217;, <em>The Better Me<\/em>, and you can check out the video via YouTube below.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/I31IUG_PJcM?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-CA&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>With recent singles<em> <a href=\"https:\/\/prescriptionpr.cmail20.com\/t\/j-l-nujliud-ejlihlkhu-j\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dance of The Lotus<\/a><\/em> and <em><a href=\"https:\/\/prescriptionpr.cmail20.com\/t\/j-l-nujliud-ejlihlkhu-t\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Wrong Side<\/a><\/em>, &#8216;AAARTH&#8217;\u00a0is proving itself to be an album packed with inventive and emotive rallying cries. <em>The Better Me<\/em>\u00a0is no exception, as lead singer and guitarist Ritzy Bryan explains; \u201c<em>The Better Me is a song about self-acceptance, living with your mistakes and appreciating how we all make up the whole and have something different to offer. A song of thanks to a loved one and a decision to love oneself.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The video was filmed in Las Vegas &#8211; walking through the deserted backstreets in the early evening &#8211; the song\u2019s bittersweet themes of being aware of your failings but accepting and defiant, are captured perfectly by the backdrop of a city such as this one. Boston-based creative studio <em>TRLLM <\/em>created the video clip<em>, <\/em>with the aim to capture feelings of loneliness as well as hopefulness. They comment; <em>\u201cWe knew we wanted to do something simple &amp; centred around Ritzy\u2019s performance because it\u2019s a very personal song. There\u2019s also this natural defiance in walking forward, pushing forward through these deserted streets in a lonely corner of Las Vegas.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/i2.cmail20.com\/ei\/j\/C9\/0E8\/457\/183959\/csfinal\/TheJoyFormidable-Aaarthweb.jpg?resize=476%2C476\" alt=\"AAARTH The Joy Formidable\" width=\"476\" height=\"476\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><strong>&#8216;AAARTH&#8217; track listing<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>1. Y Bluen Eira<br \/>\n2.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/prescriptionpr.cmail20.com\/t\/j-l-nujliud-ejlihlkhu-a\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Wrong Side<\/a><br \/>\n3. Go Loving<br \/>\n4. Cicada (Land on Your Back)<br \/>\n5. All in All<br \/>\n6. What For<br \/>\n7.\u00a0The Better Me<br \/>\n8.\u00a0Absence<br \/>\n9.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/prescriptionpr.cmail20.com\/t\/j-l-nujliud-ejlihlkhu-z\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dance of the Lotus<\/a><br \/>\n10. You Can\u2019t Give Me<br \/>\n11.\u00a0Caught on a Breeze<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;AAARTH&#8217;\u00a0is released on September 28th on CD, download and LP, as well as a super limited boxset, Indie retail exclusive vinyl, and Rough Trade exclusive vinyl, which will be supported by in-stores at Cardiff, Nottingham, Bristol and London East.\u00a0Pre-order the album <a href=\"https:\/\/prescriptionpr.cmail20.com\/t\/j-l-nujliud-ejlihlkhu-h\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Live dates<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Sept 28 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/prescriptionpr.cmail20.com\/t\/j-l-nujliud-ejlihlkhu-k\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Spillers Records in-store, Cardiff<\/a><br \/>\nSept 29 \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/prescriptionpr.cmail20.com\/t\/j-l-nujliud-ejlihlkhu-m\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rough Trade in-store, Nottingham<\/a><br \/>\nSept 30 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/prescriptionpr.cmail20.com\/t\/j-l-nujliud-ejlihlkhu-c\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rough Trade in-store, Bristol<\/a><br \/>\nOct 01 \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/prescriptionpr.cmail20.com\/t\/j-l-nujliud-ejlihlkhu-q\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rough Trade in-store, London East<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>The Joy Formidable have shared the latest single lifted from their new album &#8216;AAARTH&#8217;, The Better Me, and you can check out the video via <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=29673\" title=\"The Joy Formidable share new single &#8216;The Better Me&#8217;\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":29675,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false},"categories":[22,23,25,28,29],"tags":[7611,7666,1720,1245],"class_list":["post-29673","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-guitar-rock","category-indie","category-live","category-music","category-music-video","tag-aaarth","tag-the-better-me","tag-the-joy-formidable","tag-tour-dates"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/webIMG_1941.jpg?fit=900%2C598&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2B2TV-7IB","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":29487,"url":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=29487","url_meta":{"origin":29673,"position":0},"title":"The Joy Formidable share &#8216;The Wrong Side&#8217; video","author":"cultureaddicts","date":"August 18, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Earlier this summer, The Joy Formidable announced that they would be returning with yet another huge step forward, in the shape of new album 'AAARTH'. 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