Sorrows (album)

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Sorrows
Cwfen - Sorrows.jpg
Studio album by
Cwfen
Released30 May 2025 (2025-05-30)
StudioDeep Storm [1]
Genre Post-punk [2]
Length43:42
Label New Heavy Sounds
Producer
  • Cwfen
  • Kevin Hare
Singles from Sorrows
  1. "Reliks"
    Released: 1 November 2024
  2. "Wolfsbane"
    Released: 11 March 2025

Sorrows is the debut studio album by Scottish gothic doom band Cwfen. [1] It was released on 30 May 2025, through New Heavy Sounds. [2] [3]

Contents

Mastered by James Plotkin, [1] it consists of ten tracks with a total runtime of approximately forty-three minutes. Seven tracks range between four and six minutes each, while the remaining three "Fragment" tracks are under a minute each. The album was produced by Kevin Hare and the band, composed of lead vocalist Agnes Alder, guitarist Guy DeNuit, drummer Rös Ranquinn, and bassist Mary Thomas Baker. [1] The first single, "Reliks", was released on 1 November 2024. [4] It was followed by "Wolfsbane", the second single, on 11 March 2025. [5]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Distorted SoundStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Kerrang! Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [6]
Metal Hammer Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [2]

Liz Scarlett of Metal Hammer noted in her review of the album, "Sorrows is charged with the same blackly brooding lifeblood as Type O Negative, offering macabre meditations on mortality and sensuality through mystifying post-punk, chest-crushing doom and haunted atmospheres," describing it as "a deeply powerful album, full of spectral beauty," and rating it eight out of ten. [2]

Sam Law of Kerrang! referred to the album as "an unapologetically audacious first statement from musicians who've so obviously spent years toiling in shadow," giving it a score of four out of five. [6] Distorted Sound assigned it a rating of nine out of ten and remarked, "Sorrows ensnares with every moment like an elegant and captivating siren song, enchanting with a portent of doom underpinning the top notes." [3] Decibel described Sorrows as "at turns rage-filled, hypnotic and eternally dark." [1]

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Agnes Alder; "Fragment I", "Fragment II", and "Fragment III" are instrumentals.

Sorrows track listing
No.TitleMusicLength
1."Fragment I"Mary Tomas Baker0:34
2."Bodies"
  • Alder
  • Guy deNuit
6:49
3."Wolfsbane"
  • Alder
  • deNuit
6:33
4."Reliks"
  • Alder
  • deNuit
5:48
5."Whispers"
  • Alder
  • deNuit
5:31
6."Fragment II"Baker0:58
7."Penance"
  • Alder
  • deNuit
5:41
8."Fragment III"Baker0:38
9."Embers"
  • Alder
  • deNuit
6:55
10."Rite"
  • Alder
  • deNuit
4:15
Total length:43:42

Personnel

Credits adapted from Decibel [1] and Tidal. [7]

Cwfen

Additional contributors

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Tepedelen, Adem (28 May 2025). "Full Album Stream: Cwfen – Sorrows". Decibel . Retrieved 8 June 2025.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Scarlett, Liz (July 2025). "Cwfen – Sorrows". Metal Hammer . No. 401. Future plc. p. 93. ISSN   0955-1190.
  3. 1 2 3 Cooper, Phil (25 May 2025). "ALBUM REVIEW: Sorrows – Cwfen". Distorted Sound. Retrieved 8 June 2025.
  4. Weaver, James (1 November 2024). "Cwfen release new song 'Reliks'". Distorted Sound. Retrieved 8 June 2025.
  5. Weaver, James (11 March 2025). "Cwfen announce debut album Sorrows". Distorted Sound. Retrieved 8 June 2025.
  6. 1 2 Law, Sam (13 May 2025). "Album review: Cwfen – Sorrows". Kerrang! . Retrieved 8 June 2025.
  7. "Sorrows / Cwfen / Credits". Tidal. 30 May 2025. Retrieved 15 June 2025.