Melys were a late 90's band from Betws-Y-Coed in North Wales, and were a big favourite of the late John Peel. They recorded 11 sessions for him over the years, and in 2001 came top of his 'Festive Fifty' with this track, Chinese Whispers. The album it is from, 'Suikerspin' (which is the Dutch for 'candyfloss', apparently), was their third, and they split up two albums later having not really made much of a dent in the marketplace, coincidentally around the time of Peel's death. They leave behind some loyal fans, however, and in the last year or so have reunited for a couple of crowd-pleasing shows.
The song itself is fairly emotive stadium-pop. But it is much better than that sounds. There's nothing massively clever about it, but it is probably the high point of this kind of late 90s/early 00s proper pop music.
Melys – Chinese Whispers
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