Comprising Meilyr Jones (vocals and bass), Dylan Hughes (keyboards, synths, guitar and vocal) Alun Gaffey (Guitar and vocals) and Gwion Llewelyn (drums and vocals), RACE HORSES met in the sleepy Welsh town of Aberystwyth - a perfect place for psychedelic pondering.

These technicolour fantasists are bursting brilliantly bizarre tunes. It's this twisted pop sensibility that places them in the rich lineage of Welsh weirdness and sets them apart from their contemporaries.

"We're utterly bored of reality, realism, and music and words that are too literal," they say. "Most people lead very boring lives, so why write about that?"

Their forthcoming debut album, Goodbye Falkenburg, was recorded with producer Dave Wrench (a member of Julian Cope's Black Sheep who has also recorded with Bat for Lashes, Hot Chip and British Sea Power etc) in a series of adventurous sessions over nine months. Conceived as a collage of someone's life memories and taking a loose nautical theme, it's an ambitious first fling from a band. "We wanted to make our fifth album first, if you know what I mean," says Mei. And when you hear it, we think you will.

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