THE ALTERNATIVE WALES SOUNDTRACK #17

TOM AUTON

All-time favourite album:
Royal Blood - How Did We Get So Dark? 

Favourite Welsh language track: 
Gwenwyn - Alffa. I heard this on one of Spotify’s biggest rock playlists and couldn’t believe they added a Welsh language song to it. Massive respect to them, hopefully the first of many.  

Favourite track by a Welsh band/artist:
Last Call - Finding Aurora. Raw and full of energy. Plus the bridge riff is huuuuuge.  

Favourite new Welsh band/artist:
Rebecca Riots, they’ve got some killer songs in the pipeline, super excited to hear more from them.  

Dream festival headliners:
Royal Blood, Muse, Kasabian (2019 edition)   

An underrated band/artist: 
Ariel Posen, one of the best new modern guitar players  I’ve heard. That guy shreds on slide guitar.   

A song that reminds you of a particular memory:
Green Day - Good Riddance. This was the first song I fell in love with as a kid. I saw it live when I was 10 years old and decided from then on that I wanted to become a musician (after I became an astronaut, and a football playing fireman of course).   

Go to album when you’re down:
I rarely get down, but if I do, I’ll want lifting right back up again. So for that reason I’d go to ‘These Streets’ - Paolo Nutini. Some proper feel good songs on that record,  

A song that gets you worked up:
This is so easy for me:  Amsterdam - Nothing But Thieves. That chorus should be classed as a lethal weapon. Always gets me psyched for a  show.   

A lyric that resonates with you:
‘Moving on and getting over, are not the same it seems to me’ - John Mayer.   

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