Gruff Rhys Sadness Sets Me Free LP Coke Bottle Clear Vinyl warm jazz and a stunning

warm jazz and a stunning vocal delivery that really helped Bobby reach out to some big new audiences at the time

The band's singular sound is rooted in a keen sensibility of form and texture

Bobby Hutcherson

The moody funk of “Party” sounds like a mad blend of Riot-era Sly Stone and Brian Wilson

with house music at the heart of this record as its foundation but as with all Spacek's releases

Gruff Rhys Sadness Sets Me Free LP Coke Bottle Clear Vinyl warm jazz and a stunningIn a career that has taken him from the slate mining towns of north west Wales, down to the expat communities of Patagonia, up to the Mandan tribe of the Great Plains of North America and across to the Tuareg rock groups of the Saharan Desert, Gruff Rhys, one of Britains most beloved and successful singer songwriters, has always been willing to follow an opportunity wherever it may lead him. And so it was that Gruff and his band Osian Gwynedd (piano),