Bill Ryder-Jones Announces Fifth Album 'Iechyd Da', Shares New Single This Can't Go On
Wednesday, 20 September 2023
Written by Jon Stickler
Photo: Marieke Macklon
Bill Ryder-Jones will drop his first album in five years early in 2024.
The follow-up to 2018's 'Yawn' is called 'Iechyd Da' (Welsh phrase for good health) and will arrive on January 12 via Domino Records. Marking his fifth full-length release to date, it explores themes of love and loss, but also hope, and is described by the singer-songwriter as his "most produced record". He said:
"My love of Wales has always been there. Half of my family is from there, I lost my brother there, all my childhood holidays were in Scotland or Wales. It's just a magical place with an incredibly beautiful language. Although I did have to go to Gruff Rhys and ask him about calling it this, as I'm still very much an Englishman - he OK'd it.
"Over the years my music has lost a bit of its hope I reckon. It were important for me to make a record that had more hope in it. Even by my standards, the last few years have been rocky, but I’ve chosen to soundtrack it with more positive music, you know?"
As a preview, the former guitarist for The Coral has shared the record's first single, This Can't Go On, a soaring piano-led ballad featuring a string arrangement from a 1978 Flashlight song.
Ryder-Jones will play a show at The Lexington in London next week, ahead of newly announced tour dates across the UK and Europe in March 2024. Tickets for the new gigs go on general sale at 10am local time on Friday (September 22). He will also appear at Cardiff's Swn Festival in October.
'Iechyd Da' tracklist:
1. I Know That It’s Like This (Baby)
2. A Bad Wind Blow In My Heart pt. 3
3. If Tomorrow Starts Without Me
4. We Don’t Need Them
5. I Hold Something In My Hand
6. This Can’t Go On
7. …And The Sea…
8. Nothing To Be Done
9. It’s Today Again
10. Christinha
11. How Beautiful I Am
12. Thankfully For Anthony
13. Nos Da
NEW // Starting his music career as a founding member of @thecoralband and now an accomplished solo artist, @BRyderJones will support his upcoming album 'Iechyd Da' with a tour of the UK and Ireland this March!
Bill Ryder Jones Upcoming Tour Dates are as follows
Wed September 27 2023 - LONDON Lexington
Tue March 12 2024 - GLASGOW Room 2
Wed March 13 2024 - LEEDS Brudenell Social Club
Fri March 15 2024 - BIRMINGHAM Castle and Falcon
Sat March 16 2024 - MANCHESTER New Century
Sun March 17 2024 - BRISTOL Thekla
Tue March 19 2024 - BRIGHTON Chalk
Wed March 20 2024 - LONDON Islington Assembly Hall
Thu March 21 2024 - LIVERPOOL Content
Sat March 23 2024 - AMSTERDAM Paradiso (Netherlands)
Sun March 24 2024 - HAMBURG Hafenklang (Germany)
Mon March 25 2024 - BERLIN Kantine am Berghain (Germany)
Wed March 27 2024 - ANTWERP Trix (Belgium)
Thu March 28 2024 - PARIS La Maroquinerie (France)
Sat March 30 2024 - DUBLIN Workmans Club
Sun March 31 2024 - BELFAST Black Box
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