THE DEEP DIVE | Rumpy Pumpy with Angel Hotel

It's time for us to now bow out of what has been an incredible three years. In this final episode, we recorded a Cardiff special. On our bikes, we cycled between 6 of the city's finest pubs, each with their own segment: Day at your Dream Festival Bain's Gizz Quiz Cal's Finish The Lyric Al's £1m Music Makeover The L.E.S. Top 10 Final Playlist With 3 seasons under our belt, a beer sponsorship from Tiny Rebel and a whole load of talented musician friends made, we can only say that as 3 music loving mates who started a little project over a couple of cans, to see what it has since become feels like an overwhelming success. Too much is said about music not being what it was, blah blah blah, but what we're most proud of is making content that goes some way towards proving that the artists who make up our current scene are the some of BEST to ever do it and it was an absolute blast for us to shine a little bit more light on them. There's too many highlights to list, so BIG thankyou to everyone who ever came on whether it was podcast, insta or even helping us spin some tunes when we were live on radio.Al and Cal will be continuing the content on the instagram page over the summer. We've always attended festivals as punters, but this year we'll be attending some as press 🎤 So keep your eyes tuned to The L.E.S. insta as there will be a whole load of visual content with even more artists coming! For the last time, sit down and soak it up. Thankyou everybody!

For this week's Deep Dive, Angel Hotel broke down their latest single Rumpy Pumpy. Fitting into Sion's "under 20 minutes to write" policy, this is a love-making pop banger that only Angel Hotel can write! Have a listen below: https://open.spotify.com/track/4OqJY1KYmnxyMc3RMgEvuC?si=7dc61fa87f854737 Sit down and soak it up.

This week Angel Hotel, the Cardiff 4-piece inspired by retro nostalgia, 80s flicks and 'big power pop hooks' drop by to chat to the boys. They talk solo songwriting deals, 'geek-chic' sounds and what representing the Welsh music scene means to them. Sion and Carys bring complete authenticity to Tiny Rebel in this episode and proudly fly the flag for musicians who unashamedly pursue their own sounds. In the Deep Dive this week they break down their latest single 'Rumpy Pumpy'. In keeping with their sound, the playlist for this episode is a tour-de-force of 80's hits... On their part anyway. https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3zKao8eSI7oxi2cESsQiZV?si=1ed7b330f2744973 Sit down and soak it up!

In this installment of The Deep Dive we get chatting to The Family Battenberg to discuss their ripper of a tune "Feed Yer (Nganga)." From the conception of the riff, to the lyrical content, we rarrive at some far reaching corners to get to the essence of this tune. Checkout the single in the link below. Sit down and soak it up. https://open.spotify.com/track/1y2K0VDxho2yz4eUQGlcfU?si=b2d334c8d66a427d

The boys may have missed frontman Dave for this one but they still bring some cool insights into the song's sonic conception. I Don't Feel is a true modern britpop banger and if this earmarks the future sound of Saloon Dion, we are incredibly excited. Episode playlist below: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/28As6UNwYpalZBfY9b652F?si=60dc9181e9c14541 Sit down and soak it up.

In this little mini episode called the Deep Dive, we take aim at one of our guests songs and fire the questions we've had burning to ask. In this episode we discuss, with Panic Shack, their track "The Ick." Listen to find plenty of anecdotes to accompany the story told by the song, find out who Panic Shacks riffmaster is and perhaps the best do-not-do's when navigating making a cup of tea for a prospective romantic partner... or any cup of tea for that matter!  Listen to "The Ick" here: https://open.spotify.com/track/6QrFV5Z2K5kvSHPzM3vjI3?si=336482e2c06a4917 Sit down and soak it up. 

Here lies part 2 of our exclusive track by track with CVC in which we delve into Side B of their debut record "Get Real." This episodes covers the tracks: Good Morning Vietnam, Woman of Mine, Music Stuff, Mademoiselle, Docking the Pay and American Ultra. The lads get stuck into the recording and writing process of the songs. There's a few surprises along the way and even an acoustic rendition of the initial concept of one of CVC's biggest hitters… No playlist for this weeks episode, go get stuck into Get Real now: https://open.spotify.com/album/2CP4v1zIXBxJab2lmoVHED?si=dBNNWtwZRLWTmM-Lgx5NDg 

In this episode the L.E.S. boys are around the mic with CVC for an exclusive track by track of their smash hit debut album "Get Real" in which we discuss each track at length with a little taste of each song sprinkled throughout the episode. This episode covers Side A of the record which includes tracks; Hail Mary, Winston, Knock Knock, Sophie and Anogo. Side B is to follow shortly, so keep your eyes peeled or subscribe to be notified of its release.  There is no playlist for this weeks episode, only a link to the album itself... https://open.spotify.com/album/2CP4v1zIXBxJab2lmoVHED?si=8_2tDBwVSUKAxxOAyC694A Sit down and Soak it up. 

The 14 minute epic that saw the world introduced to the incredible Alice Low is a sprawling journey of genre defying music that shows all of her incredible qualities in one. Where to begin? We didn't know either, but we tried. Listen to the full song here: https://open.spotify.com/track/3Joyo5A52KlDFHucSBfWyg?si=0f0f3a3874fe4dfa Radio edit: https://open.spotify.com/track/2PnT3q5Sods3wOj3ULlbYq?si=ec9ab9494b8e45e8

Gwenllian, Heledd and Hollie of Adwaith tell us all bout their ripper of a tune Lan y Mor; through from the genesis of the song, to what it is like to playing live and getting the venue pumping. Follow the link(s) for the song, and stay for the rest of the album.  https://open.spotify.com/track/3g3fK4wq0JiVviqzLqgBFM?si=9fa416cb01fb4e69 https://adwaithmusic.bandcamp.com/album/bato-mato