Acclaimed Welsh composer, singer and multi-instrumentalist Cerys Hafana's third album Angel, is a deep exploration of minimalism, traditional and avant-folk music and Hafana's primary instrument the Welsh triple harp. The album alternates between vocal songs (all sung in the Welsh language) and instrumentals, often buoyed by a deft trio of sympathetic and exploratory musicians (drums, double bass, alto sax).

The uncommon breadth and innovation of Angel soundly confirms Hafana as one of the UK's most exciting young contemporary folk artists. Their spellbinding music is rich with atmosphere and heart and stubbornly resistant to genre boxes and easy classification. ‘An old man who goes for a walk in the forest and hears an angel singing so beautifully it makes him fall asleep for three hundred and fifty years’.

The album captures a remarkable collection of songs with incredible intimacy and immediacy, with Hafana crediting producer Owain Fleetwood Jenkins for the ‘in the room’ quality of the sound. Recorded in Jenkins’ Pembrokeshire studio, the sessions were captured live and rather quickly (just four days) with just a few takes, with the musicians Ursula Harrison on double bass, Amie Huckstep on alto saxophone and Lisa Martin on drums. Hafana hadn’t worked with any of the trio before but had very specific ideas about who and what was needed to capture the sound they wanted. They were also keen to capture as broad a dynamic range as possible and a very intimate feel, and Angel does both brilliantly, at times sounding remarkably close-quarters and vivid.