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Y Dydd Olaf

Gwenno

Y Dydd Olaf

First solo release from the Cardiff-born electropop musician and former member of The Pipettes

ADM rating[?]

7.5

Label
Heavenly
UK Release date
24/07/2015
US Release date
24/07/2015
  1. 9.0 |   Loud And Quiet

    Dystopia has never sounded so alluring
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  2. 8.5 |   The Line Of Best Fit

    A marvellously magical mixture of elation, anger and sorrow and is very lovely indeed. With the opening salvo of her solo career Gwenno has added another album to the growing list of this year’s highlights
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  3. 8.0 |   The Arts Desk

    'Y Dydd Olaf' enfolds like twilight mist
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  4. 8.0 |   All Music

    Gwenno is firmly in charge of her sound and presentation from the beginning, and Y Dydd Olaf is wonderfully assured throughout
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  5. 8.0 |   Mojo

    Mixing an ancient, bucolic language with otherworldly dance music is a genius move. Print edition only

  6. 8.0 |   Clash

    A charming, subversive debut
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  7. 8.0 |   NOW

    Y Dydd Olaf’s beautifully layered sounds and rhythms convey a tightly conceived sonic world full of endless ideas, even if you can’t understand the lyrics
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  8. 8.0 |   Time Out

    Pairs luscious, breathy vocals and sci-fi themes with funky electronica and industrial clanks
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  9. 8.0 |   musicOMH

    It’s hard to imagine a bigger 180 degree turnaround from The Pipettes’ bright, shiny day-glo pop
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  10. 8.0 |   Pitchfork

    Y Dydd Olaf is a crucial minority language record, but Saunders' beguiling melodies and execution also make it one of the best British debuts of 2015
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  11. 8.0 |   Drowned In Sound

    This is music that the listener can plunge into and summon up her own images and sense from
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  12. 8.0 |   Under The Radar

    One of the most unique, curious, and downright fun albums of 2015
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  13. 7.0 |   The 405

    It all adds up to a pretty remarkable reinvention and album of leftfield synth-pop that is dark and mysterious enough to beguile in any language
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  14. 2.0 |   Spectrum Culture

    It’s sad, really, when experimentation and reinvention go this wrong
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