The Joy Formidable - This Ladder Is Ours [Official Music Video]

[@MetricMod]

I have been listening to this band for years now. Why they aren’t big or why they aren’t more popular truly doesn’t matter to me. The amount of groups they have influenced and the fact that they continue to release art that is true to themselves is all that matters.

[@angelafaulkner8931]

They actually give me hope that music is alive and real.

[@JayUchiha17]

Because we are in a world of sheep that only listen to mainstream Generic pop or volgar Music. They shy away from pure emotion and experiences that's been passionately compressed into this beautiful art by the Joy Formidable.

[@kieranriddle9120]

@@JayUchiha17 yeah, of cause your elite music tastes are superior to lowlife "sheep's". It's impossible to appreciate someones music without shitting on others, right? Guess we really are in a "world of sheep" then. The reason why they aren't "big" is simple - not everyone love shoegaze-like indie rock. And it's totally ok.

[@charlyannekirby]

They are huge!!! But mainstream doesn't keep score!!! We do!! Plus they have done well!!

[@jantizionist9145]

cause the jooz don't own them so no fame

[@chancecrimin]

Thank you universe, god, algorithm for bringing me to this song.

[@TheJaiwolf]

They're an extremely friendly band. You don't normally get chance to talk to bands after the gig but I bought an old album off their merch desk after their gig a few years ago and I got chatting to them for like a good 15-20 minutes and they even signed the album cover. I was amazed by how nice they were.

[@daves2027]

I got to speak to them in September 2019 and I still can't believe it

[@hahasimp]

THIS LIGHTER IS OURS THIS LIGHTER IS OURS

[@Hastur876]

THIS BLADDER IS OURS THIS BLADDER IS OURS

[@lebourreau7177]

As a rock and roll fan to his core, I'm ashamed I just discovered this gem of a trio 💎

[@nojuice1590]

Don't be ashamed. It's lit af!

[@PaulLuciw]

Honestly never heard of this band until recently. This band is great and the sound is so powerful. All their songs never fail to impress me❤love their name

[@chaoticfox6271]

I’ve been trying to find this song for over 6 years and now I find when I’m in the Marine Corps. It’s been on my mind for years annoying me and I finally found this beautiful song

[@anmolchaudhary1002]

I am so lucky to have found this band❤

[@maskedzebra22]

This song is the first song 2 of my daughters ever heard as a complete live performance. They started playing to a nearly empty circus tent, so we were right down the front. By the time this song was over, the tent was rammed. Ritzy was brilliant with them both, chatting to them between songs and making sure they were ok. An amazing band.

[@j0hnnyboi1]

0:37-0:57 Whatever that drummer was feeling, I was feeling it too.

[@Mattimerson]

The only thing bigger than the dust storm in the video is the massive wall of sound that the band unleashed with the guitar, bass and drums!!! The Joy Formidable are just so refreshing...I'm not an EDM or Pop music hater by any stretch ofthe imagination, but nothing beats just playing your real instruments and singing from your heart like them, not even a pesky sandstorm...

[@jacobpfeiffer6854]

Can't believe I just discovered this band. They're incredible!

[@scrippit29]

yea a little late... and now they only play in small pubs in liverpool.... so yea... little bit late.

[@penndark8854]

And they're formidable.

[@nathannicholson4149]

Best band since MANIC STREET PREACHERS , there is magic in Wales

[@kimstmartin8186]

Been following these guys ever since I tried to sign them up to the label I worked for back in the day. They used to be called Sidecar Kisses then, so glad they are doing well. Good music still lives on!!

[@ronny-2112]

I love this band. Whenever I can I come back to this old videos. Love Ritzy Bryan, her voice and songwriting are very good.

[@caligirl626]

3:09 to 3:40 is one of the most perfect moments in music.

[@pounette25]

caligirl626 I love the part at 4:45 to 5:02 the drum is soooo sick ! :)

[@DrewTube39]

Saw Joy at Austin City Limits Music Festival, an epic performance! We were lucky enough to briefly meet them after the show, they were very gracious and kind. Support this band!! They play in Austin again October 12.

[@tchudsonco]

Just found them within the past couple of months and have been listening repeatedly to all four of their albums.

[@Piero5711]

me too!

[@ronalronalsonn7117]

i adore this band, i was listening in 2011 and now i can see them in hamburg on february, YEAH!!

[@fyodordostoevsky727]

I loved this song the first time I heard it. Still do. One of my favorite bands. Makes me want to go buy a ladder (or you know, listen to more TJF songs.)

[@splinter360]

Wow. I've listened to them for a while and never heard this. This is honestly GREAT.

[@adsensedd]

I'm just getting into this band now. Great stuff. This pop/rock/dream pop sound is wonderful.

[@KyplayaZ4lyfe]

them eyes and that voice!

[@nassiradevost4803]

Mais quelle morceau ! Toujours aussi formidable

[@alegamed1]

This video is brilliant and the song is epic and massively inspiring. The group here is the best definition of the expression "power trio". Lots of emotional and musical power. The idea of the sand storm is fantastic and almost a literal punch in the stomach. Visual and musical poetry that is not for the faint of heart. Bravo.

[@toddlucek885]

After opening the show for the Foos in Calgary, EVERY Canadian should know THIS group!

[@abelhelu4635]

Nunca dejen de hacer musica xfa SALUDOS DESDE ARGENTINAAA

[@CerealDust-nStuff]

"This Ladder Is Ours" Let's take this walk it's long overdue And let this loathe crawl over you finally. Let's take this walk it's overdue. Let's sit and talk and slow things down. Just be our old selves again finally. Let's take this walk Let's take a walk to somewhere pretty. This ladder is ours This ladder is ours We can be anybody else Hold on to the fringe Jump through from the past. This ladder is ours This ladder is ours This is where everybody turns out right in the end. Can you play a part? See us walking through the sunshine Ask me "Where I've been?" Back to Ire? Back to desire This is where it all begins! This ladder is ours This ladder is ours We can be anybody else Hold on to the fringe Jump through from the past. This ladder is ours This ladder is ours This is where everybody turns out right in the end. Can you play that part? This ladder is ours This ladder is ours This ladder is ours This ladder is ours This ladder is ours This ladder is ours This ladder is ours This ladder is ours

[@reesetorwad8346]

💘💘💘😎👍

[@zeniatorres1592]

My new favorite song! "This ladder is ours...see us walking through sunshine...back to desire...this is where it all begins"

[@prometheusxc]

This band will forever be a favorite.

[@chancellorpink]

This is the best music video ever made.

[@TheGuitologist]

I am totally enamored by this band. This song kicks major ass.

[@kickliquid]

I was really hoping this band would save Rock n' Roll.

[@arthousebill]

THIS

[@TheMusicolophile]

They did.

[@vwboy2012]

She did...these kids don't get it and it's a shame.

[@dogdydod5247]

I mean if this is the music we're getting I never think it needed saving

[@scrippit29]

AGREE,,,

[@Cesargd]

I remember seeing them playing this song live, it was pure joy...pure Joy Formidable.

[@silverstatic]

Why's everyone complaining about the lack of sand?? We don't want beautiful Ritzy Bryan and company to go blind!! Just listen and love, who cares about authenticity in the video!! Can't wait to see them live once again, met them twice and they were just awesome possum cherry blossom sause.

[@MrToileronthesea]

Why this band are not bigger is a mystery to me! with epic songs like this they should be! absolutely bloody brilliant

[@AlbaAdventures]

Hard to think this song is now 9 years .. Seriously, loved it then, love it now.... For an old guy, this sound carries with me.

[@Machihekamake]

I love this video, dust or fog? They are special with their mastery of time signature versatility. Musicians know what this is technically difficult to be in 4/4, 5/4 and extra bars. Drummer is banging the shit out of them in appropriate moments. Congratulations to them. I was lucky to see them in LA, looking forward to seeing them again

[@dogdydod5247]

wait where are the odd time signatures?

[@vannjunkin8041]

Yes they are

[@zerosoma33]

Not so hard, just feel the music 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@willylimond191]

THE Joy Formidable, tremenda banda de Rock,... está canción la escucho fuerte en mi SmartPhone, hasta quedarme sordo🎸🎶🎧🎹👍🇵🇪

[@briancox9357]

Listening in September 2024. What a banger. Only just started listening to this band and I'm really hooked.

[@videomaniaticz]

THEY ARE COMING TO MÉXICO ON MAY 15TH OMG!! I CAN'T BELIEVE IT. I started listening to them back when I was in high school and know I'm a graduate and a teacher and I hope I could go and see them ❤️

[@domenicofamularo2933]

A pure wall of sound, jeeeeez....

[@thefootedroob]

No prizes for guessing the show opener for the tour in the New Year... Can't wait.

[@ricci777]

Once again, these three crushed it this weekend in DC. A tiny church it was. Hot, maybe 120 people, and they hammered down as if they were in a stadium. Unreal.

[@olgazurita6291]

Ritzy is a force of nature! Love TJF😍

[@scrippit29]

they never give up and I hope they never do. The Joy should have been super famous by now....

[@Lildios]

This song... What a journey !

[@brettsambrook]

First seen in Manchester Night and Day supporting White Lies, 2009. Never forgotten, more memorable than the main act that night.

[@jerrypratt6739]

I first saw White Lies (2010) and The Joy Formidable (2012) both as support for Muse London gigs, been big fan since, saw both bands last year and can't wait to see them again hopefully.

[@stellaviolens]

I love this song. I saw them in the summer at Cardiff and they opened with this. So emotional I had tears running down my face.

[@reesetorwad8346]

(Just putting this here for convenience) "This Ladder Is Ours" Let's take this walk it's long overdue And let this loathe crawl over you finally. Let's take this walk it's overdue. Let's sit and talk and slow things down. Just be our old selves again finally. Let's take this walk Let's take a walk to somewhere pretty. This ladder is ours This ladder is ours We can be anybody else Hold on to the fringe Jump through from the past. This ladder is ours This ladder is ours This is where everybody turns out right in the end. Can you play a part? See us walking through the sunshine Ask me "Where I've been?" Back to Ire? Back to desire This is where it all begins! This ladder is ours This ladder is ours We can be anybody else Hold on to the fringe Jump through from the past. This ladder is ours This ladder is ours This is where everybody turns out right in the end. Can you play that part? This ladder is ours This ladder is ours This ladder is ours This ladder is ours This ladder is ours This ladder is ours This ladder is ours This ladder is ours

[@sophoclese65]

Totally love Ritzy and her crew. Saw them live in NYC in 2016. F"ing great show with Everthing Everything! One of the best bands out there today.

[@Piero5711]

Completely agree, I also saw them in Peru on March 8 of this year and Ritzy is crazy and beautiful too

[@Music_Lover0612]

I love the beginning of the song so freaking much! The way its all slow and dramatic seeming than BAM! badassness!!

[@ultino]

the world needs more of this.

[@spacegirl89a]

My favorite song!!

[@wthdidusay]

Every song they have gives me chill bumps. They are destined to be a great band and eventually they will be legendary.

[@thegreekoutdoorsTGO]

This is what makes Britain Great what a sound from a 3 piece, Rixxy is just fantastic , they could be our next biggest Export

[@NOIRIST]

When she sings "this is where it all begins" and the dust flies off of them. Wow! Really finding this personal to me at the moment, and just an amazing song and band.

[@LadyChanterz]

I met the lead singers mother at a train station in North Wales. Genuinely lovely person. :D

[@Bozzie73]

I accidentally stumbled across this song while looking for the video for 'Whirring' so glad I decided to listen to it, this is a great song, the intro is the best I have heard in such a long time! Now......time to go listen to their other songs!

[@pounette25]

du vrai bonbon !!!! J'adore ce groupe c'est malade le drum est tellement intense et que dire d'la chanteuse , quelle voix! Hello from Québec guys, you rock !!! :P

[@Wilkster5150]

My favorite newer band. Cant wait for the new album.

[@irisdogma8174]

Thanks last.fm for finding me this sweet post-punk band. Some technical skill, and real passion here for sure.

[@skunkdad7]

This thing just kicks , I keep coming back for more !

[@adamwells72]

the sound is so beautiful and her!

[@quirkybeaver]

I'm loving this song right now.

[@alvaodegaard]

shudder to see the video and the song. awesome, beautiful and be my favorite band.

[@durmonkio]

i just found this band recently. and i have already gone back and found their older music... which is obviously much better. this song is simply ok..

[@JaimeFlorSongwriter]

Between this song, "Wolf's Law," & "Cholla," "This Ladder is Ours," is my fave. Of course all of them are good, I just love the melody, and the feeling of the entire song. The texture is really good to. I love the sound of Ritzy's guitar distortion, especially on those chords after she sings her 1st line. The piano in "Wolf's Law," is also a nice change of pace, especially since I've been listening to a lot of piano oriented music. As for "Cholla," the rhythm reminds me of an old drinking song.

[@israfele]

Such an awesome song and band

[@killerguitarguy]

I saw these guys on tour with the Foo Fighters. Very good live. Great band!

[@makeyourfaith]

LOVE the drummer's passion! just awesome

[@ViioletSummer]

omg Ritzy is gorgeous.. her eyes are just stunning xD cant wait for this album!!!

[@jM-yx7ii]

iT was Formidable in 2014 when I listened it for the first time pOwerr FUUULL , and today... it stay the same for me, It will never go, good band, good sounds, good video particular fOrmidaBle to play in these siTuation !

[@iStarwinkle]

heard this song on the radio today. Something I hear myself skateboarding to. Consider it purchased on itunes!

[@chancellorpink]

This is one of the top videos ever created. Very powerful, affecting stuff. Please please please let me get what I want. And play this video at my funeral.

[@dylanvine]

It's all about You making your own judgement.The great thing about Wolf's law is it's variety & to me each repeated listen brings added reward. Saw them live last night & it was buzzing.

[@kittysayshuh]

This is music.

[@kqbumpkin]

Gonna see them tonight....so excited!!

[@vonfandango]

I came here cause I saw the jambox commercial and I'm so glad I did!!! Bought the music on itunes as well =)

[@adamholtz1675]

Still love this band in 2019

[@jaythamalt]

how about 2020?

[@adamholtz1675]

@@jaythamalt yes, even now I play it

[@Piero5711]

My favorite band, The Joy Formidable is the best

[@jc05n]

Art at its finest.

[@Splandrocity]

The editing is so good in this video and deserves a nod, well done. Cut timing, effects, everything.

[@metamoderna7]

Argentina 2016 is waiting for you!

[@MultiShampain]

+Cs Mdn do you know about the Welsh in Argentina who moved to avoid English persecution

[@metamoderna7]

Yes!

[@Wildcard0707]

I'm here bc in september i went see a foo fighters concert and this band was opening and in my head i was like great just another band for me to sit through before i get to see who i really came here for. then ritzy started singing and it was literally the most amazing thing i ever heard.

[@codyjames01111]

I'll be seeing them in Vegas for the life is beautiful festival!

[@PrincessGerardWay81]

This song is so freaking flawless.

[@LolaScaletta]

This song has an exciting spirit. Браво!

[@genyy23]

Pur si simplu sunt formidabili de buni!!!

[@levigoth2550]

Bigla kong naalala 'tong bandang 'to Isa to sa mga paborito ko nung nagaaral pa ko eh ... Big fan from Philippines

[@ThouDailyBlab]

My new favourite band.

[@willylimond191]

*The Joy Formidable*

[@Piero5711]

Wonderful song and video too!!

[@vistheindian]

I said it before to others and I'll say it again. I'd marry this band if I could.

[@manonbanoun]

Just absolutely, incredibly awesome. And it's an euphemism.

[@ndtx2012]

So rad! I would gladly endure a dust storm to watch them perform.

[@helenajensen3503]

The Joy Formidable is so amazing!!!

[@skirmich]

Saw Video, Somehow Impressed.... Sees in 1080p = JAW DROPPED! Excellent Video and Excellent Song.

[@robertstrozdas4504]

Big roar is the best thing I have come across in the past two years. This song makes my tears drop. So wonderful. Power 3 piece that can belt it out! Thanks for doing what You do & how You do it!!

[@watwillwedonext]

Love the scale... the video is their best one yet (imo), theyre on the right track

[@jacobwelliver8678]

they are and remain the band in my head!!!