CARW

BIOGRAPHY

From the depths of Mid Wales comes Owain Griffiths, lead vocalist of indie band Violas, who now lives in Cardiff. Under the moniker Carw, Owain’s music follows a new direction, experimenting with 80s synth sounds and dream-pop melodies weaving through layers of guitar effects, punctuated by abrupt drum-machine beats.

As well as live sessions for S4C programme Ochr 1, for Georgia Ruth’s show on C2 BBC Radio Cymru, and many plays on Adam Walton’s BBC Radio Wales show, Carw has attracted a lot of attention for his recent live preformances, joined onstage by an assemblage of machines and instruments.

Carw’s first EP, Les Sœurs was released in June 2015 on Blinc.

♦

Laying gorgeously demurring earworms in your headspace, ‘Elevate’ comes pressed upon dream drifting flotillas of solar seafaring Balearic braids that coalesce to exact a sweetly spectral and serenely sighing bliss kissed haze upon your listening space which just when you’re idly surrendered to its calming charms it sneaks upon you leaving lazy eyed love notes in your back pocket.

– Mark Barton, The Sunday Experience/God Is in the TV

LATEST NEWS

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Happy Friday 13th – the new Carw single has just been released!

Happy Friday 13th – the new Carw single has just been released!

The time has come for Feathers to be blown into the air as Carw’s new single is released today.

The song’s already caught the attention of BBC Radio stations, having been played many times on BBC Radio Wales and BBC Radio Cymru in the run up to the release, and placed by Bethan Elfyn on the BBC Introducing Mixtape on Tom Robinson’s show on BBC 6Music this week.

Here is where you can purchase this digital-only release…

iTunes – https://t.co/KwcDef7Thd

Google Play – https://play.google.com/store/music/album/Carw_Feathers?id=Bajczbywrcmerrhv6b7kys3acmy

Amazon – http://www.amazon.co.uk/Feathers-Carw/dp/B017EBLE0C/ref=sr_1_1?s=dmusic&ie=UTF8&qid=1447022193&sr=1-1-mp3-albums-bar-strip-0

And as ever, it is available in three different digital formats at the Blinc Records shop – http://blincrecords.com/product/carw-feathers-mp3flacwav

Carw is back!

Carw is back!

Following the critical success of his first EP, Les Sœurs, released earlier this year, the experimental musician from Montgomeryshire is back with a brand new single ‘Feathers’. The song has already been played a numerous times on Radio Wales and Radio Cymru by DJs Adam Walton, Georgia Ruth and Lisa Gwilym.
‘Feathers’ will be out on Blinc Records on Friday, November 13th, available as a digital download from the Blinc website, iTunes, Google Play, Amazon and many more services.
Carw EP out today! Buy it here… iTunes, Google Play, Amazon, etc.

Carw EP out today! Buy it here… iTunes, Google Play, Amazon, etc.

There are at least a dozen different ways of buying the new ‘Les Sœurs’ EP by Carw, so you have no excuse!

Buy the digital version…

iTunes – https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/les-s-urs-ep/id996816462
Google Play – https://play.google.com/store/music/album/Carw_Les_S%C5%93urs?id=B2td3n5rxuddhm3wu7sgsfaynui
Amazon – http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00XYVZF6Q/ref=sr_1_1_rd?_encoding=UTF8&child=B00XYVZJP8&qid=1433791448&sr=1-1%3C/a%3E
Blinc Records – http://recordiaublinc.com/cynnyrch/carw-les-soeurs-ep-mp3flacwav-2/

And don’t forget that you can buy the CD and vinyl from the Blinc Records website http://recordiaublinc.com/siop, and from all good records shops throughout Wales.

Carw at Neuadd Ogwen this Saturday

Carw at Neuadd Ogwen this Saturday

ARMS & SLEEPERS (Boston, USA) + Ifan Dafydd + Carw
Neuadd Ogwen, Bethesda
Saturday 06.06.2015 7:30pm
Tickets: £10.00 / £8.00

ARMS & SLEEPERS: Ambient/Electronic/Trip-Hop

An exciting night that combines three renowned sets: Arms & Sleepers. Boston, Massachusetts is the home of the duo that is Arms & Sleepers. Max Lewis and Mirza Ramic are performing in the Neuadd as part of their European tour, whilst performing in some of the largest European cities including Zurich, Moscow and Budapest to name a few. The duo experiments with electro and the beats to create a sound that is unique to them. Ifan Dafydd, the enigmatic dub producer from Anglesey that was described by Michelle Lhooq on his recent releases:  “(that’s) part of the reason why Dafydd’s densely layered and painfully gorgeous productions sound so fresh”. Carw which is Owain Griffiths, main vocal of the indie band Violas, hails from the wilds of Mid Wales. Carw’s music experiments with synth sounds of the 1980s and dream-pop melodies, whilst weaving through guitar effects to create a sound that is unique.
4 days to go until the release of the new Carw EP ‘Les Sœurs’

4 days to go until the release of the new Carw EP ‘Les Sœurs’

Only a few days left until we’ll be releasing the new Carw EP, and we’ve been busy telling the world about it.
Some have already pre-ordered the EP, which is available at http://blincrecords.com/shop on CD, vinyl and download. Go have a look.
The distributor has been delivering the CDs around the shops too, so the CD will also be available in your local record shops around Wales. The digital version will also be available on iTunes, Google Play and Amazon.
The vinyl is a special two-sided disc, playing the 4 tracks on both sides! The only place online to get one of these is directly from the Blinc Records shop.
One of the tracks, Elevate, can be streamed here…  https://soundcloud.com/carw_carw/elevate
Here is a video for the song… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8gYuPFoZOk
And here is a great review of the EP from music journalist Mark Barton…  https://marklosingtoday.wordpress.com/2015/06/02/carw
Carw will be playing a number of gigs over the coming weeks so look out for him.
Blinc.
An important package has arrived at Blinc HQ…

An important package has arrived at Blinc HQ…

A box full of copies of the new Carw EP, Les Sœurs!

The EP will be out on June 8th, less than three weeks away. It’ll be available to buy in the digital shop on blincrecords.com, either on CD, vinyl, or digital download.

Also watch out for a video to one of the songs from the EP.

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