Last July, The Joy Formidable emerged from hibernation with two gifts for their fans: an excellent cover of the Twin Peaks theme song, and news that a new album was on the horizon. Today, they’ve returned with details of that forthcoming LP. Titled Hitch, it’s slated for a March 25th release through the band’s own C’Mon Lets Drift/Caroline Records.

As The Joy Formidable told Consequence of Sound over the summer, the follow-up to 2013’s Wolf’s Law was recorded primarily in their Red Brick studio in North Wales. “We’ve taken our time, made something special,” they said at the time.



Our first taste of the new full-length comes courtesy of “The Last Thing On My Mind”. The lead single plays out like smoky rocker, and comes with its own booty-filled music video. Frontwoman Rhiannon “Ritzy” Bryan explained the concept behind both the track and clip:

“It’s a song about freedom, about feeling alive & a part of that is about sexual liberation too, which is why we wanted to make a music video from the perspective of a heterosexual female gaze. It shows men in many forms, being free, being sexy, being watched, it’s beautiful and provocative and is some small attempt to re-address the existing imbalance of perspective and nudity in music videos.”

Watch the visual below, followed by the album’s tracklist and the band’s upcoming tour schedule, which includes a US leg and a number of South American festival appearances.

Hitch Tracklist:

01. A Second in White

02. Radio of Lips

03. The Last Thing on My Mind

04. Liana

05. The Brook

06. It’s Started

07. The Gift

08. Running Hands With the Night

09. Fog (Black Windows)

10. Underneath the Petal

11. Blowing Fire

12. Don’t Let Me Know

The Joy Formidable 2016 Tour Dates:

02/21 – Manchester, UK @ The Deaf Institute

02/22 – Cardiff, UK @ Clwb Ifor Bach

02/23 – London, UK @ Oslo

02/24 – Birmingham, UK @ The Rainbow Courtyard

02/25 – Glasgow, UK @ King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut

03/10 – Bogota, CO @ Festival Estereo Picnic

03/12 – Sao Paulo, BR @ Lollapalooza Brazil

03/18 – Buenos Aires, AR @ Lollapalooza Argentina

03/19 – Santiago, CL @ Lollapalooza Chile

03/28 – West Hollywood, CA @ The Roxy Theatre

03/29 – West Hollywood, CA @ The Roxy Theatre

03/30 – San Francisco, CA @ Great American Music Hall

04/01 – Portland, OR @ Wonder Ballroom

04/02 – Seattle, WA @ Neumos

04/05 – Minneapolis, MN @ First Avenue

04/06 – Chicago, IL @ Double Door

04/07 – Iowa City, IA @ Mission Creek Festival

04/08 – Nashville, TN @ Mercy Lounge

04/10 – Pittsburgh, PA @ Mr. Smalls Theater

04/12 – Boston, MA @ Paradise Rock Club

04/13 – Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club

04/14 – New York, NY @ Irving Plaza

04/15 – Philadelphia, PA @ Underground Arts

05/12-14 – Wrexham, UK @ FOCUS Wales

05/27 – Napa, CA @ BottleRock Napa Valley