Biography

Sarah Howells (now making music as Bryde ) & Richard Llewellyn from West Wales, make music that has been compared to everyone fromThe Sundays to Elbow. In Feb 2020 their latest EP hit streaming platforms reigniting passion for songs previously only on CD. In 2010 debut album The Day We Ran into the sea was described by the BBC's Adam Walton as "pop music: brilliantly crafted from a bruised heart's embers". 2011 album We Are Ghosts was described by The Guardian as "disarming, breezy pop, tinged with melancholy". Paul Kerr, reviewing their 2011 EP, A Comfortable Sleep for Fourohfive 405 called them " an oasis of emotion in a cold hearted world."
 In 2012, the band played a sold out show at Hay Festival. In August 2012 several songs soundtracked an episode of BBC3's TV Series Lip Service. Third album, Little Letters, was released on Navigator Records reaching no. 28 in the UK Alternative Chart. The band have played live on BBC Radio Wales several times and featured on Bob Harris's BBC Radio 2 show, being interviewed by Harris and performing a live session." The band have toured the UK and Germany for several years building a live following. They sold out London's Union Chapel in November 2014. The album JOY released on 8 April 2015 was featured on BBC Radio 1 & 2 as well as a host of German stations such as NDR2 and Radio Eins. In April 2015, Paper Aeroplanes played their debut SXSW show playing several shows at British Music Embassy. Sarah now performs under the name Bryde