the gentle good

The Gentle Good’s long awaited 5th album is a stripped-back exploration of Welsh folk song performed with solo acoustic guitar, vocal and cello.

The record came together during the isolation of the pandemic and is suffused throughout with a sense of romantic escapism and sadness born from the sorrow of these times. Perhaps it is the naturalness of the music that creates the enchantment. Crafted in a kitchen in Cardiff, and in a small cottage in the wild expanses of Cwm Elan, where the musician was accompanied by no one but himself, the arrangements are simple. Sometimes, we hear the cello – like the sun coming from behind a cloud, filling the world with brightness again – but it is the guitar and the voice that are constant and striking.

"This drowsy, melancholic album is perfect for late summer, full of that specific kind of sadness some of us sense as the seasons pass by." - 5/5 - album of the month - the guardian