Written in an off-grid cottage during a year-long residency in the Cambrian Mountains, The Gentle Good’s new album ‘Elan’ is a psychedelic portrait of the Elan Valley in Powys, Wales. Featuring songs in both Welsh and English, ‘Elan’ explores the landscape, history and politics of this remote valley, which was flooded to provide water for Birmingham at the end of the Victorian era. The first single from the album, ‘Tachwedd’ (Welsh for November) is an upbeat psychedelic celebration of autumn and a reminder to hold onto the light through the coming dark