Video Premiere: Welsh Folk-Rockers Calan Debut 'Apparition'

Welsh-based band Calan may have its music anchored in ancient roots — traditional Welsh music incorporating accordion, fiddle, pipes, and harp — but the sound has translated to a modern audience on a grand scale Calan has gone from busking in the streets of Cardiff playing festival shows on huge stages to thousands of fans, and is poised to release a new album, Soloman, on May 12.

Soloman’s first single is “Apparition,” a Calan original based on entries in the bizarre diaries of Rev. Edmund Jones, a minister and soothsayer living in Wales during the 18th century. The writings affirm Jones’s belief in fairies, and discuss the legend that claimed that when the coal and iron industries came to Wales, the fairies disappeared, as fairies don’t react well to metals.

Yahoo Music is excited to debut the video for the song, which was filmed in a scrap yard, representing how the fairies disliked iron and steel. The dancers in the clip represent how humans would see the fairies.

“They did not fly around like Tinkerbell or have pretty wings,” says Calan vocalist, Bethan Rhiannon. “They looked just like everyone else and were the same size as humans. It’s very hard to tell humans and fairies apart — you’ll only know for sure when it’s too late!”

If you’d like to keep up with Calan’s schedule, check here.