The new EP release from Courteous Thief is set for April the 21st.

The new EP, titled "Rooftops" will feature 4 tracks including the single "Leather Soles" which had its premiere on Carpe Carmina blog spot as well as recently featuring on Adam Waltons BBC introducing in Wales show. 

The new "Rooftops" EP will be released on CEG Records for digital download and there will also be a limited amount of hard copies available from our site.

Spotify lovers can listen to the "Leather Soles" single by heading HERE  but it is also available to stream via Apple music and various other streaming sites along with the whole Courteous Thief catalogue.  

Velvet debut EP Fire release Today, 24.11.17 

Friday the 24th of November will be the release of the debut EP Fire from Welsh indie band Velvet, on CEG Records.  

Having previously released the title track Fire as a single, they have already hit the airwaves on BBC Radio Wales, Mon Fm, Tudno Fm, amongst others as well as earning support slots with BBC Radio Wales and BBC Introducing DJ Mr Adam Walton and his band The Immediate.  

Formed in 2014, built around Aimee’s haunting vocals and unique songwriting, they draw their influences from the likes of David Bowie, Catatonia, Supertramp and Radiohead with a pinch of the Cranberries.  

2016/17 also saw them hitting the stages as some of the best North Wales festivals such as Festival No6, Gorjys Secrets Festival, as well as Oxjam and Curiad Bangor Pulse Festival.  

Velvet will be performing at The Skerries in Bangor, North Wales as part of their EP Launch on Friday the 24th of November with support from Xtacsi and The Darvells.  

The EP was recorded by Welsh singer/songwriter John Lawrence at his studio in the beautiful Ogwen Valley, produced by Velvet themselves, and will be available via CEG Records online as well as for digital download and online streaming.  

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EP Velvet, Fire ar 24.11.17 

Dydd Gwener, y 24ain o Dachwedd fydd y band indi Velvet yn rhyddhau ei EP cyntaf o'r enw Fire, ar label Recordiau CEG o Ogledd Cymru.  

Wedi rhyddhau'r trac teitl yn barod, maent eisoes wedi cael ei chwarae ar BBC Radio Wales, Môn Fm, Tudno Fm, ymhlith eraill, yn ogystal â slotiau yn cefnogi bandiau fel band Adam Walton o BBC Radio Wales/BBC Introducing ‘The Immediate.’  

Fe'i ffurfiwyd yn 2014, a adeiladwyd o amgylch llais anhygoel Aimee a'i chyfansoddiadau unigryw, maent yn tynnu eu dylanwadau gan artistiaid fel David Bowie, Catatonia, Supertramp a Radiohead gyda ychydig o The Cranberries.  

Yn 2016/17 bu Velvet y chwarae rhai o wyliau gorau yng Ngogledd Cymru fel Gŵyl Rhif 6, Gŵyl Gorjys Secrets, yn ogystal â Oxjam a Gŵyl Curiad Bangor Pulse.  

Bydd Velvet yn perfformio yn The Skerries ym Mangor, Gogledd Cymru fel rhan o'r lansiad ar Ddydd Gwener y 24ain o Dachwedd gyda chefnogaeth gan Xtacsi a'r Darvells.  

Recordiwyd yr EP gan y canwr/cyfansoddwr John Lawrence yn ei stiwdio yn Nyffryn Ogwen, a gynhyrchir gan Velvet eu hunain, a bydd ar gael trwy Recordiau CEG ar-lein yn ogystal â digidol ac i'w ffrydio.

Its just been confirmed with the boffins at CEG Records HQ that our latest releases from Velvet and Colossous will both be play listed by the main man, Mr Adam Walton on his BBC Radio Wales show tonight.

This will be Velvet's fourth week on the bounce that their new single "Fire" has been played on Adams Show, with Coloussous new single "Mischief on the Holyhead Road" joining them on the list.

Colossous will be releasing his debut ep on the 10th of November and playing the Live Launch at Pie Records in Rhos-On-Sea the same night, North Wales. find the venue on Facebook by heading here. Velvet will also be playing a stripped down set that night, but a full band set upstairs at Rascals on Bangor this coming Friday as a part of the Curiad Bach Bangor Mini Pulse events in and around the city this weekend. You can check out the upcoming CEG Records shows here.

Velvet will also be releasing their debut ep on the 24th of November, venue and support to be announced soon.

Keep on runnin'

CEG R

We’re very proud to be announcing the release of Velvet’s debut single, Fire. 

We’ve been very excited, waiting with great anticipation to see what Velvet’s first trip into the studio would come out and sound like, and we’ve not been disappointed. Working closely with the multi-experienced John Lawrence (ex Gorky’s Zygotic Mynci) at his Nant y Benglog studio in the atmospheric and picturesque Ogwen Valley, who has guided the sound with impacting results. 

The arrangements of these unique tracks provides an excellent platform for Aimee Dobbie’s incredible voice, who drives the songs home with great effect, leaving a distinct impression on the listener. Powerful and lingering, Velvet’s EP is going to be one to remember. 

With repeated airplay already on Neil Crud's Monday night show on Tudno FM, and 3 successive weeks on Adam Walton’s Saturday Night BBC Radio Wales show, we hope the single Fire, will find it’s way onto your own playlists also. 

“I just think that Aimee has a quality, it’s not a similarity to Cerys Mathews’ voice, it’s a similarity of spirit rather than execution which I think is highest praise as when you listen especially to early Catatonia, Cerys’ voice I just think is remarkable” - Adam Walton, BBC Radio Wales re the single Fire.

Velvet’s Forthcoming EP can be pre-ordered via https://cegrecords.com/velvet, where there is also more information on the band. The live launch is scheduled for the 24th of November, information to follow and venue TBC. 

Thanks for listening, 

CEG Records

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Rydyn ni'n falch iawn o gyhoeddi sengl gyntaf Velvet, Fire. 

Rydym wedi bod yn gyffrous iawn wrth aros i weld be fyddai'n cael ei chreu ar daith gyntaf Velvet i'r stiwdio, ac nid ydym wedi bod yn siomedig. Gan weithio'n agos gyda John Lawrence, cerddor aml-brofiadol (cyn Gorky's Zygotic Mynci) yn ei stiwdio Nant y Benglog yng Nghwm Ogwen atmosfferig a hardd, sydd wedi arwain y sain gyda chanlyniadau arbennig. 

Mae trefniadau'r traciau unigryw hyn yn darparu llwyfan ardderchog ar gyfer llais anhygoel Aimee Dobbie, sy'n gyrru'r caneuon yn effeithiol, gan adael argraff ar y gwrandäwr. Yn bwerus ac yn hwyl, bydd EP Velvet yn un i'w gofio. 

Gyda'r can eisoes wedi bod ar raglen Adam Walton ar BBC Radio Wales, rydym yn gobeithio y bydd Fire, yn gwneud ei ffordd i'ch rhestrau chi hefyd. 

Gellir archebu EP dyfodol Velvet o flaen llawr yma: https://cegrecords.com/velvet (lle mae yna fwy o wybodaeth hefyd ar y band) 

Mae'r lansiad byw wedi'i drefnu ar gyfer y 24ain o Dachwedd, gwybodaeth i'w dilyn a'i gadarnhau. 

Diolch am wrando, 

Recordiau CEG 

Velvet are already making waves on the welsh music scene after hitting the BBC with new single "Fire" repeatedly for 3 successive weeks on Adam Waltons BBC Radio Wales Saturday Night show. This comes after also gaining airplay on the legendary Neil Crud show on Tudno FM amongst others. 

“I just think that Aimee has a quality, it’s not a similarity to Cerys Mathews’ voice, it’s a similarity of spirit rather than execution which I think is highest praise as when you listen especially to early Catatonia, Cerys’ voice I just think is remarkable” - Adam Walton BBC Wales on Fire, 30/09/2017

Fire is the title track taken from their debut EP due to drop late this November on CEG Records and will be available online and via the CEG Records website.

Missed the Track on BBC Radio Wales? Thats ok, you can here it again on the BBC I Player here.

And you can find them on CEG Records here.

CEG Records