Bill Ryder-Jones shares new song “I Hold Something In My Hand”

Bill Ryder-Jones shares new song “I Hold Something In My Hand”

Edited by Bill Ryder-Jones, the video for “I Hold Something In My Hand” features behind the scenes footage filmed by Liam Power and Marieke Macklon.

Watch the previously released videos for “This Can’t Go On” and “If Tomorrow Starts Without Me”.

Iechyd Da is a record that is rooted in love, loss, pain, heartache and often a deep darkness, but also one that frequently ends up in places of profound beauty, hope and joy. “I love this album,” says Bill. Recorded at his Yawn studios in West Kirby, Ryder-Jones took a deeply wide-screen approach to making the album - one that has Mick Head reading Ulysses over an instrumental one moment (“...And the Sea...”) to sampling the Brazilian singer Gal Costa (“I Know That It’s Like This (Baby)”) – Bill even got children involved.

The name of the album means good health in Welsh; “Over the years my music has lost a bit of its hope I reckon,” contemplates Bill Ryder-Jones. “It were important for me to make a record that had more hope in it. Even by my standards the last few years have been rocky, but I’ve chosen to soundtrack it with more positive music, you know?” Iechyd Da to you and yours.

Iechyd Da is available to pre-order on DomMart-exclusive coloured vinyl (with postcard), Indies-exclusive coloured vinyl, standard vinyl, CD and digitally. Pre-order: Dom Mart Digital

Upcoming 2024 live dates

  • Friday 12th January – Rough Trade East, London - solo
  • Saturday 13th January – Spillers, Cardiff - solo
  • Tuesday 16th January – Monorail, Glasgow - solo
  • Wednesday 17th January – Piccadilly, Manchester – solo
  • Thursday 18th January - Applestump Records, Nantwich - solo
  • Tuesday 12th March – Room 2, Glasgow
  • Wednesday 13th March - Brudenell Social Club, Leeds
  • Friday 15th March – The Castle & Falcon, Birmingham
  • Saturday 16th March – New Century Hall, Manchester
  • Sunday 17th March – Thekla, Bristol
  • Tuesday 19th March – CHALK, Brighton
  • Wednesday 20th March – Islington Assembly Hall, London
  • Thursday 21st March – Content, Liverpool
  • Saturday 23rd March – Paradiso, Amsterdam
  • Sunday 24th March – Hafenklang, Hamburg
  • Monday 25th March – Kantine am Berghain, Berlin
  • Wednesday 27th March – Trix Bar, Antwerp
  • Thursday 28th March – La Maroquinerie, Paris
  • Saturday 30th March – The Workman’s Club, Dublin
  • Sunday 31st March – Black Box, Belfast
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