Gruff Rhys will be releasing his new album Pang! on Rough Trade Records / Rhythmethod on September 13th. Pang! is a pop album with a couple of verses of Zulu and an English title. Pang! developed unexpectedly over about 18 months. A solo album of songs by Gruff Rhys, produced & mixed by the South African electronic artist Muzi.
Recorded in Cardiff, Wales. The title-track song ‘Pang!’ was mixed by the producer Muzi in Cardiff & Johannesburg. Drums by Welsh-American psychedelic warlord Kliph Scurlock, brass by Gavin Fitzjohn and flute and percussion by the engineer Kris Jenkins. Beats, bass & ah’s by Muzi with Gruff on vocals and guitar.
Gruff explains “‘Pang!’ is a Welsh language song with an English title. It started life as a folk reel and soon expanded into a ‘list’ song, listing various reasons for pangs; hunger, regret, twitter, pain, bad design etc. Using the English word pang in a Welsh language track may appear weird but I suppose it’s like using the French word ‘Magazine’ in an English song. In that, it’s slightly pretentious but completely acceptable.”
Pang! Track Listing
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Pang!
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Bae Bae Bae
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Digidigol
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Ara Deg (Ddaw’r Awen)
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Eli Haul
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Niwl O Anwiredd
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Taranau Mai
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Ol Bys / Nodau Clust
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Annedd Im Danedd
