Final album from the much missed Rheinallt H.Rowlands

THIRD COLLECTION FROM DUO OWAIN WRIGHT AND DEWI EVANS .A COLLECTION OF BRAND NEW SONGS COUPLED WITH HIGHLIGHTS FROM THEIR SOUNDTRACK TO BRITH GOF'S EPIC THEATRE PRODUCTION OF 'Y DYDDIAU OLA' . ALSO INCLUDED IS THEIR PRIZED COVER OF JOY DIVISION'S 'NEW DAWN FADES' ./TRYDYDD CASGLIAD GAN Y GRWP UNIGRYW O LLANFAIRPWLL . AR Y CASGLIAD YMA MAE DEWI EVANS A OWAIN WRIGHT YN CYFUNO Y TRAC SAIN A RECORDIWYD AR GYFER SIOE THEATR BRITH GOF ( Y DYDDIAU OLA - HANES BODDI TRYWERYN / CAPEL CELYN ) GYDA CANEUON POP FEL LLANW , GWIROD A NEVER THOUGHT I'D FEEL THIS WAY , YNGHYD A FERSIWN O'R CLASUR GAN JOY DIVISION 'GWAWR NEWYDD YN CILIO '

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JUST AS THE DRAMATIC QUALITIES INHERENT IN THE WORK OF THE PET SHOP BOYS MADE IT INEVITABLE THAT THEY WOULD ONE DAY PUT THEIR NAME TO A WEST END MUSICAL , IT COMES AS NO SURPRISE TO DISCOVER THAT THE THIRD ALBUM BY THIS SOMEWHAT LESSER KNOWN - BUT IN THEIR OWN WAY EQUALLY ILLUSTRIOUS - ANGLESEY BASED DUO STARTED LIFE AS A STAGE PRODUCTION . THE COMBINATION OF OWAIN WRIGHT'S COMPELLINGLY STENTORIAN VOCAL AND DEWI EVANS' GRANDLY INTUITIVE SYNTH ORCHESTRAL BACKDROPS TRANSCENDS ITS THEATRICAL ORIGINS , THE SPOKEN WORD NUMBERS IN WELSH (EDWARD YN HEDFAN) AND ENGLISH(CARTREF) MARK A BOLD AND SUCCESSFUL EXPANSION OF THE PAIR'S DRAMATIC RANGE . AS A BONUS THE REWORKING OF THEIR CLASSIC AND EXTREMELY HARD TO FIND EARLY 90'S TAKE ON JOY DIVISION'S NEW DAWN FADES

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MR ROWLANDS IS , IN FACT ANGLESEY DUO OWAIN WRIGHT AND DEWI EVANS; MEN WHO ONCE FLOATED THE JOLLY CONCEIT THAT THIS WAS MUSIC MADE BY A WELSH QUARRYMAN WHO HAD ACCIDENTLY TURNED ON THE RADIO TO JOY DIVISION ON THE DAY THAT IAN CURTIS DIED AND HE WAS MADE REDUNDANT . MULTIPLE PERSONALITIES ENLIVEN THIS ALBUM TOO - ONE THAT SWINGS FROM CHORAL ATMOSPHERICS( FE DDAW Y NADREDD) TO A WELSH DIVINE COMEDY( NEVER THOUGHT I'D FEEL THIS WAY) . ORIGINALLY AS PART OF A STAGE PRODUCTION AND FEATURING A WELSH LANGUAGE VERSION OF JOY DIVISION'S NEW DAWN FADES, THE ALBUM'S SIGNATURE ARE WRIGHT'S SONOROUS VOICE AND THE LUSH SYNTH ORCHESTRATION : SOUNDS THAT AMOUNT TO 'THE MAGNETIC FIELDS' STEPHEN MERRITT DIRECTING A POP REMAKE OF MACBETH

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