Barafundle is the fourth album by Welsh psychedelic folk band Gorky’s Zygotic Mynci, which was released 7 April 1997 in the United Kingdom. The album’s title comes from the name of a beach in Pembrokeshire, Wales.

Songs are often sung in both Welsh and English, and the album’s influences range from twee-pop to traditional folk music. Lynn Childs, father of singer Euros and violinist Megan, plays shawm and other traditional instruments on the album’s occasional medieval interludes (for example, on “Starmoonsun”).

I totally adore this band and have done since I first heard them. They were still precocious teenagers when they made this classic. Re-issued for record store day - a lot of the early Gorky’s albums and singles have frustratingly been long out of print and command steep second hand prices.

Euros Childs continues to be a prolific Godlike genius to this day.