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- Summary: The latest full-length solo release from Gruff Rhys is entirely in Welsh and features backing vocals by Cate Le Bon and H. Hawkline.
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- Record Label: Rock Action Records
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock
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Sep 12, 2025Dim Probs feels more personal, confidential, and ultimately vulnerable. It reaffirms Rhys as a generous author, celebrating his first language but taking in rich influences and instrumentation from countries far and wide.
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MojoSep 12, 2025Even with zero knowledge of what is going on lyrically, these songs are often beautifully evocative. [Oct 2025, p.85]
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UncutSep 12, 2025What may be lost slightly in translation is mitigated by the musicality of the vocal tones, with Cate Le Bon and H Hawkline H adding a plaintive backing chorus on "Pan Ddaw'r Haul I Fore". [Oct 2025, p.32]
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Sep 12, 2025While ‘Dim Probs’, on initial listens, may not appear the most substantial addition to Rhys’ work, it is nevertheless a relaxed (and relaxing) thing of warm humanity and beauty that, in the long run, may be more durable than much of his more lavish and accessible outputs.
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Sep 26, 2025Dim Probs is vintage Gruff Rhys and the very simplicity and directness of the album sets it off from the many concepts and schemes of his other, bigger records. Sometimes less truly is more.
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Record CollectorSep 12, 2025Dim Probs engages with deeply rooted truths. [Oct 2025, p.133]