Super Furry Animals : S/D

how have i never posted in this thread before? i must have posted in all the other SFA threads.

here is the thread i thought was going to be this one: Super Furriest album poll

New Gulp single: https://soundcloud.com/e-l-k-1/sets/play-ep/likes

http://i.imgur.com/fp0C3Zj.jpg

SFA or Incubus?

Song samples: http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00E4X4YV0?ie=UTF8&child=B00E4X52BG

WHOA! This actually rules!

I mean, when I found out that Cian was doing a louder, more guitar-based album, I really didn't have any idea that it was going to sound anything like '5c Cotton 40c Beef', so that's a huge, and VERY pleasant surprise.

'43,000,000' is like stoner rock, but done in a much, much less cartoonish way than SFA did it on 'Crazy Naked Girls'. I have a feeling I'm going to play the shit out of this record when it finally comes out. To say I'm preferring what I'm hearing here to Outside In is a huge understatement.

I think if anyone in the band will make SFA's sound vital again, it's Cian. He seems like he's at least pushing his own boundaries lately.

The thing that blows my mind about it (the first two tracks especially), is that Cian has given no prior indication that he has this sound in him (like, it was Bunf that was responsible for 'Crazy Naked Girls' etc.) - It's not the techno he does with the Acid Casuals and SFA, and it's not the lush orchestral ballad-type stuff he's been known for recently. It's a guitar based record from someone who isn't really noted in SFA for playing much guitar, and from what I've heard, he seems to be doing it a lot better than I ever thought he would.

From what I understand, he played all the instruments on the album as well. So if that's the case, he's a really good drummer as well!

He's already overshot his goal with over a month to go. I'm actually kind of shocked that many people know about who he is and care enough to pledge a significant amount of money. Maybe SFA should consider going this route when/if they release a new album. It's a pretty awesome way to interact with fans.

It'd be a great way of making enough cash to make a really mental record, too.

Am I crazy or is there always some kind of voice hidden deep within the bass on all of Cian's songs?

Yes. It's saying, "Gruuuuuuff suuuuuucks."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dkngIDEk4Io

Just listen...

Start really hearing it around 2:10.

it's Cian's demonic twin

It's just a low octave voice that Cian uses to thicken his voice out.

http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/1jismq/i_am_cian_ciaran_ama/

On his fav. SFA albums:

cianciaran [+19][S] 4 points 2 days ago (5|1)
mainstream ? hmm, not sure . lovekraft , or phantom power , or maybe fuzzylogic , could be radiator but then again I quite like mwng and rings too, the last one was good .....
what is this deep voice you speak of ?

No Guerrilla?? Love Kraft first to mind?? Scandalous.

Kind of a people-pleasing routine SFA tune, but still nice for a short single:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ep676o0zaaA

http://rocksucker.co.uk/2013/08/interview-cian-ciaran.html?utm_campaign=twitter&utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=twitter

He did this new one completely by himself, even the drums.

http://ampleplay.tumblr.com/post/47713427550/cian-ciaran-sleepless-nights-mpfree-a-free-mp3-when

Another one from an EP Ample Play is releasing soon.

The reviews are now coming in: http://rocksucker.co.uk/2013/08/review-cian-ciaran-they-are-nothing-without-us.html

Sounds positively delightful.

Oh man, they're really going for it with the Strangetown label. This definitely sounds like a Cian Ciaran production: https://soundcloud.com/strangetown-records/sets/baby-queens

One week left to pledge/release. He's at 236 pledges.

Cian's pledge ends tonight. You still have six hours left to get your pledge in if you want to listen to the album two weeks before it's released. MP3s go out tonight once it's over.

http://pledgemusic.com/projects/cianciaran

The Sewn Up EP: https://soundcloud.com/strangetown-records/sets/cian-ciaran-tanwu

Gulp vid: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2_-qGJoYKs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gs8Ow0nyn2U

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EqAxig1WtlI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bCCnazr204&feature=youtu.be

Hello. Welcome to Super Furry Animals...MINUS Gruff.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S41DTo8PzmY

https://driftrecords.com/products/das-koolies-its-all-about-the-dolphins-12

been discussed for a while on the all-caps SFA thread. You gotta be swift to scoop the SFA goon cru

I believe it!

I like it a lot. The rest of the thread didn't seem to. :)

It could grow on both of us

The more I listen, the more I think Love Kraft is one of the best albums ever made

It pains me that this is not a commonly held view

For a very long time I thought of Love Kraft as my fave SFA album. But a couple of years ago, my then 2y old daughter had a phase where she wanted to listen to Phantom Power all the time - I realised I had never given it proper attention & after repeated plays I got to think of that one as probably their best (although there's a couple of tracks on there which annoy me, the strongest tracks - especially the final two - more than make up for those).

I really like the Koolies song too.

What makes Love Kraft stand out among the other albums? Genuinely curious. There are at least four tracks I really struggle with, but I do love a lot of it. I think the moments where they try to force that SFA “zany” pop sound really ruin whatever I think they were going for. Stuff like “Cabin Fever” is so musically and structurally impressive... the kind of song I play for people who never took SFA seriously.

i like the Koolies song ok but it's not interesting at all, if that makes sense.

It sort of sounds like all the things SFA are good at, but with none of that Gruff charm that’d send it over the edge perhaps?

Probably the only person in the world who holds this opinion, but 2019's The Earth album is prob. the best SFA side/solo/whatever thing that's come out in the 10 years since they took their hiatus. Dionne's got an incredible voice, and Daf's stoned, lazy backing Vox sound amazing paired with her singing. This is so outside the boundaries of what SFA fans want to listen to that I'm not surprised these albums haven't taken off (or maybe I have really bad taste).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L7woDyNwATI

If we count the Baby Queens album, that gets my vote.

Oh, that's a really good one as well. I thought it had potential to break out past the SFA/Wales market, but it didn't appear to go anywhere.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H74B_wkmHKk

this is so good

stoked to check out The Earth thingy

It sort of sounds like all the things SFA are good at, but with none of that Gruff charm that’d send it over the edge perhaps?

ha this is exactly along the lines of my initial post thoughts, which were "this is good, but it does not _delight_ me like good SFA," but it sounded revoltingly precious. i could not word it properly.

*watches Naughty Naughty*

nah that's almost exactly inside what this SFA fan wants, THANKS

gotta say, i didn't know distribution in the web age could be this hard. i wanna wanna wanna buy that shit direct, it on apple music if you ask right, not on bandcamp, they say they're in amazon (they're not by my looks) and the weblink off the only shit i could find (on FACEBOOK!) is dead.

the shit off apple music is good imo. if anyone has the right place to send dough for songs tho

Finally got a dl. I have no idea who this is really for, other than me. I love the fuck out of it right off the bat. "You Must Be Mistaken" could be a mid SFA song.

Awesome. Glad you are enjoying it. I think Bunf might make an appearance on “Cyanide Sighs.” Don’t have the credits but I think I hear his voice near the end.

Can’t Have It All is exactly the weird delightful shit i think about that came from SFA. In some ways it is the trippiest retropsych that i’ve heard because there are all manners of proper styles colliding in non-standard ways, and the lyrical icing smoothed onto it is both beautiful and incredibly arch.

*sighs* this is the fuckin best.

This one's got a really good hook:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eG6Nj5Orl1w