Gwen - UMA

UMA is the remarkable debut solo album from GWEN (Gwenllian Anthony), songwriter, bassist and multi-instrumentalist with the groundbreaking Welsh trio Adwaith. 

Across the past decade, Adwaith have reshaped the landscape of Welsh music, described by Louder Than War as “not just the future of Welsh music, but the future of music full stop,” and with their debut Melyn hailed as “not another Welsh-language album. It is Wales herself,” Adwaith proved that music rooted in language, place and identity could resonate far beyond its borders.

Now, with UMA, Gwenllian Anthony begins a bold new artistic chapter. 

Written while touring across Europe and completed in the landscapes of West Wales, UMA was produced by Gwenllian Anthony and Steffan Pringle, with additional creative collaboration from Tim Lewis (Coil, Spiritualized). It is an adventurous, uncompromising record that moves effortlessly between industrial electronics, alternative pop, art rock and experimental sound design. Across ten concise, emotionally charged songs, hypnotic rhythms sit alongside distorted electronics, intimate melodies and moments of startling vulnerability.

Performed entirely in Cymraeg, the Welsh language is never treated as a statement. It is simply Gwen’s natural artistic voice.

The result is an album that feels deeply rooted in Welsh culture while speaking in a musical language that reaches far beyond it.