Glasgow’s Cwfen (pronounced ‘Coven’) have shared another taster of their debut album ‘Sorrows’ with new single ‘Bodies’. ‘Sorrows’ is due out on the 30th of May via New Heavy Sounds.
Vocalist and rhythm guitarist Agnes Alder comments:
“Bodies was one of the first songs I’d written for Cwfen. I’d gone through a period of significant change in my life and had burned out to the point of caring a lot less about things that had previously been important to me when I was younger. As I was writing, I’d imagined this sort of vast, feminine cosmic horror. Sort of the opposite of what women are supposed to be. And I had this thought: what if, instead of being told to stay small and keep producing, a woman took up the biggest space possible and just… consumed? Almost a black-hole-sized matriarch hoovering up everything until there was nothing left. It was fun to think about this sort of monstrous feminine presence that can’t be stopped. So the song was sort of an exploration of those feelings, a catharsis of sorts. And permission to be terrifying.”
A grating, gothic brusier that hits hard with the pummeling riffs as Alder brings a hint of evil menace with her enchanting vocals. Lead guitarist Guy DeNuit drops some ’80s gothic melodies over drummer Rös Ranquinn and bassist Mary Thomas Baker’s basalt like backline. It’s slow, dark and apocalyptic just how we like it. And none are doing it quite as well as Cwfen are.
Preorder the album with the links below:
Vinyl/CD – https://cargorecordsdirect.co.uk/products/cwfen-sorrows
Bandcamp – https://cwfen.bandcamp.com/album/sorrows
