(0 users) 
Cover NOT yet available in
Join Patreon for 4K upload/download access
Your Rating (Click a star below)
Track List
01) Hi a Skoellyas Liv a Dhagrow
02) Tir Ha Mor
03) Herdhya
04) Eus Keus?
05) Jynn‐amontya
06) Den Heb Taves
07) Daromres y'n Howl
08) Aremorika
09) Hunros
10) Koweth Ker
01) Hi a Skoellyas Liv a Dhagrow
02) Tir Ha Mor
03) Herdhya
04) Eus Keus?
05) Jynn‐amontya
06) Den Heb Taves
07) Daromres y'n Howl
08) Aremorika
09) Hunros
10) Koweth Ker
5:34
4:10
2:48
4:59
5:50
6:21
3:16
3:10
2:32
5:42
Data Complete
50%
Total Rating
50%Total Rating
(0 users)
Back Cover
CD Art
3D Case
3D Thumb
3D Flat
3D Face
3D Spine
First Released
2018
Synthpop
---
---
---
Medium
Album
0 copies
Album Description
Available in:
"Le Kov" ("the place of memory" in Cornish) is the second studio album by Welsh singer-songwriter Gwenno. It was released on 2 March 2018 on Heavenly Recordings.
The singer-songwriter worked with Rhys Edwards on her second full-length release sung entirely in the Cornish-language.
At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from critics, the album received an average score of 82, based on 11 reviews, indicating "Universal acclaim ".
User Album Review
Fewer than a thousand people in the world can speak Cornish. One of them, Gwenno Mererid Saunders, has proven adept at crafting exquisite, exploratory pop music in that particular Brythonic vernacular.
Using Cornish legends of sunken cities as a departure point, Le Kov — which translates to The Place of Memory — strikes reflective tones in a palace of synthesizers and haunted, waterlogged sounds. "Tir Ha Mor" ("Land and Sea") finds Gwenno's voice gliding coolly over a flow of piano, synth, drum and bass; "Eus Keus?" ("Is There Cheese?") has a percolating musical urgency that bubbles into a shimmering vocal hook at the chorus. "Den Heb Taves" lets synth textures waver and expand around a steady drum anchoring, while Super Furry Animals' Gruff Rhys shows up on "Daromres y n Howl" to offer some dulcet low-end call and response.
Le Kov feels more commanding than 2014's Y Dydd Olaf, where Gwenno revised an obscure Welsh sci-fi novel into a concept album of '80s-tinged ice pop (sung mostly in Welsh; only its closing track was in Cornish). Here, there's a fuller array of sounds at play, and its vision feels more confidently achieved.
Cornish was briefly declared extinct by UNESCO, but the number of speakers, curiously, started to grow: an uptick of learners have helped bring the language back from the brink. Le Kov stands a testament of its vibrancy of expression, and Gwenno's skill in exploring it. Regardless of your ability to speak the language — statistically unlikely! — there are gorgeous, compelling songs to be found here.
Reviewed by Paul Blinov for exclaim.ca.
External Album Reviews
None...
User Comments
Available in:
"Le Kov" ("the place of memory" in Cornish) is the second studio album by Welsh singer-songwriter Gwenno. It was released on 2 March 2018 on Heavenly Recordings.
The singer-songwriter worked with Rhys Edwards on her second full-length release sung entirely in the Cornish-language.
At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from critics, the album received an average score of 82, based on 11 reviews, indicating "Universal acclaim ".
User Album Review
Fewer than a thousand people in the world can speak Cornish. One of them, Gwenno Mererid Saunders, has proven adept at crafting exquisite, exploratory pop music in that particular Brythonic vernacular.
Using Cornish legends of sunken cities as a departure point, Le Kov — which translates to The Place of Memory — strikes reflective tones in a palace of synthesizers and haunted, waterlogged sounds. "Tir Ha Mor" ("Land and Sea") finds Gwenno's voice gliding coolly over a flow of piano, synth, drum and bass; "Eus Keus?" ("Is There Cheese?") has a percolating musical urgency that bubbles into a shimmering vocal hook at the chorus. "Den Heb Taves" lets synth textures waver and expand around a steady drum anchoring, while Super Furry Animals' Gruff Rhys shows up on "Daromres y n Howl" to offer some dulcet low-end call and response.
Le Kov feels more commanding than 2014's Y Dydd Olaf, where Gwenno revised an obscure Welsh sci-fi novel into a concept album of '80s-tinged ice pop (sung mostly in Welsh; only its closing track was in Cornish). Here, there's a fuller array of sounds at play, and its vision feels more confidently achieved.
Cornish was briefly declared extinct by UNESCO, but the number of speakers, curiously, started to grow: an uptick of learners have helped bring the language back from the brink. Le Kov stands a testament of its vibrancy of expression, and Gwenno's skill in exploring it. Regardless of your ability to speak the language — statistically unlikely! — there are gorgeous, compelling songs to be found here.
Reviewed by Paul Blinov for exclaim.ca.
External Album Reviews
None...
User Comments
No comments yet...
Status
unlockedRank: External Links
