Bato Mato

Following on from Welsh Music Award winning 2018 debut Melyn, the Camarthen based trio deliver another beautifully crafted and award winning collection of tracks with enough variety to keep you on your toes without losing any cohesion. Building on the sound they established in their debut, Adwaith have carried an infectious energy into this album, while fleshing out a full and detailed sound hinted at in their debut.

From the ethereal energy of opener Cuddio, the 90’s UK pop rock of Sudd and saccharine sweetness of Wedi Blino, to the haunting acoustic opening of Yn y Swn, polished post punk of Nid Aur and upbeat symphonic beauty of ETO, Bato Mato delivers on all fronts.

Theres a comforting familiarty to this album, and although unique, it brings of hints of such bands as The Stone Roses (Cuddio,Sudd) and Elastica (Nid Aur) to feel great from the first listen.

This collection of beautiful melodies, sawing basslines and airy vocals, really define Adwaiths sound and place them among the best in Welsh music for our time and truly deserving winners of the Welsh Music Award. If Adwaith can nail this on the supposedly tricky second album, then we’re really in for a treat in the future.

Dan Careless
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Welsh post-punk three-piece Adwaith have today announced their eagerly anticipated second album Bato Mato will be released on 1st July via Libertino, following hotly in the footsteps of their trailblazing Welsh Music Prize 2019 debut Melyn.

The band’s memories of speeding through Russia on a trip to perform at UU.Sound in Ulan-Ude, Siberia have seeped into the fabric of their second record and today they also share the first song they wrote after that life changing adventure, ‘ETO’.

Influenced by the Siberian and Mongolian wilderness, as open and vast as the limitless sky around them, ‘ETO’ perfectly captures the trio’s growing confidence with its open-hearted soaring melody’s and lyrical vulnerability.

“We really wanted to write a heartfelt song about being infatuated with someone.” explain the band, “This isn’t something we normally write about and we wanted to approach this song differently to our other ones. We felt inspired to write a big pop song.”

Listen to ‘ETO’ here

Emily Marsden – Editor
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ADWAITH announce new album Bato Mato due first of July via Libertino