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I'll take that over "take the turbulence and twinkle your toes", which makes me wince. At least 'Sunny Seville' has a decent tune and the lyric is funny, rather than embarrassing.
― The Anti-Climax Blues Band (Turrican), Saturday, 22 July 2017 19:17 (seven years ago) link
'Patience' is great and slipped through the cracks for years. Glad that it's been rescued from obscurity somewhat.
― The Anti-Climax Blues Band (Turrican), Saturday, 22 July 2017 19:20 (seven years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/eqaXssh.png
I don't even know anymore.
― afriendlypioneer, Monday, 24 July 2017 14:03 (seven years ago) link
Maybe the aliens in hometown unicorn took them and replaced them with clones who exist only to milk the commercial cash cow.
― wtev, Monday, 24 July 2017 15:16 (seven years ago) link
I've convinced myself they're trying to fund a new album, but the truth is they're probably just old & tired and wish they'd signed that deal with Coca Cola.
― afriendlypioneer, Monday, 24 July 2017 15:21 (seven years ago) link
I wish they'd signed that deal with Coca-Cola.
― The Anti-Climax Blues Band (Turrican), Monday, 24 July 2017 16:08 (seven years ago) link
Hey they're younger than me and I'm not old.
― wtev, Tuesday, 25 July 2017 15:31 (seven years ago) link
So there's a pretty big group on Facebook that some members of the band are a part of, and Daf addressed the negative track on Out Spaced. Apparently it's the backing track to one of the original SFA songs he did with Rhys Ifans. For some reason the store was it was some noodling Bunf did. Anyway, I thought that was pretty cool. Apparently he didn't even know it was on the album and hadn't heard it in decades.
― afriendlypioneer, Thursday, 27 July 2017 14:30 (seven years ago) link
He says he composed it himself. Not that it's an impressive composition or anything. Just a little more interesting trivia in this time of want.
― afriendlypioneer, Thursday, 27 July 2017 14:31 (seven years ago) link
Well, that's that cleared up! Yeah, the story for years was that it was a Bunf demo from 1992.
― The Anti-Climax Blues Band (Turrican), Thursday, 27 July 2017 15:45 (seven years ago) link
They generally have shit memories when it comes to their own stuff.
― The Anti-Climax Blues Band (Turrican), Thursday, 27 July 2017 15:47 (seven years ago) link
So the remaster came out today. I think it generally does sound a little better, maybe a little less murky. The bass is still barely present, but I don't think that's a problem a remaster can fix.
"Naff Gan" is the "Ice Hockey Hair" demo. The lyrics are the same as that live "Welcome to the Family" performance. It went from being a pretty charmless, grungey slice of nonsense to a classic, so it's an interesting historical piece. "Music Box" is just Gruff mumbling over some music.
― afriendlypioneer, Friday, 28 July 2017 14:19 (seven years ago) link
I'm not much interested in hearing it - not unless there's stuff on there that's "proper" songs that I haven't heard before.
― The Anti-Climax Blues Band (Turrican), Friday, 28 July 2017 18:11 (seven years ago) link
"Smoke" is an alternate mix of "Smokin'." I swear I heard this years ago on a compilation of some sort. But yeah, there's nothing AMAZING AND UNRELEASED on here. I think their vault is spent unless you want to go searching for some crumbs.
― afriendlypioneer, Friday, 28 July 2017 18:34 (seven years ago) link
The new El Goodo album Strangetown just released is great. Good follow-up to their last one, which is also great.
― afriendlypioneer, Monday, 18 September 2017 23:47 (seven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vq27wwtEkvg
― afriendlypioneer, Monday, 18 September 2017 23:54 (seven years ago) link
Liked that, will check out the album
― groovypanda, Tuesday, 19 September 2017 07:35 (seven years ago) link
https://www.thelineofbestfit.com/news/latest-news/gulp-return-with-glittering-track-morning-velvet-sky
New Gulp song/album produced by Luke Abbott. Prob. best SFA spin-off in my opinion.
― afriendlypioneer, Wednesday, 27 September 2017 13:56 (six years ago) link
Cian's orchestral album is out now if you've preordered. It's pretty breathtaking stuff!
Here's a short video snippet:
Fersiwn glasurol @CianCiarán o chwedl Rhys a Meinir A classical composition of the love story Rhys a Meinir by @CianCiarán#rhysameinir | Nos Iau | Thursday | 9.30#chwedlau #chwedloni@superfurry pic.twitter.com/MDhCWnB8fA— S4C (@S4C) November 26, 2017
https://www.pledgemusic.com/projects/cian-ciaran-rhys-and-meinir
― afriendlypioneer, Monday, 27 November 2017 15:12 (six years ago) link
http://www.apessimistisneverdisappointed.com/2017/11/a-brief-review-of-rhys-meinir-from-cian.html
The album is, frankly, a revelation. A listener shouldn't be surprised that Cian Ciaran is a man of prodigious talent but, rather, that he is so easily capable of branching out so effectively. Rhys A Meinir is a record that alternates between lush orchestral passages, and stark, soundtrack-like pieces of music that convey the sadness and lyricism of the Welsh tale to a listener. In my interview with Cian Ciaran, he mentioned an appreciation for the music of John Barry, Bizet, and Ennio Morricone, an appreciation that one can hear here in the selections on Rhys A Meinir. A track like "Haul o rywle'n tywynnu" early in the record even bears a faint trace of Randy Newman's soundtrack work about it, while the lighter-than-air "Safodd yn stond" offers a rich abundance of harp figures. The more direct "Marwydos" brings a kind of folk music to the classical work, while the absolutely stunning "Rhedeg" chills and moves the soul in the style and spirit of the best Bernard Herrmann film scores. It's not entirely a surprise that this is an affecting work, but that it's so atypical of what one would expect from a Super Furry Animal. The band used strings before but never quite like this, Ciaran here embracing the larger forms and offering up something both Modern and Romantic.
― afriendlypioneer, Wednesday, 29 November 2017 14:30 (six years ago) link
Playing "Zoom", the 2cd best-of in the car at the moment.
It's so good!
― Mark G, Wednesday, 29 November 2017 18:10 (six years ago) link
They were/are so good. I fear they'll never be back. They're still hawking merch, though. There's always hope.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zIbS4ekCNmY
― afriendlypioneer, Wednesday, 29 November 2017 19:32 (six years ago) link
There's a good shot of a Hey Venus! preliminary studio track list in the documentary. "Upside Downers" from Cian's first solo album appears on it. The orchestra's motif took form during these sessions as well; he plays it during the studio session recordings and calls it "Lick My Love Pump" *lol*.
I enjoyed the doc. Good watch. V. relaxing, too.
http://beta.s4c.cymru/clic/e_level2.shtml?programme_id=794828413
― afriendlypioneer, Monday, 4 December 2017 17:20 (six years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Y6VLjIKwqQ
Ah! Greetings my friends,- I’m happy to announce that my new album of 10 songs ‘Babelsberg’ is coming out on Rough Trade Records on 8th June. It features the BBC NOW orchestra with Kliph Scurlock, Osian Gwynedd and Steve Black on drums, piano, bass and I’m singing and playing guitar.
- I’m happy to announce that my new album of 10 songs ‘Babelsberg’ is coming out on Rough Trade Records on 8th June. It features the BBC NOW orchestra with Kliph Scurlock, Osian Gwynedd and Steve Black on drums, piano, bass and I’m singing and playing guitar.
― afriendlypioneer, Tuesday, 10 April 2018 11:19 (six years ago) link
i did add my name to do a Super Furry Animals artist poll on ILM. not sure if i will actually do it. i ask, is there enough interest on ILM do actually do a poll?
― Bee OK, Saturday, 14 April 2018 02:05 (six years ago) link
I'd vote
― groovypanda, Saturday, 14 April 2018 10:36 (six years ago) link
I'd vote too
― silverfish, Saturday, 14 April 2018 12:03 (six years ago) link
me2
― Roberto Spiralli, Saturday, 14 April 2018 12:55 (six years ago) link
Also me.
― Le Baton Rose (Turrican), Saturday, 14 April 2018 18:55 (six years ago) link
yes.
― Simon H., Saturday, 14 April 2018 19:24 (six years ago) link
might be quite nice to have another thread on them which isn't THEY"RE SHIT REUNION BAND NOW every post
― PaulTMA, Sunday, 15 April 2018 01:23 (six years ago) link
As true as that may be in 2018.
― Le Baton Rose (Turrican), Sunday, 15 April 2018 08:17 (six years ago) link
They are the rare band where I know more than half their albums, so I'd vote in a poll too
― Vinnie, Sunday, 15 April 2018 11:11 (six years ago) link
Dark Days/Light Years is a great album. Hope it gets some love in a poll. Bing Bong wasn't half bad, either. ;-)
― afriendlypioneer, Monday, 16 April 2018 14:24 (six years ago) link
I can think of a couple of tracks from Dark Days/Light Years that are worth voting for, as patchy and backloaded as that album is. 'Bing Bong' was so bad that it pretty much was the final nail for me.
― Le Baton Rose (Turrican), Monday, 16 April 2018 15:18 (six years ago) link
The top 2 tracks are pretty much a lock, but there's such an embarrassment of riches from their golden decade of 1994-2004 it should be interesting.
― Le Baton Rose (Turrican), Monday, 16 April 2018 15:21 (six years ago) link
Still throw on 'Bing Bong' once in a while. My son loves it. Hot bassline, too. *`<:^)
Not bad for a track they probably threw together in an hour or two.
― afriendlypioneer, Monday, 16 April 2018 15:56 (six years ago) link
Inaugural Trams is my European holiday anthem :)
― imago, Monday, 16 April 2018 16:05 (six years ago) link
'White Socks/Flip Flops' is one of the best things they've done post-2004.
― Le Baton Rose (Turrican), Monday, 16 April 2018 17:17 (six years ago) link
Just take out Mt. and Moped Eyes and Dark Days/Light Years ends up being one of their best albums
― silverfish, Monday, 16 April 2018 17:46 (six years ago) link
'Mt' might be their worst song, otoh, it is an odd album
― imago, Monday, 16 April 2018 17:40 (eight minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― imago, Monday, 16 April 2018 17:48 (six years ago) link
and yeah, agreed, it dips early
but recovers splendidly!
― imago, Monday, 16 April 2018 17:49 (six years ago) link
I love 'Moped Eyes.' I can leave 'Mt.' behind, but I think they've done far worse--all of which can be found on Love Kraft.
― afriendlypioneer, Monday, 16 April 2018 17:55 (six years ago) link
*hey venus
― imago, Monday, 16 April 2018 17:56 (six years ago) link
I'd take out 'Where Do You Wanna Go?' and 'Lliwiau Llachar' too. SFA on autopilot.
― Le Baton Rose (Turrican), Monday, 16 April 2018 18:04 (six years ago) link
I guess 'Inconvenience' fits that category as well - I'd forgotten about it until I looked at the tracklisting.
― Le Baton Rose (Turrican), Monday, 16 April 2018 18:06 (six years ago) link
I like Inconvenience and Lliwiau LLachar. 'Where Do You Wanna Go?' admittedly goes nowhere but it's short so I don't really mind it much
― silverfish, Monday, 16 April 2018 18:55 (six years ago) link
i really didn't think there would be that many people wanting a poll, so a nice surprise.
― Bee OK, Tuesday, 17 April 2018 01:56 (six years ago) link
Love Kraft has always been my favourite SFA album, I suspect I might be alone in that. It gives off such a warm and quirky lovely vibe.
My 2-year old daughter recently wanted to listen to Phantom Power 1-3 times a day for over a month (it's now gradually being replaced by other albums, including Gruff's Candylion).Even though it got overplayed, I did get to give it proper attention which I never gave it before, and actually got to appreciate it more and more. It's a truly fantastic album, which I think would also benefit from removing a few tracks - IMO Venus & Serena, Bleed Forever, Valet Parking could all go, leaving their best album.Slow Life is probably their masterpiece.
I've never been very impressed by Dark Days/Light Years. Hey Venus! has extremely strong moments and is a highly enjoyable listen, but there's a little too much repetition within songs on that album for my liking to rank it among their best.
― Valentijn, Tuesday, 17 April 2018 06:31 (six years ago) link