Euros Childs is best known as the frontman of Welsh popsters Gorky's Zygotic Mynci. Formed in 1991, the group, along with the Super Furry Animals, Catatonia and others repped for Wales during Britain's Britpop era in the mid-1990s. The group, a critical darling that never quite found their place in the mass populace, called it quits in 2006 after a long career that included 10 albums. Since the group's split, Euros has released three albums, including his latest The Miracle Inn, out now on Wichita Recordings. We took advantage of our familiarity with a thick Welsh accent and spoke to Euros in advance of tonight's show at DC9 with David Kilgour & The Jet Age.

Are you touring solo or is this a band operation?

It's a three piece band. We play keyboards, drums, bass and guitar. We swap around a lot as well.

Gorky's broke up in 2006. For us American fans that don't read the NME every day, care to fill us in on what happened? Had things simply run their course?

We broke up in Spring of last year. I think we decided we'd done all the records we'd wanted to do and didn't think we could take it anywhere particularly new, so we decided it was probably best to call it day.

You've been recording a lot since Gorky's disbanded. The Miracle Inn is your third solo album.

Yeah, it's been over a period since the start of 2005, so it maybe looks a bit more prolific than it really is. I've been recording maybe an album a year. One in 2005 and one in 2006 and another this year. They've all come out quite close to each other, so it's not as prolific as it looks.

Bore Da, the album you released before this one was recorded in Welsh, right?

That's right, yeah.

Are there any plans to put that record out over here?

No, I don't think so. It's available as an import. Chops, the first record, is out but Bore Da shall remain not released.

Obviously the music industry has changed quite a bit since Gorky's formed in 1991. Has the digital revolution helped your career at all? People now are able to get MP3s over the internet as opposed to paying $30 for an import CD.

I don't think it's helping small acts at all. Sales are very much down. They've been going down for the last seven years really, since that technology has become available. It's OK if you're Radiohead or Madonna, but if you're selling the amount of CDs that I was selling it's not a very good situation.

So is doing a US tour the only way you're going to sell CDs over here?

I'm not sure really...CD sales are not looking great.

As far as the live show goes, are you doing only solo material or are you doing Gorky's stuff as well?

It's all new really. There's quite a bit of new songs that aren't on record yet that are in the set now, and obviously there's quite a bit of stuff to play from the last three records, so there's no Gorky's stuff at the moment. But it's not a rule or anything. After being in Gorky's for so long, we had a set number of songs for four or five years, more even, so it's refreshing now to play a whole new set. Instead of feeling tied to the past, it all feels fresh and new.