Breichiau Hir Announce Second Album 'Y Dwylo Uwchben' With Lead Single Cuddio Tu Ôl Y Llen
Friday, 24 January 2025
Written by Jon Stickler
Photo: Sam Stevens
Breichiau Hir have laid out plans for their second album.
The Cardiff Welsh-language rock band will release 'Y Dwylo Uwchben' ('The Hands Above') via Halen Records on April 11, following up their 2021 Welsh Music Prize-nominated debut, 'Hir Oes I’r Cof'.
Alongside the announcement, the six-piece have shared the record's first single, Cuddio Tu Ôl Y Llen (Hiding Behind The Curtain), a melancholic alt-rock track that reflects on vulnerability, inner strength, and the fatigue of enduring internal and external conflicts. Frontman Steffan Dafydd explained:
"I wanted to catch the complexities of resilience, where holding on and letting go both feel equally painful. We went away for a week to write our second album, and everything felt completely new, which brought about a sense of change and a new chapter, and that feeling came out in some of the songs, this being one of them.
"When I started to write lyrics for this song, I wanted it to sound hopeful and positive. The music comes first and the lyrics come second, after I’ve let the mood of each song settle. I tend to write in a flow of consciousness to avoid pushing anything too much and making it feel forced, then I go to edit them to make sure it flows. When it came to looking over this one, I felt that it actually had a bit of that ‘light vs dark’ narrative, but felt uncertain about which side it was on."
Breichiau Hir will celebrate the album's release with a hometown show at Clwb Ifor Bach on April 17. Tickets are on sale now.
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