Amser Mynd Adra, by Papur Wal

Amser Mynd Adra

by Papur Wal

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Vinyl version of our debut album, 'Amser Mynd Adra' ('Time to go Home'). Pressed on milky white colour vinyl.

Feinyl o'n album cyntaf, 'Amser Mynd Adra'. Wedi ei bwyso ar feinyl lliw gwyn llaethog.

Estimated to be shipped by 01 April 2021.

Includes unlimited streaming of Amser Mynd Adra via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

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1.	Rhwng Dau Feddwl 02:23	buy track
2.	Arthur 03:39	buy track
3.	Meddwl am Hi 02:58	buy track
4.	Andrea a Fi 03:42	buy track
5.	Haul Chwefror 05:03	buy track
6.	Brychni Haul 01:50	buy track
7.	Penblwydd Hapus 02:16	buy track
8.	Llyn Llawenydd 03:09	buy track
9.	Nôl ac yn Ôl 03:27	buy track
10.	Anifeiliaid Anwes (Fi efo Hi) 03:58	buy track

about

With the trusted support of their long-time producer Kris Jenkins (Super Furry Animals, Cate Le Bon, H Hawkline) on the desk Papur Wal have crafted an emotive coming of age album. As with Neil Young’s ‘After The Gold Rush’ Amser Mynd Adra discusses maturing into the seemingly bleaker period of mid-20s adult life, away from the carefree abundance of young adulthood. As Ianto explains “moving out from living with friends into the rest of your life, the fear of missing out, the everyday existential crisis, the guilt that comes with not knowing what to do next, separation anxiety and a new way of living your life that makes it all the more difficult to go back to do what you used to do”.

Rhwng Dau Feddwl, Arthur and Meddwl am Hi opens the album in a flurry of unforgettable melodies and perfectly displays the dichotomy at play within Papur Wal’s debut. It’s these contrasting desires to embrace the future with all its uncertainties yet at the same time still hankering for the carefree horizons of youth that brings a strong and relatable narrative ark to Amser Mynd Adra.

Meddwl am Hi with its Big Star chord play was the first song that the band wrote that marked their transition from 90s alternative / art rock to a more 70s-pop-inspired songwriting and arrangements. It established a poppy and melodic back to basics style that is evident on Brychni Haul with its early Beatles wistfulness recalling and embracing the good time.

Andrea a Fi refers to Ianto losing his belongings on holiday in Italy, and finding them the next day with his notebook full of short Italian poems written by an unknown passer-by. “I translated his poem to Welsh and English and it’s pretty deep and beautiful“. The album is full of these accidental moments that become beacons of connection, new joyful memories that carry you above the dark clouds. The song that exemplifies this on the album is Llyn Llawenydd, it’s melody like early 70s West Cost sunshine dancing on the water and beckoning you in, it’s Crosby, Stills and Nash backed by a timeless Merseybeat rhythm. This perfect summer song was Gwion and Ianto's first attempt at writing together. It’s a song about a “place you can go with the people that matter, to get away from it all. It isn’t necessarily a lake, and the weather isn’t always perfect, but you’ll come home feeling better, thinking about it till you can go back again”

Amser Mynd Adra is an album that you will go back to time and time again. Be it for Arthur’s captivating melodic hooks, Haul Chwefror’s chamber pop, Penblwydd Hapus’s infectious throwaway charm or Nôl ac yn ôl’s universal theme of loss of time and loved ones exasperated by the last 18 months of worry and uncertainty.

Amser Mynd Adra offers the listener empathy within its melancholy, sadness succinctly counterbalanced with playful lyrics, catchy hooks, upbeat, warm sounds… place the needle back in the grove and press play again!!

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released October 8, 2021

Produced by Papur Wal and Krissy Jenkins
Engineered and mixed by Krissy Jenkins
Mastered by Charlie Francis
Artwork and Layout by Billy Bagilhole
Photography by Sam Stevens

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Papur Wal Cardiff, UK

Papur Wal have always been enticingly unique. They combine fearless slacker influences with infectious power pop melodies into a beautifully raw musical mosaic. One part early Beatles, the other Lou Reed at his most power chord thrashing intensity. What ties their songs together under the harmonies and fuzz is an unflinching desire to wear their hearts proudly on their sleeves. ... more

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Amser Mynd Adra

Oct 2021
Brychni Haul

Sep 2021
Arthur

Aug 2021
Llyn Llawenydd

Jul 2021

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