David Lance Callahan + Peiriant

NAWR Concert

David Lance Callahan + Peiriant

Tangled Parrot record store, Swansea

£10

7.30pm

David Lance Callahan

Former singer with C86 kingpins The Wolfhounds and 90s sample-crazed ‘post-rock’ innovators Moonshake, David Lance Callahan has also toured and collaborated with PJ Harvey, Stereolab and My Bloody Valentine, and played at Lollapalooza and All Tomorrow’s Parties.

Over the last few years, he has pursued a well-received solo career, writing and performing spooked social commentary as part of his sui generis vision, accompanied by his unique guitar style. His two solo LPs so far – English Primitive I and II – have seamlessly mixed folk, blues, West African, Arabic and post-punk influences to produce a distinctive blend that could only exist in the 21st Century. The lyrics, for which he is equally renowned, hold their own next to the Blake and Auden poems he has also set to music.

His recently released LP – Down to the Marshes – adds a horn section, string quartet and musical saw to the recipe and was voted one of the best albums of the year by LouderThanWar and Juno Daily, as well as receiving rave reviews in Mojo and Record Collector. It has been played many times on BBC 6Music, mostly on the Riley and Coe show. Most songs feature his regular drummer, Daren Garratt (formerly The Fall/nightingales/Pram, as well as Terry Edwards (PJ Harvey, Gallon Drunk) and Mel Draisey (The Clientele).

Peiriant

Peiriant are a duo of violin and electric guitar, who play with melody and tonality to create atmosphere and soundscape. Electronic equipment, samples and found objects also add to their semi-improvised pieces, which are spun from grounded ideas.

Rose and Dan Linn-Pearl draw from their foundation in folk and classical in addition to post-rock, minimalism and sound art to weave experimental music that is anchored in the Welsh landscape. They play with layers of drone and dissonance, contrasting with songs and pure tones to give a rich and sonorous auditory experience.

Dychwelyd explores the act of returning to source. It is born from the experience of homecoming and returning to a landscape and culture. Returning to strengthen roots and bring up a young family, albeit a move inland from where we grew up to a place dominated by hills and woven through with rivers. Y Mynyddoedd Ddu/ Black mountains of Bannau Brycheiniog frame our landscape - ancient hills with a rawness and freedom, which connect us through the ages to a sense of place.

Top 10 folk albums of 2024 - The Guardian

‘The minimalist experimentation on display here is a thing to behold.’ Clash Magazine

‘Peiriant have created an extraordinary album which is proudly Welsh yet universal in emotional appeal.’ Joyzine

‘I can’t think of any given band or album which sounds like Dychwelyd.’ Buzz Magazine

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