The Joy Formidable - Wolfs Law

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The Joy Formidable - Maw Maw Song

Maw maw ma ma ma ma maw
Ma ma ma ma maw, maw maw maw
Maw maw ma ma ma ma maw
Ma ma ma ma maw, maw maw maw [x2]

Enough
I'm ready to face it all
Alone
This line is a wall

I'm big
Like a warrior
I've grown sure
So draw, draw let me right you
Give me more

You want it all
You want it all
I know you do
I know you do
Now, what do you want from me
Well I guess it's time to feed

Here now the wind it blows high
Just cover your mouth for a colourful lie
Sing free and hold up the sun
The belly won't rest until the day is done now

Maw maw ma ma ma ma maw
Ma ma ma ma maw, maw maw maw
Maw maw ma ma ma ma maw
Ma ma ma ma maw, maw maw maw

This slant
Is pulling an empty jar
Belief that dim can go far
I'll take a rattler to the bear
So join, join
Let me show you wilderness

You want it all
You want it all
I know you do
I know you do
Now, what do you want from me
Well I guess it's time to feed

Here now the wind it blows high
Just cover your mouth for a colourful lie
Sing free and hold up the sun
The belly won't rest until the day is done

Maw maw ma ma ma ma maw
Ma ma ma ma maw, maw maw maw
Maw maw ma ma ma ma maw
Ma ma ma ma maw, maw maw maw

Your hand, put it right here
I'm taking you somewhere, somewhere to eat
The sky, the land, the stars and the sun
We'll shovel them down with canyon water.
I want your eyes to widen again
They're heavy with bags, tired with tales
Your hand, put it right here, I'm taking you somewhere, somewhere to live.

Review by James Christopher Monger (allmusic) 

A play on German anatomist/surgeon Julius Wolff's theory that a human or animal's bones will adapt to the stresses imposed upon them, Wolf's Law, the second studio album from The Joy Formidable, finds the Welsh trio building upon its already gargantuan sound with remarkable aplomb. On 2011's appropriately titled The Big Roar, the band successfully channeled the rich sonic breadth of alt-rock giants like My Bloody Valentine and Lush into the increasingly shallow waters of 21st century indie rock, carving out its own unique tributary with past generations' tools. With arena-sized scope and meticulous attention to detail, the band works with a larger arsenal on Wolf's Law, which pairs all three members' well-honed weapons of choice with a full-on string section, most effective on stunning opening cut "This Ladder Is Ours" and epic closer "The Turnaround," the latter of which lit up the Internet months before the album's release with an evocative, Terrence Malick-inspired video for the song's propulsive three-and-a-half-minute coda. Like The Big Roar, Wolf's Law hits hard and fast once the cage is unlocked, pummeling the listener with inventive yet occasionally exhausting Trompe Le Monde-era Pixies andBlack Holes and Revelations-inspired Muse-isms, but it's broken up midway through by the lovely unadorned acoustic post-breakup ballad "Silent Treatment," which does a nice job putting the previous cacophony in perspective. The second half of the album, which includes the propulsive, shape-shifting "Maw Maw Song," the expansive and elegiac "Leopard and the Lung," and the aforementioned Sigur Rós-esque "The Turnaround," adheres more closely to the alternately pastoral and explosive nature of the group, sounding for all the world like a storm making its way to land, pausing occasionally to pick up steam amidst the ruin.

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