Gwenno - Le Kov - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Utopia, Gwenno's fourth solo album, is an extraordinary exploration of her continuously evolving self. If the singer regards her first three solo records 2014's y Dydd Olaf, 2018's Le Kov and 2022's Tresor as Inchchildhood recordsInch, rooted in her upbringing, her parents, her formative identity, then Utopia captures a time of self-determination and experimentation. These are songs of discovery, of the years between being someone's daughter and becoming someone's wife and someone's mother. They range from floor-fillers to piano ballads, via contributions from Cate Le Bon and H. Hawkline, and encompass William Blake, a favorite Edrica Huws poem, and the Number 73 bus. It is her finest work to date.

Gwenno - Y Dydd Olaf [COMPACT DISCS] Digipack Packaging date 08/14/2015

On their sophomore album, My Resignation, London-via-Australia dream-pop duo Geowulf have a lot to say. The followup to their debut, Great Big Blue, represents an overall holistic growth. Loneliness is discussed at great length with brutal honesty; learning not only to accept it but also to love the space it provides. They also tackle the difficulties navigating the expectations we put upon ourselves and others. Pepper in life's heartbreaks and breakups, and it proves to be a beautiful mess. If teenagers have all the coming-of-age movies and novels to make sense of life's do's and don'ts, My Resignation is for the twenty-somethings.