{"id":41403,"date":"2025-03-07T12:15:00","date_gmt":"2025-03-07T17:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=41403"},"modified":"2025-02-23T07:02:44","modified_gmt":"2025-02-23T12:02:44","slug":"sister-wives-return-with-brand-new-single-malady","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=41403","title":{"rendered":"Sister Wives return with brand new single  &#8216;Malady&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sheffield\u2019s <strong>Sister Wives<\/strong> return with their electrifying new single, <strong><em>Malady<\/em><\/strong>\u2014their first release since the <strong>2022 Welsh Music Prize-nominated<\/strong> debut album, \u2018Y Gawres\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A hypnotic fusion of <strong>psych, drone pop, and grunge<\/strong>, <em>Malady<\/em> pulses with raw energy, defiant spirit, and folklore-infused lyricism. Sister Wives have carved out a space where <strong>myth, feminist histories, and the mysteries of ancient landscapes collide<\/strong>, blending Welsh and English lyrics into their unmistakable sound.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The band describes Malady as <em>&#8220;an inner beast waking up inside your body\u2014backing you up, empowering you to stand against bad men. It\u2019s about the way strong women frighten these men, and how that power has historically been dismissed as a sickness, madness, or \u2018malady\u2019\u2026&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Listen now<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/song.link\/gb\/i\/1792920945\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Stream <em>Malady<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/r4Abt4bieLY?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-CA&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Malady<\/em> is <strong>out now<\/strong> via <strong>Libertino<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Sister Wives yn dychwelyd gyda sengl newydd &#8216;Malady&#8217;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mae <strong>Sister Wives<\/strong> yn \u00f4l gyda&#8217;u sengl newydd, <strong><em>Malady<\/em><\/strong>\u2014eu cerddoriaeth gyntaf ers rhyddhau <em>Y Gawres<\/em>, yr albwm a gafodd enwebiad am Wobr Gerddoriaeth Gymreig 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Yn plethu <strong>mytholeg, hanes ffeministaidd a thirweddau hudolus<\/strong>, mae <strong>Sister Wives<\/strong> yn creu sain unigryw sy\u2019n gyfuniad o <strong>psych, grunge a stomp asidig<\/strong>. Mae <em>Malady<\/em> yn anthem sy\u2019n dathlu grym mewnol menywod ac yn herio&#8217;r syniad bod cryfder benywaidd wedi\u2019i gamddehongli\u2019n hanesyddol fel gwallgofrwydd neu \u201cmalady.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Allan nawr trwy Libertino.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Clywch <em>Malady<\/em> yma<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/song.link\/gb\/i\/1792920945\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Gwrandewch<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Dilynwch Sister Wives<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sisterwivessisterwives\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Facebook<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/sisterwivessisterwives\/?hl=en-gb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Instagram<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/libertinorecords\/sister-wives-malady\/s-KulVICcWxCx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">SoundCloud<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Sheffield\u2019s Sister Wives return with their electrifying new single, Malady\u2014their first release since the 2022 Welsh Music Prize-nominated debut album, \u2018Y Gawres\u2019. A hypnotic fusion <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=41403\" title=\"Sister Wives return with brand new single  &#8216;Malady&#8217;\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":41404,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"{title}\n\n{excerpt}\n\n{url}","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[22,23,28,29,30,1907],"tags":[12133,12132,12134],"class_list":["post-41403","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-guitar-rock","category-indie","category-music","category-music-video","category-new-release","category-news","tag-malady","tag-sister-wives","tag-welsh"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG_3939-scaled.jpeg?fit=2560%2C1698&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2B2TV-aLN","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":42472,"url":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=42472","url_meta":{"origin":41403,"position":0},"title":"Sister Wives return with haunting new single \u2018YnCanu\u2019","author":"cultureaddicts","date":"May 31, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"The always-enchanting Sister Wives are back\u2014and this time, they\u2019re bringing ghost stories with them. 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