Welcome indeed to a brand new edition of Cymru Cuts, crammed full of yes, you guessed it – a selection of the choicest brand new cuts across Wales. Enthusiastic championing and cheering is by Cath Holland (CH) and Bill Cummings (BC). Ynys – Gyda Ni We're living in a golden age of S4C's Lwp music videos, dancing lab assistants in Griff Lynch's Kombucha last month sealed the deal on that.

Now, we have Ynys going all X-Files on us with UFO mysteries and flash cars n fashion for 'Gyda Ni' (With Us) the second single from forthcoming record Dosbarth Nos (Night Class). The song is high drama itself, offset by the sweetness of nostalgia, an element turning out to be an essential part of the Ynys makeup. But this is no comfortable sepia-tinged saunter – or shuffle and slide – on varnished wooden floors in Wigan Casino.

Pack your talc and keep the faith; the Northern Soul flavour is given cinematic adventure thanks to sharply tipped strings.The song is chockful of excitement and joy. 'I think that on contemporary records people sometimes have a fear of making music that sounds catchy,' says the band's linchpin Dylan Hughes.

Ynys are indeed fraidy of nothing and no-one. (CH) Tom Emlyn – 'Double-Crossed Cardiff-based Swansea-born troubadour Tom Emlyn continues on his upward trajectory of quality, inciteful songwriting in the form of 'Double-Crossed". Wonderfully understated, it is touching sprinkled with the unmistakable tang of salt and bite; sung with fragility and vulnerabi.