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- Summary: The debut solo release for the Pipettes' Gwenno Saunders is sung in Welsh except for one track in Cornish.
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- Record Label: Heavenly
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Indie Electronic, Indie Pop, Neo-Psychedelia
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| Byw'r gorffennol ar dy gyfrifiadur ond sdim ar ôl o'r hen adeiladau a'i dyma'r dechrau? Paid, paid anghofio fod dy galon yn y chwyldro paid... | See the rest of the song lyrics |
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Jul 31, 2015Y Dydd Olaf is a marvellously magical mixture of elation, anger and sorrow and is very lovely indeed.
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Jul 31, 2015It’s a fabulous voyage that delights at every unexpected turn.
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UncutJul 31, 2015Seldom is the personal married to the political in such an enchanting fashion. [Aug 2015, p.75]
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MojoJul 31, 2015At once spooky and playful, romantic and angry. [Sep 2015, p.89]
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Aug 17, 2015Despite the heavy topics, Gwenno brings a lightness of touch to everything on the album--her vocals are both light and breezy, and sometimes sound full of wonder, as if she can’t wait to explore this weird dysoptian future that she’s singing about.
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Oct 29, 2015This deft balance between the accessible--via enthrallingly optimistic electronica-and the inaccessible--dense sci-fi themes; some lyrics in Cornish, a language spoken on a remote U.K. isle—is highly creative, and makes Y Dydd Olaf one of the most unique, curious, and downright fun albums of 2015.
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Jul 31, 2015It all adds up to a pretty remarkable reinvention and album of leftfield synth-pop that is dark and mysterious enough to beguile in any language.
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