{"id":99,"date":"2008-04-26T19:14:00","date_gmt":"2008-04-26T19:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thejoycollective.co.uk\/blog\/?p=99"},"modified":"2009-07-26T22:15:23","modified_gmt":"2009-07-26T22:15:23","slug":"preview-album-howl-griff-dockrad-records-280408","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jonnyjaniero.com\/thejoycollective\/review\/releases\/preview-album-howl-griff-dockrad-records-280408\/","title":{"rendered":"Howl Griff – Dockrad Records"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Howl Griff<\/a> is a bilingual beekeeper from Aberystwyth (\u201cI\u2019ve got enough bee venom in my bloodstream to kill a normal man,\u201d he says. \u201cI guess you get used to it\u201d). His eponymous debut album was sung in Welsh and recorded on an isolated farm in Carmarthenshire. It was produced by Owen Powell (ex-Catatonia guitarist who recently worked with north Wales singer Duffy) and engineered by Tim Lewis (Julian Cope, Thighpaulsandra, Spiritualized, Coil; Tim also plays keyboards on the album).<\/p>\n

Blending the psychedelia of The Byrds with the modern AOR of The Raconteurs and drenched in lush harmonies, Howl has created a unique West (Wales) Coast sound that ranks alongside the Super Furry Animals and Gorky\u2019s Zygotic Mynci.<\/p>\n

The band consists of Howl Griff (vocals, guitars, keyboards), Gary Parkinson (guitars, vocals), Matt Barnes (bass) and Nick Moore (drums). Howl is the only Welshman (the other three hail from Bolton, Tasmania and Merseyside respectively), but the band have been learning the language in order to sing harmonies. \u201cIt\u2019s the only record where you\u2019ll hear Welsh sung in a broad Bolton accent,\u201d says Howl.<\/p>\n

Rattling single, Hedd N\u00f4d, translates as \u2018Peace Sign\u2019 (\u201cIt\u2019s about all the people of the world telephoning their leaders for peaceful solutions to conflicts via music\u201d), while Brifo Mae Br\u00e2d, a re-working of Howl\u2019s English song Pain Is Alright, is about betrayal. Grisial Clir is about keeping the crystal clear waters of Cardigan Bay pollution-free, while DNA casts a worried eye at our genetic futures.<\/p>\n

After developing a cult following in Howl\u2019s homeland, where they have sold out gigs and made several TV appearances, the band \u2013 who also sing several live songs in English \u2013 have been received enthusiastically by crowds in London and New York, and will be touring and playing festivals in the summer of 2008.<\/p>\n

It will offcially be released on : 28th April 2008
The format is : CD and download<\/p>\n

Howl Griff<\/a> album launches:<\/p>\n

Fri 9 May \u2013 1pm Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff<\/p>\n

Fri 9 May \u2013 8pm Coopers Arms, Aberystwyth<\/p>\n

Sat 10 May – Ty Newydd, Sarn, Lleyn Peninsula<\/p>\n

Sat 31 May \u2013 Castell Rock, Aberystwyth<\/p>\n

Thu 12 June \u2013 The Half Moon, Herne Hill, London<\/p>\n

Dockrad Records<\/a> are a (mainly) Welsh language label based near Cardiff and have previously had releases by bands such as Ashokan, Diffiniad, Ty Gwydr, Volent\u00e9, Skep, The Afternoons, Maniana, Gilespi and others. Check out www.dockrad.com<\/a> for more information and to buy CDs and tracks digitally.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Howl Griff is a bilingual beekeeper from Aberystwyth (\u201cI\u2019ve got enough bee venom in my bloodstream to kill a normal man,\u201d he says. \u201cI guess you get used to it\u201d). His eponymous debut album was sung in Welsh and recorded on an isolated farm in Carmarthenshire. It was produced by Owen Powell (ex-Catatonia guitarist who […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[747],"tags":[749],"class_list":["post-99","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-releases","tag-howl-griff"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonnyjaniero.com\/thejoycollective\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonnyjaniero.com\/thejoycollective\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonnyjaniero.com\/thejoycollective\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jonnyjaniero.com\/thejoycollective\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jonnyjaniero.com\/thejoycollective\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=99"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/jonnyjaniero.com\/thejoycollective\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonnyjaniero.com\/thejoycollective\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=99"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jonnyjaniero.com\/thejoycollective\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=99"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jonnyjaniero.com\/thejoycollective\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=99"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}