Cath Holland

Part Time Signals today release the third single from forthcoming album Duck’s Back, Baby. Psychedelic indie pop with playful keys and percussion in an easy going shuffle, the song delivers an optimistic message with idiomatic lyrics, gently reminding the listener that it’s okay to let go when life becomes a little too hectic.

Last night at a ceremony in Cardiff singer-songwriter Dafydd Owain was announced as winner of this year’s Welsh Music Prize. The emotionally charged Ymarfer Byw which also won Welsh Language Album of the Year over the summer, is Dafydd’s second long player and contains intense and dark subject matter along with humour and real beauty. Ymarfer Byw is released on the I Ka Ching label.

This month’s Welsh roundup by Bill Cummings (BC) and Cath Holland (CH). Acid Casuals launched the Cardiff Music City festival last week by performing their only album Omni live for the very fist time. The album gets a first vinyl issue on 30 October and on Friday visuals from Wa Da Da from the record were shared.