Gruff Rhys presents his new album "Sadness Sets Me Free" via Rough Trade Records. The 10 track follow up to 2021's "Seeking New Gods" (his first UK top 10 solo record) is incredibly the 25th album he has released in his 35 year career individually, collaboratively, and as a member of various bands. In La Frette Studios, a recording facility installed in a 19th-century house on the outskirts of Paris, Gruff and his road-hardened group tracked "Sadness Sets Me Free" in just three days. Additional strings, orchestration, and backing vocals from Kate Stables (This Is The Kit) were added along the way, before the record was mixed in Marseille and Cardiff. What finally emerged from these intense bouts of cross-continental activity was Gruff Rhys' most accomplished and beautiful record to date. One of Britain's most beloved and successful singer-songwriters, he has always been willing to follow an opportunity, wherever it may lead him.