Eilir Pierce is a Welsh singer-songwriter and filmmaker whose songs weave raw textures, melodic hooks and offbeat storytelling into something intimate and unpredictable.

Raised on a remote farm near Clocaenog Forest, he began creating songs shaped by rural solitude, childlike wonder and the DIY spirit of the Welsh underground music scene. His work channels the emotional honesty and eccentric imagination of an outsider artist — intimate, fearless and defiantly his own.

Across more than three decades and 39 albums, Pierce has created an unmistakably personal body of work that bridges lo-fi intimacy with cinematic ambition. His collaborators have included Seiriol Davies, Gwenno, Accü, Pat Morgan (Datblygu), and Rogue Jones, with whom he co-wrote Lemonade on their Welsh Music Prize-winning album. His 100-track retrospective Degawdawns was championed by Jarvis Cocker on BBC 6 Music and described by Huw Stephens as “the work of a genius.”

His forthcoming 40th album Half-Time marks his first full studio release — a synth-pop Musical exploring midlife, masculinity, and reinvention through song, film, and live performance.

Mae Eilir Pierce yn ganwr-gyfansoddwr a Gwneuthurwr FfILM o Gymru sy’n cyfuno Straeon ôd, alawon pop a sain arbrofol. Wedi’I fagu ar fferm anghysbell ger Coedwig Clocaenog, dechreuodd greu caneuon a gafodd eu siapio gan unigedd gwledig, rhyfeddod plentyndod ac ysbryd DIY sîn gerddoriaeth danddaearol Cymru. Mae ei waith yn sianelu gonestrwydd emosiynol a diniweidrwydd artist ar gyrion — agos, beiddgar ac yn ddi-gyffelyb iddo ef ei hun.

Dros dair degawd a 39 o albymau, mae Pierce wedi adeiladu corff gwaith unigryw sy’n uno agosatrwydd lo-fi gyda gweledigaeth sinematig. Mae wedi cydweithio â Seiriol Davies, Gwenno,Accü, Pat Morgan (Datblygu) a Rogue Jones- cyd-ysgrifennodd Lemonade ar eu halbwm a enillodd Wobr Gerddoriaeth CymREIG. Cafodd ei gasgliad 100-cân Degawdawns ei ganmol gan Jarvis Cocker ar BBC 6 Music, a’i ddisgrifio gan Huw Stephens fel “AThrylithgar-swnio fel neb arall”.

Bydd ei bedwardegfed albwm, Half-Time , Ei ALBUM STUDIO CYNTAF yn gyfuniad o synth-pop a chabaret Miwsical — archwiliad o GANol OED, gwrywdod a Thrawsnewid trwy gân, ffilm a pherfformiad byw.