Show #2582: Saturday 24th February 2024 - Y Dail / Adwaith / Attack + Defend
Adam Walton, BBC Radio Wales, 24th Feb 2024: The Long Song - Y Dail / Behind The Track - Adwaith 'Eto' / Hard Drive Deep Dive - Attack + Defend 'More'
Listen again via BBC Sounds here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m001wmly
PLEASE NOTE: This isn’t an official BBC / BBC Wales post. All words / opinions expressed here are my own.
I have a mancold so this will be much briefer than it would usually be / deserves. There's a lot of really great music in this week's show: in this instance, at least, fewer words == greater musical excitement.
See how you get on. If you hear anything you particularly love or loathe, or you're aghast about something I haven't played yet, do feel free to let me know. The comments section below the posts on Substack would be a good place. It's free to create an account.
The Long Song this week comes from Y Dail, coalesced around the considerable, spangling talents of Pontypridd's Huw Griffiths. Huw's melodic palette is multi-hued, vibrant and as becoming as beautiful eyes cast in your direction. He has the skewed pop song chops to stand alongside Meilyr Jones, Gorky's, Gruff Rhys, Topper, Edward H. Dafis, Teenage Fanclub, Jonathan Richman, Paddy McAloon, Ray Davies.
This is heady company but there's no exaggeration in the words I'm typing. Y Dail are finding new shapes and hooks in our beloved sub-three minute form. And telling stories too. Huw's a reader. He wears it lightly and knows the fulsome benefits of less is more. I love this song very much and I believe you will too.
Y Dail's debut album 'Teigr' is just around the corner (April). It's burning bright. See, I'm a reader too.
Behind The Track, this week, brings a beautiful flickering candle to the captivating origins of Adwaith's 'Eto'. It's the most played song on this show ever. I don't know whether that is helpful to the artists, or not. it's been helpful to me. There is so much that I will say about Adwaith in a future piece, and about 'Eto' in particular. Suffice to say that no other recording in the last decade has made me feel this unalone and this sadhappy to be human. It's an anthem for people who don't ever want their embers to go out. I couldn't love it more.
I'm off back to bed. It's the cold that's dragging me there. The fact that I'll be neck deep in Baldur's Gate III is neither here nor there, really.
THIS WEEK’S PLAYLIST
Minas - 'I Wish I Could Be 23 Again'
St Davids / Caerphilly
http://facebook.com/MinasSound
Natty Lou - 'Galactic ft. Sebotage'
Cardiff
http://www.nattylou.com
Catfish And The Bottlemen - 'Showtime'
Llandudno
http://catfshandthebottlemen.com
Squidge - 'Truck'
Bath / Wales
http://linktr.ee/squidgetheband
Silent Forum - 'Treat Yourself'
Cardiff
http://facebook.com/SilentForum
Elkka - 'Make Me'
Cardiff
http://elkka.bandcamp.com
Gillie - 'i ti'
Llangadog
http://facebook.com/GillieMusic
Murder Club - 'Shots?!'
Newport
http://facebook.com/Murderclubuk
Sempa - 'Wrong Things'
Newport
http://instagram.com/sempauk
Red Red Red - 'Out & About'
Milford Haven
http://linktr.ee/redredredmusic
Hana Lili - 'Basement'
Sully
http://hanalili.os.fan
Cowbois Rhos Botwnnog - 'Trosol'
Llyn Peninsula
http://crhb.bandcamp.com
Deyah - 'Socials'
Newport
http://instagram.com/iamdeyah
THE LONG SONG #033... Y DAIL 'SILLY BOY'
Y Dail - 'Silly Boy'
Pontypridd
http://ydail.bandcamp.com
Private Party - 'Daisy Cake'
Swansea-ish
Cai Ham - 'Truth Comes Out'
Cardiff
http://instagram.com/caiham
David Holmes - 'Agitprop 13 (GLOK Remix)'
Belfast / Cardiff-born remixer
http://facebook.com/DavidHolmesProducer
Pastel - 'Dancing On A Pin'
Swansea
http://facebook.com/officialpastelband/
HARD DRIVE DEEP DIVE #001
Attack + Defend - 'More'
Cardiff
http://attackanddefend.com
Joan Bibiloni featuring Rhys Ifans - 'Badia Onírica [Welsh Version]'
Ibiza / Ceredigion / Mochdre / Ruthin
Rufus Mufasa - 'Calculated'
Ammanford / Pontypridd
Morgan Elwy - 'Fel Hyn ft. Pen Dub'
Denbigh
http://www.morganelwy.com
K-Diff Syndicate - 'Rise to The Top'
Cardiff
http://hyperfollow.com/kdiffsyndicate
Mudmowth - 'Both Shoes'
Cardiff
King Cerulean - 'Funkidium'
Cardiff
http://kingcerulean.com
Hunzz - 'Bloom'
Abergele
http://facebook.com/people/Hunzz/100076154027351/
Papa Jupe's T.C. - 'High Value Male'
Cardiff
http://papajupestc.bandcamp.com/
Kim Hon - 'Baseball'
Dyffryn Nantlle
http://facebook.com/kimhon420
Bau Cat - 'Make It Right'
Rhuddlan
http://facebook.com/profile.php?id=100079657726785
Tokomololo - 'Seibiant'
Ynys Môn
http://instagram.com/tokomololomusic
cndl - 'itsokay'
Swansea
http://instagram.com/c_n_d_l_
Tom Emlyn - 'Hall of Mirrors'
Swansea
http://linktr.ee/tomemlyn
BEHIND THE TRACK #002... ADWAITH 'ETO'
Adwaith - 'Eto'
Carmarthen
http://facebook.com/adwaithmusic
Pseudo Cool - 'Post Person'
Maesteg
http://facebook.com/pseudocoolmusic
Holy Gloam - 'Buggin' to Feel Something'
North Wales / Chester
http://facebook.com/holygloam
Anadazada - 'Please Don't Let Hate Divide'
Gwynedd
Gillie - 'Yn Y Bore'
Llangadog
http://facebook.com/GillieMusic
Low Altitude - 'Slow Drift'
Llangollen
http://instagram.com/thisislowaltitude
SHOW STATS
265 diff songs/ 297 Total. 223 Artists in 8 shows since 1st, Jan '24 (~Songs per:37, Unique artists per:28) Welsh:99% Cymraeg:12% (feat. lyrics in Welsh); Source: Uploader:45%, Direct:16%, Bought:13%, Plugger:22%, Commission:3%
Comprehensive Session / Interview List: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1w-rIPj0l0QhUcbEm08PUPLUWh-416mwlteG_8wpNWtQ/edit?usp=sharing
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