A Heavy Abacus

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"A Heavy Abacus"
Heavyabacusjoyformidable.jpg
Single by The Joy Formidable
from the album The Big Roar
Released8 July 2011
Recorded2009 (2009)
Genre Alternative rock, shoegazing
Length3:40
Label Atlantic Records
Songwriter(s) The Joy Formidable
Producer(s) The Joy Formidable
The Joy Formidable singles chronology
"I Don't Want to See You Like This"
(2010)
"A Heavy Abacus"
(2011)
"This Ladder Is Ours"
(2012)

"A Heavy Abacus" is the third and final single from Welsh alternative rock band The Joy Formidable's debut album The Big Roar , released in July 2011. A music video for "A Heavy Abacus" was directed by Christopher Mills. [1] The song charted at number 25 on the Billboard Alternative Songs, and stayed on chart for fifteen weeks. [2]

Contents

Track listing

  1. A Heavy Abacus – 3:40

Personnel

Charts

Chart (2011)Peak
position
US Alternative Songs ( Billboard ) [2] 25

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