Release Date: 01 July 2022
Label: Heavenly Recordings
CAT: HVNLP205
Charts Position: #6 - Official Independent Albums Chart (UK)
Shortlisted for the 2022 Mercury Prize Award
Shortlisted for the 2022 Welsh Music Prize
Tracklisting:
01/ An Stevel Nowydh
02/ Anima
03/ Tresor
04/ N.Y.C.A.W.
05/ Men An Toll
06/ Ardamm
07/ Kan Me
08/ Keltek
09/ Tonnow
10/ Porth Ia
Tresor (Treasure) is Gwenno Saunders’ third full length solo album and the second almost entirely in Cornish (Kernewek). Written in St. Ives, Cornwall, just prior to the Covid lockdowns of 2020 and completed in Cardiff during the pandemic along with her producer and musical collaborator, Rhys Edwards, Tresor reveals an introspective focus on home and self, a prescient work echoing the isolation and retreat that has been a central, global shared experience over the past two years.
Singles
An Stevel Nowydh
Tresor
N.Y.C.A.W.
Production Notes
All songs written by Gwenno apart from 1 & 4 written by Gwenno & Rhys Edwards
Vocals, Lyre harp, Celtic harp, moog, mellotron, Roland TR 08, piano splashes on track 1 by Gwenno
Drums, percussions, bass guitar, nylon guitar, electric guitar, vibraphone, piano, string arrangements, synthesizers by Rhys Edwards. Sound processing work and field recordings created by Rhys Edwards and recorded at Din Lligwy, Ynys Môn, Vienna and Venice.
Violin on 1 & 6 by Angharad Davies
Vocals on 8 by Rhys Edwards
Hand claps on 3 by Nico Rhys
All tracks Produced by Rhys Edwards, apart from 5 (Produced by Gwenno). Tracks 7 & 8 produced by Gwenno & Rhys Edwards
All tracks Engineered, Arranged and Mixed by Rhys Edwards
Mastered by Matt Colton at Metropolis Studios.
Photography by Clare Marie Bailey
Design & Layout by H. Hawkline
℗ & © 2022 Heavenly Recordings under exclusive license to [PIAS]
Long Reads
The Observer
The Welsh sound artist, performing almost entirely in Cornish, explores nature and motherhood on her ambitious third album.
The Quietus
Gwenno's second (mostly) Cornish-language album runs merry minimalism against hard-edged modernism with enchanting results.
Financial Times
The singer-songwriter searches for meaning in natural landscapes, passing seasons and the domestic sphere.
Nation.Cymru
Tresor, the beautiful and hypnotising new album from Welsh singer-songwriter Gwenno Saunders is currently bewitching critics and fans alike.
The Irish Times
Saunders’s third solo album is another riveting addition to a colourful career.
Uncut
“If we opened people up, we’d find landscapes,” said the French director Agnes Varda in 2009. Varda is one of many artists, musicians and filmmakers from around the world who inspired Tresor..
Tresor Live Shows : #27
28 January, 2022 – CASTLEMAINE, AUSTRALIA: Theatre Royal
04 February, 2022 – SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA: City Recital Hall
02 April, 2022 - CARDIFF, WALES: 6 Music Festival, Y Plas
30 April, 2022 - EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND: The Caves
01 May, 2022 - GLASGOW, SCOTLAND: Garage
05 May, 2022 - WREXHAM, WALES: Focus Wales, Central Station
29 May, 2022 - TOTNES, ENGLAND: Seachange Festival, St. Mary’s Church
10 June, 2022 - KIDLINGTON, ENGLAND: Kite Festival, Kidlington Park
01 July, 2022 - MANCHESTER, ENGLAND: Piccadilly Records
02 July, 2022 - LONDON, ENGLAND: Rough Trade East
03 July, 2022 - BRISTOL, ENGLAND: Rough Trade
04 July, 2022 - BRIGHTON, ENGLAND: Resident
03 September, 2022 - MANCHESTER, ENGLAND: Psych Fest
11 + 12 September, 2022 - FALMOUTH, CORNWALL: Cornish Bank
16 September, 2022 - HEBDEN BRIDGE, ENGLAND: The Trades Club
17 September, 2022 - LEICESTER, ENGLAND: Wide Eyed Festival
19 September, 2022 - BRIGHTON, ENGLAND: Komedia
20 September, 2022 - LONDON, ENGLAND: Village Underground
22 September, 2022 - CARDIFF, WALES: The Gate
24 September, 2022 - ST ENDELLION, CORNWALL: The North Cornwall Book Festival
28 September, 2022 - LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND: District
29 September, 2022 - BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND: Hare & Hounds
30 September, 2022 - BETHESDA, WALES: Neuadd Ogwen
01 October, 2022 - CARDIFF, WALES: The Gate
02 October, 2022 - LONDON, ENGLAND: How The Light Gets In Festival
04 October, 2022 - DUBLIN, IRELAND: Whelan’s
