SYBS’ DEBUT ALBUM OUT NOW VIA LIBERTINO
SYBS’ debut album, ‘Olew Nadroedd’, is a moving time capsule of the excitement and wide eye wonder — on one hand fear, and anxiety on the other — of young adulthood. The world outside entices and enthrals yet there is trepidation in fully embracing a life beyond the comfort of childhood. It’s this dichotomy that Osian Llŷr (songwriter, vocalist, guitarist) captures with every note and lyric on SYBS’ debut album.
Listen / Stream ‘Olew Nadroedd’
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Osian explains: “I think what we wanted to achieve with ‘Olew Nadroedd’ is a snapshot of where we were as a band when a lot these songs came to fruition; when we were still experimenting with finding our sound, and where we opened ourselves up to a world of musical influences where anything goes.
I was really inspired by albums such as ‘I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One’ by Yo La Tengo and ‘Fantasma’ by Cornelius, that feel like this big collage of sounds and genres, but still manage to sound like they’re coming from the same source.
It was a really exciting time in our lives pre-covid where most of us had moved to different cities for university and were having all these new experiences, but still gigging in Cardiff very frequently, and I like to think we’ve managed to capture some of that chaos and energy in the album.
A lot of the lyrics are reflective, anxious and uncertain but the music for the most part is vibrant, noisy, and almost hyperactive; and I feel like that really captures the dichotomy of where we were at when the album started coming together around 2018. You have all this enthusiasm and curiosity for the world but you’re not really sure what to make of any of it or what you’re meant to be doing, so you end up being open to everything.”
‘Olew Nadroedd’ is out this Friday 3rd May via Libertino
https://www.libertinorecords.com
Artist: SYBS (SUBS)
Album Title: ‘Olew Nadroedd’ (Snake Oil)
Release Date: 03.05.24
Label: Libertino Records
Format: Vinyl LP / CD / Digital
Location: Cardiff, Wales
Photo Credit: Bethan Miller Co
Social Links: @Sybsband @Libertinorecs @Beastpruk
Genre: Psych / Pop
Distribution: PYST