Peiriant will release their new single “Song In Parts” on Friday 30 January via Recordiau Nawr, ahead of their third studio album Plant. The Hay-on-Wye duo includes Rose Linn-Pearl on violin and Dan Linn-Pearl on electric guitar.
“Song In Parts” appears on Plant and was produced by Sam Grant at Blank Studios in Newcastle upon Tyne. The track sets a violin lead against major–minor guitar lines and low synth tones, with ambient references to Brian Eno, La Monte Young and Aphex Twin’s mid-1990s work. Artwork for the single uses a detail from Amber Hiscott’s painting Violette Enters The World.
Plant follows the duo’s previous album Dychwelyd, which reflected on returning to Cymru to raise a family and drew on the landscapes of the Black Mountains in Bannau Brycheiniog. Dychwelyd was named Folk Album of the Month by The Guardian and appeared in the newspaper’s top ten folk albums of 2024.
The new album takes its title from the Welsh word for “children” and continues the story begun on Dychwelyd. Across eight instrumental pieces, Plant addresses everyday anxieties about the future alongside day-to-day joy. Many sections were improvised in the studio, using ideas first developed in short late-night writing sessions, and they draw on the cadences and rhythms of Cymraeg, a first language for Rose and a second language for Dan.
Peiriant build their sound around violin and electric guitar, adding bass from a Moog Grandmother, melodic lines from a pair of Korg Volca units and chopped, re-sampled material from the Fieldtone Weaver. Expanded use of percussion introduces a more metronomic, rhythm-focused edge. The album artwork features Amber Hiscott’s painting Violette Meets The World.
The duo draws from folk and classical training as well as post-rock, minimalism, sound art and world music. Peiriant focus on melody, tonality, and atmosphere in semi-improvised pieces that remain closely connected to the Welsh landscape.
Upcoming gigs
March 2026
5th – Clwb ifor bach, Cardiff
6th – Elysium, Swansea
7th – Haver Hub, Haverfordwest
10th – Bank Vault, Aberystwyth
15th – Parish Hall, Hay on Wye
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