THE ALTERNATIVE WALES SOUNDTRACK #8

GWILYM

All-time favourite album:
Midlake - Occupanther (Carwyn), Bon Iver - 22, A Million (Ifan), Cowbois Rhos Botwnnog - Dyddiau Du, Dyddiau Gwyn, Hippo Campus - Landmark (Rhys), Nothing But Thieves - Broken Machine (Llŷr)

Favourite Welsh language album:
‘Palenco’ by Palenco

Favourite record by a Welsh band/artist:
‘1, 2 Kung-Fu’ by Boy Azooga

Favourite new Welsh band/artist:
Malan, a jazz-pop artist from Caernarfon

3 dream festival headliners:
Big Leaves, Super Furry Animals, Steely Dan

An underrated band/artist:
Band Of Skulls, according to Carwyn

A song that reminds you of a particular memory:
‘Dawns Y Glaw’ by Anweledig takes us back to Sesiwn Fawr Dolgellau 2018, dancing wearing sombreros in torrential rain!

Go to album when you’re down:
Cowbois Rhos Botwnnog - Dyddiau Du, Dyddiau Gwyn

Go to record to get you worked up:
Queens of the Stone Age - ...Like Clockwork

A lyric that resonates with you:
“Dwi bron â marw isho byw” (“I nearly want to die wanting to live”, doesn’t really make sense in English, does it?!) from ‘Hwyl Fawr Heulwen’ by Y Cyrff

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