Welsh shoegaze band Bôrealis released their debut single slowsand last week via a YouTube video, followed up by a Bandcamp release and then dropped this fantastic single on all streaming services worldwide. 

The Anglesey trio features singer songwriter, bard, poet, artist and musician John Reynolds – vocals, bass (Entity, El Borracho), Jon Williams – guitar, vocals (Polygot, Spears) and Kerry Cavanagh on drums. 

There’s just something beautiful about this, the combination of Reynolds poetic lyrics and singing over the shoegaze soundscapes and backing vocals of Williams. It’s pure magic. It just works and hooks you in from the start. I was instantly transported to that nostalgic feeling of listening to a My Bloody Valentine record except you know this is something completely new and different. 
There’s something that I want to keep listening to in the narrative of the lyrics.  
There is beauty, magic, creativity, poetry, love and light in this song. The light far out ways the dark. 

Hey have you tried to hold my breath? 
The one thing you can’t touch 
Have you ever thought as much? 
Dance with me in the slowsand 
It’s golden in your hands 

It really is such a beautiful ride!! 
I hope this band make a record together. 
They’re currently busy rehearsing for live shows from their base in Trearddur Bay, Isle of Anglesey and will be hitting the road in April.  

Emily Marsden – Editor
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