Gwenno unveils second album preview, "War"

"War" picks up a poem written by Welsh artist and poet Edrica Huws (Vingt-Et-Un) around the start of WWII and reimagines it.

"I’ve loved this Edrica Huws poem for a really long time. She was an artist and poet, and she wrote this at the start of the Second World War. It kept resonating with me over this period where we’ve really normalised the idea of war, and actually at times have perhaps been quite enthusiastic from our sofas," Gwenno explains. "I think her poem is really worth something in an age where we’re obviously tumbling towards something catastrophic. Those words have really reminded me of that very small window you have before it happens — the chance to be considerate, and more vigilant, and aware. It’s the elegance of her writing, the calmness of her writing, the wisdom."

Additionally, Gwenno has announced news of a UK tour in the Autumn as well as a week of in-store appearances around the release of the album.

For the instore shows Gwenno will play a solo piano set that previews material from her upcoming trilingual album Utopia - an album of discovery that documents the years between being “someone’s daughter, someone’s wife and someone’s mother”. Those songs will be joined on the day by a few handpicked classics from her previous releases Y Dydd Olaf, Le Kov and Tresor.