Tristwch y Fenywod embody a new, unique Celtic darkwave sound. Singing black-lit liturgies of bog bodies caked in mud, entranced by nocturnal landscapes flickering in the moon-glow and powered by queer enchantment, Tristwch y Fenywod are a Welsh-language gothic avant-rock power-coven. Exhumed from the depths of Leeds’ experimental underground, the trio consist of Gwretsien Ferch Lisbeth (Guttersnipe, The Ephemeron Loop), Leila Lygad (Hawthonn) and Sidni Sarffwraig (Slaylor Moon, The Courtneys).
Sapphic love and desire, existential darkness, political and environmental anguish/celebration, psychogeographic romance, pagan mysticism, imaginal explorations of Celtic history and myth, psychedelia, and myriad other variations of reverie are conjured through the music of Tristwch Y Fenywod.
Stark, striking and bewitching, Tristwch y Fenywod’s self-titled album was released in 2024 and is their debut studio recording, with lyrics sung entirely in Cymraeg. Towering, siren-like vocals are accompanied by stark, martial rhythms and swirling claw-plucked strings, Tristwch y Fenywod feels like an early 4AD recording dredged from the waters of an Anglesey swamp. The effect is simultaneously chilling and stirring. Experience it live in the atmospheric St John’s Church; eldritch and subterranean sounds soaring into the rafters.
Support
We are very excited to have Heledd C Evans and Dan Johnson collaborating as the support for this gig. Heledd will be sharing a site specific piece for the organ in St Johns church and we are lucky enough to have Dan accompanying Heledd with two 38/40” symphonic gongs.
Dan Johnson is a percussionist working in improvised sound and expanded composition. Undermining conventional notions of drumming, their experimental work manifests across a wide range of projects; from eight-hour solo improvisations responding to instructions provided by the audience, to invite-only performances in rail tunnels, lifts and public toilets, to non-hierarchical group improvisation project Ecstatic Drum Beats.
Heledd C Evans is a sound artist based in Cardiff working primarily with acoustic sound, currently fixated on mechanical organs and pedal harmoniums. Building work with the buzzes and modulations that come with slightly out of tune instruments, she creates long-form pieces that seek to take you away from whatever state of time you came to it with. Working with sound as both a medium and subject matter, often focusing on creating site specific work, most recently with the organ in Theatre SOAR.
£10 Early Bird tickets (limited number)
£12 Advance
£15 On the door
Solidarity Tickets - Pay extra if you can to support the artists and organisers and the pursuit of live music!
No one turned away for lack of funds: If the cost of a ticket is a barrier for you, please get in touch with us by emailing pastanowcontact [at] gmail [dot] com
Doors 7pm
Music starts 7.30pm
10pm curfew
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Mae Tristwch y Fenywod yn ymgorffori sain tonnau tywyll Celtaidd newydd, unigryw. Gan ganu litwrgïau duon o gyrff cors yn un plastar o fwd, wedi'u swyno gan dirweddau nosol yn fflachio yn nhywyn y lleuad ac wedi’u pweru gan swyngyfaredd gwiar, mae Tristwch y Fenywod yn gwfen pŵer avant-roc gothig iaith Gymraeg. Wedi'i ddatguddio o ddyfnderoedd arbrofol Leeds, mae'r triawd yn cynnwys Gwretsien Ferch Lisbeth (Guttersnipe, The Ephemeron Loop) Leila Lygad (Hawthonn) a Sidni Sarffwraig (Slaylor Moon, The Courtneys).
Mae cariad a chwant saffig, tywyllwch dirfodol, gofid/dathlu gwleidyddol ac amgylcheddol, rhamant seicoddaearyddol, cyfriniaeth baganaidd, archwiliadau dychmygol o hanes a myth Celtaidd, seicedelia, a myrdd o amrywiadau eraill o synfyfyrdod yn cael eu concro trwy gerddoriaeth Tristwch Y Fenywod.
Yn llwm, trawiadol a hudolus, rhyddhawyd albwm cyntaf Tristwch y Fenywod o’r un enw yn 2024 a dyma eu recordiad stiwdio cyntaf, gyda'r geiriau'n cael eu canu'n gyfan gwbl yn y Gymraeg. Yn cyd-fynd â lleisiau syfrdanol, tebyg i seiren, mae rhythmau milwrol a thannau chwyrliol wedi’u plycio â chrafangau yn gwneud i Tristwch y Fenywod deimlo fel recordiad 4AD cynnar a garthwyd o ddyfroedd cors ar Ynys Môn. Mae'r effaith yn oeri ac yn cynhyrfu ar yr un pryd. Profwch ef yn fyw yn Eglwys atmosfferig Sant Ioan; gyda synau chwyrliol a thanddaearol yn esgyn i'r trawstiau.
Yr Act Cefnogi: Heledd C Evans a Dan Johnson
£10 Tocyn Boregodwr (nifer cyfyngedig)
£12 Ymlaen llaw
£15 wrth y drws
Tocynnau Undod - Talwch yn ychwanegol os gallwch i gefnogi'r artistiaid a'r trefnwyr a mynd ar drywydd cerddoriaeth fyw!
Ni chaiff unrhyw un ei droi i ffwrdd oherwydd diffyg arian: Os yw cost tocyn yn rhwystr i chi, cysylltwch â ni - pastanowcontact [at] gmail [dot] com
Drysau 7pm
Cerddoriaeth yn dechrau 7.30pm
Cyrffyw 10pm
Tristwch y Fenywod embody a new, unique Celtic darkwave sound. Singing black-lit liturgies of bog bodies caked in mud, entranced by nocturnal landscapes flickering in the moon-glow and powered by queer enchantment, Tristwch y Fenywod are a Welsh-language gothic avant-rock power-coven. Exhumed from the depths of Leeds’ experimental underground, the trio consist of Gwretsien Ferch Lisbeth (Guttersnipe, The Ephemeron Loop), Leila Lygad (Hawthonn) and Sidni Sarffwraig (Slaylor Moon, The Courtneys).
Sapphic love and desire, existential darkness, political and environmental anguish/celebration, psychogeographic romance, pagan mysticism, imaginal explorations of Celtic history and myth, psychedelia, and myriad other variations of reverie are conjured through the music of Tristwch Y Fenywod.
Stark, striking and bewitching, Tristwch y Fenywod’s self-titled album was released in 2024 and is their debut studio recording, with lyrics sung entirely in Cymraeg. Towering, siren-like vocals are accompanied by stark, martial rhythms and swirling claw-plucked strings, Tristwch y Fenywod feels like an early 4AD recording dredged from the waters of an Anglesey swamp. The effect is simultaneously chilling and stirring. Experience it live in the atmospheric St John’s Church; eldritch and subterranean sounds soaring into the rafters.
Support
We are very excited to have Heledd C Evans and Dan Johnson collaborating as the support for this gig. Heledd will be sharing a site specific piece for the organ in St Johns church and we are lucky enough to have Dan accompanying Heledd with two 38/40” symphonic gongs.
Dan Johnson is a percussionist working in improvised sound and expanded composition. Undermining conventional notions of drumming, their experimental work manifests across a wide range of projects; from eight-hour solo improvisations responding to instructions provided by the audience, to invite-only performances in rail tunnels, lifts and public toilets, to non-hierarchical group improvisation project Ecstatic Drum Beats.
Heledd C Evans is a sound artist based in Cardiff working primarily with acoustic sound, currently fixated on mechanical organs and pedal harmoniums. Building work with the buzzes and modulations that come with slightly out of tune instruments, she creates long-form pieces that seek to take you away from whatever state of time you came to it with. Working with sound as both a medium and subject matter, often focusing on creating site specific work, most recently with the organ in Theatre SOAR.
£10 Early Bird tickets (limited number)
£12 Advance
£15 On the door
Solidarity Tickets - Pay extra if you can to support the artists and organisers and the pursuit of live music!
No one turned away for lack of funds: If the cost of a ticket is a barrier for you, please get in touch with us by emailing pastanowcontact [at] gmail [dot] com
Doors 7pm
Music starts 7.30pm
10pm curfew
**************
Mae Tristwch y Fenywod yn ymgorffori sain tonnau tywyll Celtaidd newydd, unigryw. Gan ganu litwrgïau duon o gyrff cors yn un plastar o fwd, wedi'u swyno gan dirweddau nosol yn fflachio yn nhywyn y lleuad ac wedi’u pweru gan swyngyfaredd gwiar, mae Tristwch y Fenywod yn gwfen pŵer avant-roc gothig iaith Gymraeg. Wedi'i ddatguddio o ddyfnderoedd arbrofol Leeds, mae'r triawd yn cynnwys Gwretsien Ferch Lisbeth (Guttersnipe, The Ephemeron Loop) Leila Lygad (Hawthonn) a Sidni Sarffwraig (Slaylor Moon, The Courtneys).
Mae cariad a chwant saffig, tywyllwch dirfodol, gofid/dathlu gwleidyddol ac amgylcheddol, rhamant seicoddaearyddol, cyfriniaeth baganaidd, archwiliadau dychmygol o hanes a myth Celtaidd, seicedelia, a myrdd o amrywiadau eraill o synfyfyrdod yn cael eu concro trwy gerddoriaeth Tristwch Y Fenywod.
Yn llwm, trawiadol a hudolus, rhyddhawyd albwm cyntaf Tristwch y Fenywod o’r un enw yn 2024 a dyma eu recordiad stiwdio cyntaf, gyda'r geiriau'n cael eu canu'n gyfan gwbl yn y Gymraeg. Yn cyd-fynd â lleisiau syfrdanol, tebyg i seiren, mae rhythmau milwrol a thannau chwyrliol wedi’u plycio â chrafangau yn gwneud i Tristwch y Fenywod deimlo fel recordiad 4AD cynnar a garthwyd o ddyfroedd cors ar Ynys Môn. Mae'r effaith yn oeri ac yn cynhyrfu ar yr un pryd. Profwch ef yn fyw yn Eglwys atmosfferig Sant Ioan; gyda synau chwyrliol a thanddaearol yn esgyn i'r trawstiau.
Yr Act Cefnogi: Heledd C Evans a Dan Johnson
£10 Tocyn Boregodwr (nifer cyfyngedig)
£12 Ymlaen llaw
£15 wrth y drws
Tocynnau Undod - Talwch yn ychwanegol os gallwch i gefnogi'r artistiaid a'r trefnwyr a mynd ar drywydd cerddoriaeth fyw!
Ni chaiff unrhyw un ei droi i ffwrdd oherwydd diffyg arian: Os yw cost tocyn yn rhwystr i chi, cysylltwch â ni - pastanowcontact [at] gmail [dot] com
Drysau 7pm
Cerddoriaeth yn dechrau 7.30pm
Cyrffyw 10pm
