:Race Horses
{{Short description|Welsh band}}
{{other uses|Racehorse (disambiguation)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
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| alias = Radio Luxembourg
| origin = Aberystwyth/Cardiff, Wales
| genre = Psychedelic pop, indie
| years_active = {{start date|2005}}–2013
| label = Peski, Fantastic Plastic, Stolen
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| past_members = {{Plainlist|
- Meilyr Jones
- Dylan Hughes
- Gwion Llewelyn
- Dan Bradley
- Mali Llywelyn
- Alun Gaffey
- Ben Herrick
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Race Horses were a Welsh band based in Cardiff, Wales and originally from Aberystwyth. Formed in 2005 as Radio Luxembourg, they changed their name in 2009 due to possible legal problems with the radio station of the same name. Initially the majority of their music was in Welsh,{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/4fd3|title=Race Horses - Goodbye Falkenberg review|publisher=BBC|date=3 February 2010|accessdate=13 February 2013}} but their final album Furniture was entirely in English.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/vh8r|title=Race Horses - Furniture review|publisher=BBC|date=10 September 2012|accessdate=13 February 2013}}{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2012/nov/29/race-horses-furniture-review|title=Race Horses: Furniture – review|author=Maddy Costa|newspaper=The Guardian|date=29 November 2012|accessdate=13 February 2013}}
After appearing across Wales and during the debut Festival N°6,{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2012/sep/17/festival-no-6-review|title=Festival No 6 – Review|date=17 September 2012|author=Mark Beaumont|newspaper=The Guardian|accessdate=2020-07-01}} the band announced their split in January 2013 and performed a farewell gig the following month at Clwb Ifor Bach.{{Cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/Racehorsesmusic/posts/10151425330620903|title=Race Horses|website=Facebook.com|accessdate=2020-07-01}}
After Race Horses
Gwion Llewelyn has been the drummer for Yr Ods and performs live with Aldous Harding, Baxter Dury, Meilyr Jones, Alys Williams, Georgia Ruth and others. He and Mali Llywelyn both play with Villagers.
Alun Gaffey continues solo as a singer-songwriter. His self-titled debut album came out in 2016 and was nominated for that year's Welsh Music Prize.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/cymrufyw/37308778|title=Rhestr fer y Wobr Gerddoriaeth Gymreig|date=September 8, 2016|website=Bbc.com|accessdate=2020-07-01}} His second album Llyfrau Hanes was released in 2020. In 2024 he started releasing music with a new project, GAFF.
Dylan Hughes played with the band Endaf Gremlin (2013–2014). Since 2018 he has been leading the band [https://ynysmusic.com/ Ynys].
Meilyr Jones played bass with Neon Neon on their 2013 live shows supporting the album Praxis Makes Perfect. He's also collaborated on the Cousins project with Euros Childs, their album released in 2012, and with Stealing Sheep. In 2010-2011 he was involved with Cate Le Bon on the Yoke project. He released his debut solo single, Refugees/Birds, on Moshi Moshi Records in August 2015, and his debut full album, 2013, came out the following March.{{Cite web|url=https://shop.moshimoshimusic.com/ArtistDetails?Aid=MMR_AR_72|title=Meilyr Jones -Shop | Moshi Moshi Records|date=14 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150914091310/https://shop.moshimoshimusic.com/ArtistDetails?Aid=MMR_AR_72|accessdate=28 November 2020|archive-date=2015-09-14}} In November 2016, the album won the 2015-2016 Welsh Music Prize.
Discography
- Diwrnod Efo'r Anifeiliaid (2007 EP by Radio Luxembourg)
- Goodbye Falkenburg (2010)
- Furniture (2012)