Cardiff-based post-hardcore six-piece Breichiau Hir have released their debut album, Hir Oes I’r Cof, via Welsh language alternative label Libertino Records. Commenting on the meaning behind the album title, front man Steffan Dafydd says: “Hir Oes I’r Cof loosely translates to ‘long live memory’. The title was something I heard (or possibly misheard) from an elderly man giving a speech about where I grew up. The song is about the addictive nature of looking back, the comfort and escapism you get from nostalgia, juggled with the infinite sadness that you can never truly relive past memories, and the more you replay your memories the more they reshape and reform.” A band who blend cathartic intensity, dense layers of guitar, and fragile melancholic moments...