Candelas are a
Welsh rock band
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Llanuwchllyn
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North Wales
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Background
Candelas released their first EP ''Kim Y Syniad'' in 2011. Since being signed to the label
I Ka Ching in 2013 they have released two albums and three singles. Their first album featured songs in both
Welsh and
English and their second album is entirely sung in Welsh. In February 2014, the band won three
''Y Selar'' awards for best
Welsh language
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song, best long record and best band. They won best Welsh language band again in February 2015, also winning the best artwork prize.
Their album ''Bodoli'n Ddistaw'' was shortlisted for the 2015
Welsh-language album of the year.
In 2016 the band recorded a cover of
Yr Anhrefn's ''Rhedeg i Paris'' (''Running to Paris'' in English), described as the "anthem of the Summer", to celebrate the
Wales football team reaching the
European Football Championship.
The band have played at numerous music festivals across Wales such as
Festival Number 6, Maes B, and
Tafwyl which they headlined in 2016 and again in 2017 after
Bryn Fôn
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Biography
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In 2017, the band were reported to be recording their first English-language EP and a third album,
which was released in 2018 titled ''Wyt Ti'n Meiddio Dod i Chwarae'' following two singles.
The band's drummer, Lewis Williams, won ''best instrumentalist'' at the 2013 Y Selar awards
for his work in Candelas and
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Discography
Singles
Albums and EPs
References
External links
Candelas BBC Wales Horizons pageArtist page on I Ka Ching WebsiteBBC Music page
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Welsh-language bands
Welsh indie rock groups
Musical groups established in 2009