“Happy Gathering” features some of lead singer and chief songwriter Gruff Glyn’s most enigmatic, and idiosyncratic songs to date, touching everything from the customer service of energy suppliers on surf rock jam Hold The Line, and mediaeval Welsh princes on the haunting folk-rock tune “Nefoedd yr Adar”. Melin Melyn’s kaleidoscopic lense is often off-kilter, creating their own musical universe, and welcoming listeners into their “Happy Gathering”.

Also included on the EP are two new tracks, the fast paced rocker “Two For One”, and melancholic alt.country track “What Was That?”. “Happy Gathering” is a diverse statement for a band able to straddle multiple genres and styles with ease.

Their explosive and effervescent live shows are also lauded, once again being a highlight of Green Man Festival 2022, playing to four thousand people in a homecoming show that was praised by The Guardian, NME, So Young, Gigwise and more for it’s technical prowess, energy and theatrical elements, incorporating a dancing bird and on-stage painter to their already expansive live set-up. They have also recently received praise from fellow country man Gruff Rhys, who they recently supported at his Ara Deg festival.