Bill Ryder-Jones hat mit seiner neuen Single This Can’t Go On auch gleichzeitig sein neues am 12. Januar 2024 erscheinendes fünftes Studioalbum Iechyd Da angekündigt.
Es wird eine Platte sein über Liebe, Verlust, Schmerz, Herzschmerz. Aber sie wird auch mit tiefer Dunkelheit verwurzelt sein und dennoch auch häufig an Orten tiefer Schönheit, Hoffnung und Freude enden.
Bill Ryder-Jones sagt über sein neues Album:
I love this album, i haven’t been this proud of a record since A Bad Wind Blows in My Heart. It’s my most produced record, t’s basically me carrying on with myself again, but this time around I’m a bit more competent as a producer.
I just thought I’d throw the kitchen sink in and get some kids as well, it was such a sweet day with them – quite moving. It’s quite funny when kids sing because you can tell they’re just tapped into the energy and not the sound.
Der walisische Titel Iechyd Da bedeutet “gute Gesundheit”. Das Album Artwork wurde von Dale Bissland gemalt.
My love of Wales has always been there, Half of my family is from there, I lost my brother there, all my childhood holidays were in Scotland or Wales. It’s just a magical place with an incredibly beautiful language. Although I did have to go to Gruff Rhys and ask him about calling it this as I’m still very much an Englishman – he OK’d it. Over the years my music has lost a bit of its hope I reckon,” contemplates Bill Ryder-Jones. “It were important for me to make a record that had more hope in it. Even by my standards the last few years have been rocky, but I’ve chosen to soundtrack it with more positive music, you know?
Die Tracklist von Iechyd Da
01. Know That It’s Like This (Baby)
02. A Bad Wind Blows In My Heart pt. 3
03. If Tomorrow Starts Without Me
04. We Don’t Need Them
05. I Hold Something In My Hand
06. This Can’t Go On
07. …And The Sea…
08. Nothing To Be Done
09. It’s Today Again
10. Christinha
11. How Beautiful I Am
12. Thankfully For Anthony
13. Nos Da
Das Video zu This Can’t Go On wurde von James Slater in Crail, Fife gedreht.
Im kommenden Jahr kommt Bill Ryder-Jones für zwei Konzerte nach Deutschland.
- 24.03.2023 @ Hafenklang – Hamburg
- 25.03.2023 @ Kantine am Berghain – Berlin
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