Album artwork for Y Dydd Olaf by Gwenno
Album artwork for Y Dydd Olaf by Gwenno

Y Dydd Olaf was initially released by Peski Records in October 2014 before being re-released worldwide in 2015 by Heavenly Recordings. The album was an attempt by Gwenno to combine her political views with sounds she loves and was inspired in part by a dystopian science fiction book of the same name by Owain Owain which was released in 1976.

In a period of governmental and cultural revolution, former Pipettes front-woman, Gwenno, releases a political concept album inspired by an obscure 1970s Welsh language sci-fi novel, subtly disguised as a blissful kraut-pop record. Taking its cue, and title, from Owain Owain's 1976 novel about a dystopian future where the robots have taken over and are busily turning the human race into clones through the use of medication, Y Dydd Olaf blends big themes (including patriarchal society, government-funded media propaganda, cultural control, technology, isolation and the importance of, and threat to minority languages), great tunes, and a real sense of revolution to produce a powerful, politically-charged concept album. Y Dydd Olaf is a political, feminist, brilliantly executed record; and although this particular revolution might not be televised, it certainly will have a great soundtrack.

Gwenno

Y Dydd Olaf

Heavenly Recordings
Album artwork for Y Dydd Olaf by Gwenno
LP +

£27.99

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Crystal Clear

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Released 10/01/2024Catalogue Number

HVNLP118C

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Album artwork for Y Dydd Olaf by Gwenno
CD

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Released 24/07/2015Catalogue Number

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Gwenno

Y Dydd Olaf

Heavenly Recordings
Album artwork for Y Dydd Olaf by Gwenno
LP +

£27.99

Download with 9 Extra Tracks

Crystal Clear

Includes download code
Released 10/01/2024Catalogue Number

HVNLP118C

Learn more
Album artwork for Y Dydd Olaf by Gwenno
CD

£8.99

Released 24/07/2015Catalogue Number

hvnlp118cd

Learn more

Y Dydd Olaf was initially released by Peski Records in October 2014 before being re-released worldwide in 2015 by Heavenly Recordings. The album was an attempt by Gwenno to combine her political views with sounds she loves and was inspired in part by a dystopian science fiction book of the same name by Owain Owain which was released in 1976.

In a period of governmental and cultural revolution, former Pipettes front-woman, Gwenno, releases a political concept album inspired by an obscure 1970s Welsh language sci-fi novel, subtly disguised as a blissful kraut-pop record. Taking its cue, and title, from Owain Owain's 1976 novel about a dystopian future where the robots have taken over and are busily turning the human race into clones through the use of medication, Y Dydd Olaf blends big themes (including patriarchal society, government-funded media propaganda, cultural control, technology, isolation and the importance of, and threat to minority languages), great tunes, and a real sense of revolution to produce a powerful, politically-charged concept album. Y Dydd Olaf is a political, feminist, brilliantly executed record; and although this particular revolution might not be televised, it certainly will have a great soundtrack.