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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Steven Morris

UNCOVERED: Why not us welsh language trio on their forthcoming double album - Caught on Camera

Band members Heledd Owen, Hollie Singer and Gwenllian Anthony posing for a photo at  Cwrw pub in Carmarthen.
Influences on Solas range from the Cure to the nomadic blues of west Africa and Björk, but a vital element is Cymraeg. Photograph: Dimitris Legakis/Athena Pictures

The idea of releasing a 23-track double album of pop and rock songs written entirely in Cymraeg – the Welsh language – might daunt some artists. But not Adwaith, a post-punk group from Carmarthenshire in south-west Wales.

“Well, I mean, if Beyoncé and Taylor Swift can do double albums, then why not us?” said Hollie Singer (vocals, guitar). “I think we’ve always had that ambition from the start. This is the pinnacle of that.”

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