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Available on LP. Candylion is the new solo album from Gruff Rhys. It is a mesmerising journey into the mind of one of our most talented singers and songwriters. It seems fitting therefore that insight into the workings behind the album come straight from the man himself. . " The cornerstones of this record became the soft vocal sound of Psychocandy-era The Jesus and Mary Chain coupled with the sonic sweetshop of daisy age hip hop. Coincidently I had been listening and dancing hard during this period to a lot of my parents old 1960s and 70s Welsh language pop, folksploitation and progressive rock 7 inches whilst helping Finders Keepers Records compile an album of the period which was called Welsh Rare Beat. With all these pieces of my past swimming around my brain I dropped a lot of slow-mo solo acoustic numbers and built up a bedrock of varied sounds, inviting my friend Owen over to add double bass, and Lisa Jen from the band 9bach - who comes from my home town and shares my Bethesda accent - to sing." (Team Love)
