Melys re-emerge from the Welsh mists!

Melys

Welsh Music Award Winners MELYS are to play their first live gig in nearly 6 years at HENDRE HALL, BANGOR on WEDNESDAY 30th SEPTEMBER 2009 with a fantastic DJ set from Radio Wales’ ADAM WALTON too!

Watch this space to find out when tickets go on sale and what the full line up will be…all to be announced soon!

**STRICTLY OVER 18s ONLY**

More information on Melys here

Wednesday, 30 September 2009
Time:
19:00 – 23:30
Location:
Neuadd Hendre Hall
Street:
Lon Aber, Talybont
Town/City:
Bangor, United Kingdom

AND FOR THOSE OF YOU NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE BAND HERE’S SOME HISTORY AND

INFO….

Melys are a Welsh independent rock band from Betws-y-Coed in Conwy, Wales, formed in 1996. They sing in both English and Welsh. They

recorded eleven sessions for the late and great John Peel on BBC Radio1, came first in his Festive Fifty in 2001 and won Best Welsh-language

Act at the Welsh Music Awards in 2002.

The group was formed by Andrea Parker (vocals) and Paul Adams (guitar and keyboards) when the two met in Betws-y-Coed in 1996. The two became both musical and personal partners and recruited Adams’ brother Gary Husband on drums and their friend Carys Jones on keyboards.

After releasing two EP’s with local label Ankstmusik the group was signed to Pinnacle Records releasing their first album Rumours and

Curses in 1998. Unfortunately their relations with Pinnacle, always strained, fell apart completely when that label went bankrupt at the end

of the year. The group subsequently founded their own label, Sylem Records, on which their second album Kamikaze was released. Jones left

the band at around this time to be replaced by Richard Eardley (@Colossous on Twitter) who continues as bassist with them to this day.

John Peel, a long-time fan of the group (and with whom they recorded no fewer than 11 Peel Sessions) introduced the group to Dutch band Seedling in late 2000 and they released a split single in collaboration with them (the song on Seedling’s side was called “Cool Baby My Hips Go Woo”) in early 2001.

Suikerspin (Dutch for candy floss), Melys’ third album, was released in 2001. They scored some considerable success when the single from this album called “Chinese Whispers” was voted number one in Peel’s Festive Fifty at the end of the year.

After this success Melys apparently shied away from the public eye, returning in 2003 with their fourth album Casting Pearls. Their latest

release is Life’s Too Short (a title (and album) dedicated to Peel) in 2005.

At least one song on every album is in Welsh. The band have not released or played any gigs since march 2004 as Andrea and paul opened Bistro Betws-y-coed in their hometown, specialising in welsh food, they have been running it for the last 4 years. the band have just started

rehearsals (July 09) for new dates in autumn 2009.

* Fragile EP (1996)
* Cuckoo EP (1997)
* Rumours and Curses (1998)
* Slagging Off Tourists EP (1999)
* Kamikaze (2000)
* Suikerspin compilation (2001)
* Casting Pearls (2003)
* Life’s Too Short (2005)