Following their acclaimed debut Gweler Ein Gofid last year, Sheffield's Sister Wives return into the light with new Crags AA single on 10" vinyl, featuring two new songs - "Crags" and "I Fyny Af / Rise".
The single's title track is a nod to local prehistoric gorge, Creswell Crags, where witches marks were discovered in 2019. The marks, also known as protective marks, were found around dark holes and crevices in the caves and are thought to have been used as part of rituals to warn off evil forces.
The notions of protection and ancient ritual tie in with the songs the band were working on at the time. They explain, "Both “I Fyny Af / Rise” and "Crags" are about summoning the consciousness of the land in times of despair; calling upon the ancient gods that live in the rocks, woods, lakes, seas and trees, and exploring spiritual suspicions and witchcraft. We wanted to explore both sides: the fear of witches, and also defend these long vilified women."
Analogue evocations to Cymru’s sentient landscapes, from before the fall and after The Fall. Deep time and shallow graves. A coven dances around a burning holiday home to the strains of Hawkwind, Eno and Siouxsie. Astral projecting over the Green Desert. You are as far away as you will ever be from the world's madness.
Sister Wives have previously been invited to support The International Teachers of Pop, Crack Cloud, The Eccentronic Research Council, Current Affairs, Kaputt, Flasher, Porridge Radio, as well as featuring on Warp Records’ new music picks and regular play on BBC Wales and BBC Cymru.
Yn dilyn eu ymddangosiad cyntaf ‘Gweler Ein Gofid’ y llynedd, a sengl hollt gyda Tacsidermi ar Libertino Records (5ed Chwefror), mae Sister Wives o Sheffield yn dychwelyd i'r goleuni gyda dwy gân newydd - "Crags" ac "I Fyny Af / Rise ".
Mae teitl yr EP yn nod i geunant cynhanesyddol lleol i Sheffield, Creswell Crags, lle darganfuwyd marciau gwrachod yn 2019. Darganfuwyd y marciau, a elwir hefyd yn farciau amddiffynnol, o amgylch tyllau tywyll ac agennau yn yr ogofâu a chredir eu bod wedi'u defnyddio fel rhan o ddefodau i rybuddio grymoedd drwg.
Mae'r syniadau amddiffyn a defod hynafol yn cyd-fynd â'r caneuon yr oedd y band yn gweithio arnynt ar y pryd. Maent yn egluro, mae ‘I Fyny Af / Rise’ a ‘Crags’ yn ymwneud â galw ymwybyddiaeth y tir ar adegau o anobaith; galw ar y duwiau hynafol sy'n byw yn y creigiau, y coed, y llynnoedd, y moroedd a'r coed, ac archwilio amheuon ysbrydol a dewiniaeth. Mae’n rhaid archwilio'r ddwy ochr: ofn gwrachod, ond hefyd amddiffyn y menywod a fy’n cael eu can-drin am fod yn ‘wrachod’.
Adluniadau analog i dirweddau ymdeimladol Cymru. Mae cildraeth yn dawnsio o amgylch cartref gwyliau sy'n llosgi i straen Hawkwind, Eno a Siouxsie. Taflunio astral dros yr Anialwch Gwyrdd. Rydych chi mor bell i ffwrdd ag y byddwch chi byth o wallgofrwydd y byd.
Gwahoddwyd Sister Wives o'r blaen i gefnogi The International Teachers of Pop, Crack Cloud, The Eccentronic Research Council, Current Affairs, Kaputt, Flasher, Porridge Radio, yn ogystal â rhoi sylw i bigiadau cerddoriaeth newydd Warp Records a chwarae rheolaidd ar BBC Radio Cymru.
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released February 26, 2021
Songs written by
Sister Wives
Donna Lee
Liv Willars
Rose Love
Lisa O'Hara
Recorded by
Adam Zejma
Michael Aitken
at Tye Dye Die Tapes HQ
Mixed & Mastered by
Dean Honer
at The Bowling Green Mastering
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