{"product_id":"gwenno_utopia_2025_disco-virgin-music-group","title":"Utopia","description":"After releasing three albums in Welsh and Cornish, Utopia is the first album by Gwenno Saunders recorded mostly in English, revealing a very different facet of her life and writing. At 43, Saunders has already been many people. The disillusioned teenager from Cardiff; the dancer in Las Vegas at age 17; the singer of indie pop band The Pipettes. She has also acted in a Bollywood film, toured clubs, and cleaned floors at a pub in East London. Long before becoming a singer-songwriter acclaimed for her work in Welsh and Cornish — winner of the Welsh Music Prize, nominated for the Mercury Prize, and recognized as a Bard of the Cornish Gorsedh — there were the years spent between Nevada, London, and Brighton; Irish dancing, techno clubs, disorder and chaos. Utopia, Saunders' fourth solo album, is an extraordinary exploration of all these identities. While she considers her first three records — Y Dydd Olaf (2014), Le Kov (2018), and Tresor (2022) — as \"childhood albums,\" rooted in her upbringing, her parents, and her foundational identity, Utopia marks a moment of self-determination and experimentation. These are songs of discovery, the years between being someone's daughter and becoming someone's wife and mother. It features both dance tracks and piano ballads, with contributions from Cate Le Bon and H. Hawkline, and references to William Blake, a favorite poem by Edrica Huws, or even the number 73 bus. It is her most accomplished work to date.","brand":"Gwenno","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57516584042840,"sku":null,"price":23904813.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/vinyles.com\/en-us\/products\/gwenno_utopia_2025_disco-virgin-music-group","provider":"Vinyles.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}