This is is testimony. The Joy Formidable graduated very quickly from experimental inndiepop to arena scale shows. It was not clear at the start how deep the rabbithole was, that is to say, how far up the scale of grandiosity they could all go. Touring is an escalating maelstrom of chaos, risk, stress, and yes, ilness. But when on a huge stage in front of thousands, the fear sinks. The telescope refers to time compression: the show is over in an instant, the travel takes forever.
The calm day will come when the tour is over, we are back home, no more frenzied crowds. Fever in bedtime darkness is tge panic and dread of failing before a hufe crowd, thr greatest challenge a performer can face.
Two eyes in the dark... from the stage, you can see nothing, blinded by stage lights. But then your eyes connect with someone near the front, and you see the hope and the excitement and the thrill of that person who has never experienced this before. The bliss jumps across the gap and the feverish fear from the night before is never known.
The greatest light is the general intensity of public attention, and specifically the concentrated attention and appreciation of thousands of people in a hug festival crowd that you know you can never know. The greatest shade is the safety, freedom, and relaxation of knowing that you have undertaken a fantastic challenge, and succeeded, and that your Joy is Formidable without a doubt.
This is is testimony. The Joy Formidable graduated very quickly from experimental inndiepop to arena scale shows. It was not clear at the start how deep the rabbithole was, that is to say, how far up the scale of grandiosity they could all go. Touring is an escalating maelstrom of chaos, risk, stress, and yes, ilness. But when on a huge stage in front of thousands, the fear sinks. The telescope refers to time compression: the show is over in an instant, the travel takes forever. The calm day will come when the tour is over, we are back home, no more frenzied crowds. Fever in bedtime darkness is tge panic and dread of failing before a hufe crowd, thr greatest challenge a performer can face. Two eyes in the dark... from the stage, you can see nothing, blinded by stage lights. But then your eyes connect with someone near the front, and you see the hope and the excitement and the thrill of that person who has never experienced this before. The bliss jumps across the gap and the feverish fear from the night before is never known.
The greatest light is the general intensity of public attention, and specifically the concentrated attention and appreciation of thousands of people in a hug festival crowd that you know you can never know. The greatest shade is the safety, freedom, and relaxation of knowing that you have undertaken a fantastic challenge, and succeeded, and that your Joy is Formidable without a doubt.