News from Nowhere

This album has been years in the making. It was originally recorded before lockdown at Tom Rees' studio in Cardiff, I suppose between 2019-2020, although it's hard to remember at this point, it seems so long ago. It was recorded for my old band News From Nowhere, so the album is named in tribute to that defunct project and the continuing spirit that it represented. I've made it a solo album, not to take all the credit for myself, but because this is the only way it can be released now and I feel that it's a strong piece of work. The other members contributed massively to the record and it would be very different without their amazing playing. We were a Swansea band, and this is very much a Swansea album. It's full of references to the town, and tries to capture the nature of the place - melancholic, mad, bacchanalian, rainy, surreal. It's a bittersweet love letter. I've carried these songs around for years. Hope you enjoy! "So good - straight into my top 10 songs of the year...when did Tom Verlaine join Belle And Sebastian? Cause that's what that sounds like, I utterly loved that" - Adam Walton BBC Radio Wales "Heart-stoppingly beautiful and original tracks...expressive and evocative voice, soaring melodies and powerful poetic lyrics, all of which promise great things from his debut album" - R.E.P.E.A.T. fanzine "Serenade is a song of love and longing, with Emlyn showing vulnerable emotional flesh. It's not navel gazing misery, though; "I'd like to serenade you, because you are the bomb" is sweetly humorous.' - God Is In The TV zine