Afal (single) by Adam Walton

‘Afal’ is a brand new recording from north Wales songwriter Adam Walton.

‘Afal’ embraces the melancholy and colours of Autumn. It’s a flashback to annual late September foraging behind The Sportsmans Arms on the Denbigh Moors (Mynydd Hiraethog) when I was a teenager, lying on our backs and falling into the sky.

I broke down up there once, in the late 90’s or early 00’s, on the way to a Gruff Rhys gig. No signal on my clamshell mobile phone. I walked to the only habitation I could see… an isolated cottage defying the heather, to call the AA as night fell hard.

The skies up there are bigger and darker than most places, and while I waited for the AA van to arrive, orbs of light span and wheeled above me… eerie and beautiful.

I’ve never known what they were.

This single has no connection to my previous album of the same name.

‘Afal’ is the Welsh word for ‘apple’. I munched through 12 of them recording the rhythm track. A doff of the cap to McCartney’s contribution to The Beach Boys’ ‘Vegetables’. I haven’t been able to eat another apple since.

‘Afal’ is on my new album ‘Burmo’ which I’m releasing on the 14th November on CD and streaming platforms (apart from Spotify).

‘The Silent Strings’ isn’t on the album. It’s a standalone b-side because I love standalone b-sides.

Tracklist

1.	Afal (single)	4:05

2.	The Silent Strings	3:30

Credits

released October 30, 2025

‘Afal’ - written, played and recorded by Adam Walton (published by Copyright Control).

‘The Silent Strings’ - written and played by Adam Walton (published by Copyright Control). Recorded by Russ Hayes at Orange Sound Studios, Penmaenmawr.

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