Golau Glau sprung up out of nowhere this summer with a bundle of refreshingly listenable “Silverpop” tracks which have since been causing quite a stir everywhere from The Guardian, countless blogs, websites aswell as several BBC Radio stations.
For good reason too. Their Christmas single, the Foolstide EP demonstrates exactly what all the fuss is about. It also marks their 6th month anniversary as a collective.
Here is what Wendy Roby of Drowned in Sound has to say about the A side…
“When Welshers Golau Glau wrote to me this week (it means ‘light quickly’ and is pronounced ‘Goll Eye Gly’ – it being an amalgam of “normal Welsh” and “superarchaic odd Welsh” [THEIR WORDS]) , they tole me they had a Christmas song. And I was a-feared it would be something plain dreary about Why Christmas Is Like Really Bad? Not that I had reason to suspect this, for me and my new Welsh internet friends have previously corresbonded over amusement parks – which means they are fun sorts. Anyway as it turns out ‘Foolstide’ is the sort of thing that brings a smile to your face even if you are in Tesco’s of a Thursday evening crap-hounding your way to the cheapest drinkable bottle of Rose known to humanity. Naturally I found it (£3.20, yes), and all the way to the self-service tills I thrilled at a record that – even though it has slightly rubbish beatmatching – sounds like a Christmas madrigal gone two-step – with all the delightful silliness that implies. It’s a homemade wreath of a thing – all wonky holly wound around a coathanger and the red berries are made of plastic. And yet, it really is quite lovely.”
They have been kind enough to make the whole EP available for free download, which you can grab at the link below. The zip file also includes artwork plus a songsheet for the title track (preview here)
Download here (right click save target as)
Enjoy!
