It was a beautiful feeling when I got to delve into “Natur,” the debut collaborative album from North Wales singer-songwriters Eve Goodman and SERA. With crystalline harmonies and poetic lyricism, this collection feels like a love letter and a spiritual offering to women, nature, and the cycles that connect them. Recorded at Wild End Studio with co-producer Colin Bass, “Natur” flows like a living landscape—organic, luminous, and rooted in the Welsh language.
Eve Goodman and SERA (Sarah Zyborska) first met as BBC Horizons Artists in 2019 and discovered their shared fascination with nature’s rhythm. Both hailing from Caernarfon, they have channeled their surroundings into songs that are as reflective as mountain lakes and as grounded as the forests they sing about. “To remember our nature, we look to nature,” they remind us in Anian, a line that captures the soul of the album. Now, keep on reading my thoughts through this journey.
The album opens with Bendith, a breathtaking invocation—a Celtic blessing carried on waves of delicate harmonies and spacious instrumentation. The production is lush yet restrained, allowing the intertwining vocals of Eve and SERA to glow like twin candles in a chapel of sound. Their delivery feels devotional, reverent, and serene, evoking gratitude for the land that sustains us. You can almost feel the moss underfoot and the mist rising from the hills.
A standout track, “Anian,” pulses with life. A percussive folk rhythm drives the song forward, embodying the chaos and beauty of the modern world. Here, Goodman and SERA find their balance between burnout and belonging—their voices soaring with both power and grace. The hook is earthy and memorable, and the bilingual lyricism bridges tradition and modernity beautifully. It’s a reminder that returning to nature is not retreating but remembering.
With “Llinyn Glas” (meaning “Blue Thread”), the duo weave something more introspective—a lyrical meditation on connection, perhaps to ancestry or emotion. The harmonies are exquisite, soft as linen, and layered with care. The instrumentation feels like sunlight filtering through stained glass—acoustic strings and subtle percussion framing their vocals with luminous sensitivity.
Translated as “Knot of Love,” “Cwlwm Cariad” blooms as a tender folk love song, grounded in simplicity and sincerity. There’s a touch of the mystical in their phrasing, and the interplay of their voices evokes conversation and communion. The gentle arrangement, buoyed by subtle tones, makes it feel timeless—a melody that could’ve been sung centuries ago by the sea.
Peace is the pulse of “Tangnefedd.” It’s a beautiful spell-song, and the mesmerizing instruments become its strength. The purity of Eve and SERA’s harmonies echoes through the air like a sacred chant. This is the album’s spiritual center—a quiet testament to trust, balance, and the invisible forces that guide us. Their voices here feel almost elemental.
Wild Flower by name and nature, “Blodyn Gwyllt” is a radiant love song inspired by the fragility and resilience of a moth. There’s an ethereal delicacy to its melody, and the arrangement flutters between stillness and motion, much like the creature it honors. Both singers deliver with a luminous vulnerability that feels deeply feminine and fearless.
As its title (“Seasons”) suggests, “Tymhorau” explores the turning of time in nature and in life. The rhythmic flow mirrors the cycle of the year, from bright awakening to quiet hibernation. Their layered harmonies evoke shifting weather and moods, and the arrangement—with its subtle percussion and folk instrumentation—breathes like a living organism.
“Rhwng Y Coed,” translated as “Between the Trees,” is the album’s forest song. Its earthy textures and grounding rhythms pull us deep into the woods. Here, Goodman’s crystal-clear tone meets SERA’s soulful warmth in perfect balance. It’s one of the most exciting moments on the record—you can almost hear the wind moving through branches.
The album’s last but one song, “Gaeafgwsg,” meaning Winter Sleep, slows the heartbeat of the album, inviting reflection and rest. Its minimalism feels like frost forming on glass—beautiful, still, and tender. The vocal blend is intimate, a lullaby for the world as it exhales after the rush of seasons.
The closing track feels like a gentle farewell—or perhaps a return. “Wead Y We” (possibly referencing “the web” or interconnectedness) draws all the album’s threads together in one final blessing. It’s expansive yet humble, cyclical and complete—leaving you full and weightless, like the last note of a prayer carried off by the wind.
Eve Goodman and SERA are a stunning match. Eve’s crystalline tone and emotional phrasing blend effortlessly with SERA’s warm, grounded delivery. Their harmonies feel lived-in, organic, and spiritually charged. They don’t just sing about nature; they sing as nature—fluid, cyclical, ever-evolving.
The production, helmed alongside Colin Bass at Wild End Studio, is sublime. You can hear the care in every detail—the way percussion feels like footsteps on earth, the way reverb mimics open air. Acoustic guitars, subtle drums, ambient soundscapes, and traditional folk instruments all coexist in perfect balance. It’s the sound of North Wales itself—wild yet tender, ancient yet alive.
Overall, “Natur” isn’t just an album—it’s an experience, a ritual, a remembering. It reminds us that to honor the earth is to honor ourselves, and that the feminine and the natural are not separate but intertwined. With each song, Eve Goodman and SERA invite us to pause, breathe, and listen, not only to their stunning harmonies but also to the quiet wisdom of the wild. Natur is a hymn to our shared roots—the soil beneath our feet, the cycles we live by, and the songs we’ve always known but somehow forgot. This is a breathtaking debut collaboration from two of Wales’ most radiant folk voices. The album feels like the earth itself singing back.
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