Albums to watch

Tresor

Gwenno

Tresor

Third album from the Cardiff-born electropop musician and former member of The Pipettes

ADM rating[?]

7.9

Label
Heavenly Recordings
UK Release date
01/07/2022
US Release date
01/07/2022
  1. 9.0 |   Uncut

    Exploratory, visionary record. Print edition only

  2. 9.0 |   musicOMH

    This enchanting and deeply felt piece of work looks set to give Cornish culture another shot in the arm, showcasing as it does the language’s attractive contours
    Read Review

  3. 8.0 |   The Skinny

    Gwenno's excellent third album Tresor is a thrilling psych-pop journey well worth the four-year wait
    Read Review

  4. 8.0 |   Mojo

    It's the garlanded ritual folk of Kan Me ("May Song"), however, that underlines this is a record of changing seasons and transitional states. Accept the offer of tea but prepare to lose days in the process. Print edition only

  5. 8.0 |   Spectrum Culture

    A thoroughly modern approach to an endangered language provides a new musical context
    Read Review

  6. 8.0 |   The Irish Times

    Saunders’s third solo album is another riveting addition to a colourful career
    Read Review

  7. 8.0 |   The Arts Desk

    'Tresor' judiciously balances the electronic side of the album and the instinctively natural
    Read Review

  8. 8.0 |   The FT

    The singer-songwriter searches for meaning in natural landscapes, passing seasons and the domestic sphere
    Read Review

  9. 8.0 |   The Line Of Best Fit

    Saunders and collaborator Rhys Edwards have assembled an impressively rich and deep-sounding record that suggests we’re checking in on a well-oiled band rather than two musicians layering instruments and found sounds
    Read Review

  10. 8.0 |   All Music

    After her first two albums, it was clear that Gwenno had reached her stride early as a solo artist; now with Tresor, she's shifted away from that bright, shiny formula and come up with an album that goes one step further to cementing her in the experimental pop firmamen
    Read Review

  11. 8.0 |   The Observer

    The Welsh sound artist, performing almost entirely in Cornish, explores nature and motherhood on her ambitious third album
    Read Review

  12. 7.3 |   Pitchfork

    The singer and songwriter’s second album sung almost entirely in Cornish is a document of a revived linguistic heritage with a breezy, ethereal touch
    Read Review

  13. 7.0 |   Clash

    Gwenno has once again married the otherworldly with the primal with supreme effect
    Read Review


blog comments powered by Disqus

Watch it

Roll over video for more options

Hear it

Latest Reviews

More reviews