THE ALTERNATIVE WALES SOUNDTRACK #10
ADERYN
All-time favourite album:
The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust - David Bowie. I'm obsessed with the drum sound.
Favourite Welsh language album:
Mai by Georgia Ruth is the musical equivalent of sitting in a summer garden, the simple instrumentation and her voice are just this perfect delicate combination.
Favourite record by a Welsh band/artist:
So many! I really like The Non-Stop EP by Buzzard Buzzard Buzzard that came out last year. That’s a band I’d love to see live.
Favourite new Welsh band/artist:
I think Twst is releasing some really fresh sounding stuff at the moment. The other artists on the Forte program with me this year are also all super talented musicians.
3 dream festival headliners:
Radiohead, Arctic Monkeys and Sons of Kemet. It’d be a weird festival but I’d be into it.
An underrated band/artist:
Sorcha Richardson, IDER, and Soccer Mommy are all great songwriters. They have a really confessional, personal song writing style which I love. I'm a big fan of well thought out lyrics.
A song that reminds you of a particular memory:
Rebel Girl by Bikini Kill is a song that transports me back to being 17, playing drums in an all female grunge 3 piece. It was a really fun time of just finding out how much chaos you could get away with on stage and how much fun live music is.
Go to album when you’re down:
If I want to feel all the feelings it's usually a case of putting on something like Mazzy Star - So Tonight That I Might See and lying on the floor in a music coma.
Go to record to get you worked up:
Lizzo - Cuz I Love You. That album is all killer no filler. I can’t wait to see what she releases next.
A lyric that resonates with you:
I love all Courtney Barnett’s lyrics, she has this great meandering, stream of consciousness song writing style with these surprising little details. In ‘Pedestrian at Best’ there’s this great verse where she half shouts “I'm a fake, I'm a phoney, I'm awake, I'm alone, I'm homely, I'm a Scorpio”. I am actually a Scorpio so I always love shouting that line out when I'm listening to the song.
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