Lan McArdle and Owen Williams formed a new band Ex-Vöid in 2018 and Williams and Nicholls formed The Tubs the same year.
In June 2015, the band announced Lan McArdle would depart from the band. They were replaced by Kane Stonestreet from the bands Pennycress and Roxy Brennan from Two White Cranes, Grubs and TOWEL. This lineup released one single, “Pretty Fucking Sick (of It All).” They played their final show in…
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Their debut album, Weird Sister , received praise from Pitchfork , This is fake DIY , and Rough Trade . On 28 November 2014, the band won the Welsh Music Prize for that record. They released their second album, Peanut Butter , on 11 May in the UK via Fortuna…
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Joanna Gruesome were formed in 2010 in Cardiff by Owen Willams (guitar and vocals), Max Warren (bass), and George Nicholls (guitar). Their core line-up solidified with the addition of Lan McArdle (lead vocals) and Dave Sandford (drums) in 2012. The band would include in their (largely fabricated) press releases that…
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