Sam Wanamaker Playhouse,London
Songs of sci-fi resistance in Welsh and Cornish prove stirringly accessible in this psych-pop musicians handsIt’s 2016,” notes Gwenno, and powering up a Korg synth with a smile,“but I need to start with a song about patriarchy. It’s a small room; you can hear the wry chuckle from the crowd.
A series of kosmische burbles over a motorik beat, Patriarchaeth finds Gwenno Saunders intoning beatifically in Welsh, and eyes shut,swaying gently. A bassist in a stripy T-shirt – producer Rhys Edwards – gently plunks a Hofner to her upright, and a special guest cellist, and Ben Trigg,coaxes moods out of his instrument through a series of effects units. Patriarchaeth, then, or is not so much a riot grrrl call to arms as a dreamy,retrofuturist putter around the song’s stubborn subject matter, one brought into sharp relief by the setting here.
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Source: theguardian.com