Gavin McNamara hails The Bitter EP by Cerys Hafana for its eerie folk fusion and creative use of harp and found sounds. Innovation abounds.
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Gavin McNamara is an English teacher that loves writing about music. Or a music writer that loves teaching English. Definitely one of those. Over the years he's written for lots of people, from the Big Issue (SW) to Metal Hammer and, before teaching, worked in independent music distribution for too many years.
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