Barafundle by Gorky's Zygotic Mynci

Barafundle, the fourth album from Carmarthen's Gorky's Zygotic Mynci, came out on Fontana in the UK on 7 April 1997, named after a beach in Pembrokeshire. Gorwel Owen produced, and the band, a leading light of the Cool Cymru moment, sing in Welsh and English, sometimes in the same breath.

It's a gloriously odd record, veering from twee-pop to traditional folk, with Megan Childs' violin threading through and her brother Euros Childs singing like a choirboy who's wandered off into the woods. Their father, Lynn Childs, plays shawm and other old instruments on the medieval interludes, like the one on "Starmoonsun". "Patio Song" is the sweetest thing here. It followed Bwyd Time, and Gorky 5 came next.

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