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.