Guitarist
Matthew Deighton talks about the Welsh band Pobl y Bryn he has formed with his
wife and the refreshing musical change its brought
Going
from Oasis and Paul Weller to a Welsh-speaking band is quite the career swerve
but Matthew Deighton has no regrets.
The
guitarist, who formed Welsh band Pobl y Bryn with his wife Clêr, is loving the
change that performing in Welsh brings.
The
band, who release a self-titled EP on June 30, will play at the International
Eisteddfod in July.
Matt
said: “I live nearby so I heard some good music coming over the hill last year.
“It’s
exciting this year to be a part of it, and for such a young band.
“We’ve
actually got a pretty tasty warm up lined up the day before (July 12). We’ll be
performing a special show at Llanfyllin Workhouse 2014 festival.”
The four
piece are supporting Status Quo on the closing night of the festival.
Matt
explained: “They hand out a lot of awards and then we come on and get the crowd
going for the Quo.
“We’ve
only really been going since February so things are happening pretty fast with
recording and performing.
“We’re
setting up our own record label called Clên, it’s one of those Welsh only
words, it means cool or kind.”
Matt is
quick to point to his wife as inspiration.
He said:
“Clêr is the key to the whole thing, she’s the songwriter, she keeps coming up
with terrific songs.”
And
Matt, who also performs backing vocals on a number of tracks, is slowly picking
up the language.
Matt
said: “I’m learning Welsh, it’s coming slow but singing it does help.
“The
majority of the lyrics, I’m singing backing vocals, so I’m picking out words in
Welsh already.
“It’s
not easy but I’m really interested in it and I want it to be my second
language.
“The
rest of the band are all Wrexham-born but I’ve got Welsh on my mother’s side,
they’re from Cardigan.”
And
what’s it like going from Oasis to Pobl y Bryn?
“It’s a
breath of Welsh fresh air, we moved here a while ago and we were doing a band
for a while with this line up, just being English. But one day Clêr came in with a Welsh song
and it changed everything.”
Pobl Y
Bryn perform at Llangollen Eisteddfod on July 13.
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