Picked up the ‘Fuzzy Logic’ vinyl reissue this week and appreciated the album anew - I’ve tended to overlook it in favour of the three LPs that followed, thinking of it as a more straight up “rock” record. I think there is a wee bit of that, with the b-sides/‘Out Spaced’ scratching the more out there itch, but I was being unfair.
― michaellambert, Saturday, 9 June 2018 07:41 (five years ago) link
i'm not going to run the SFA poll anytime soon. i won't run it until all albums are on Spotify but that is my hang up. if anyone else wants to run it then be my guest.
― Bee OK, Saturday, 9 June 2018 17:58 (five years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DpHY-R70mw4
Guto continuing to be the best member of SFA that isn't Gruff.
― afriendlypioneer, Tuesday, 3 July 2018 14:00 (five years ago) link
https://www.gigwise.com/news/3266952/album-premiere-gulp-all-good-wishes
Gulp LP 2 now streaming (out Friday). Prob. my favorite of the SFA side projects, as I said almost a month ago.
― afriendlypioneer, Monday, 30 July 2018 19:03 (five years ago) link
Gruff seems to be releasing lots of one-offs now. Here is a one-off called "Bae Bae Bae" for the Eisteddfod:
https://open.spotify.com/track/3Ec3YSkcuLC785tG4gIbIP?si=t6lJofg5RWGEb-15F7Wofg
― afriendlypioneer, Monday, 6 August 2018 14:52 (five years ago) link
The Gulp album is sSOOOoooOooooo good. Guto's bass playing is excellent.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6y4C2fUjdc
last bump. pls listen to this excellent album.
― afriendlypioneer, Wednesday, 8 August 2018 18:25 (five years ago) link
I am enjoying this so far, thanks.
― Hunt3r, Thursday, 9 August 2018 13:24 (five years ago) link
"Bae Bae Bae" is neat actually
― wayne trotsky (Simon H.), Friday, 10 August 2018 18:46 (five years ago) link
Meh.
― Le Baton Rose (Turrican), Friday, 10 August 2018 19:05 (five years ago) link
Turrican otm
― Ross, Friday, 10 August 2018 21:21 (five years ago) link
Obvious Turrican Meh?
― afriendlypioneer, Friday, 10 August 2018 22:24 (five years ago) link
Not really expecting much from this, but teasers like this are always worth a second look:
pic.twitter.com/GT20jxP2fw— super furry animals (@superfurry) September 24, 2018
― afriendlypioneer, Monday, 24 September 2018 14:43 (five years ago) link
Another fucking reissue/tour? Fuck offffff
― imago, Monday, 24 September 2018 14:59 (five years ago) link
Hard to tell.
I hope not.
Gruff's touring all year, though. Can't imagine he's spending much time on SFA.
― afriendlypioneer, Monday, 24 September 2018 15:02 (five years ago) link
Shedding their fur - finally splitting up?
― afriendlypioneer, Monday, 24 September 2018 15:03 (five years ago) link
Hopefully. They've been trashing themselves for long enough
― imago, Monday, 24 September 2018 15:04 (five years ago) link
jeez, just open the vaults and end it already
― wayne trotsky (Simon H.), Monday, 24 September 2018 15:05 (five years ago) link
Yeah, it's kind of hard to get excited for more reissues. I don't even particularly care about what's already been released. The Fuzzy Logic/Radiator tour was great, though. Was really hoping for new material after seeing that awesome rendition of "Mountain People."
― afriendlypioneer, Monday, 24 September 2018 15:31 (five years ago) link
pic.twitter.com/XXGcYz8nmS— super furry animals (@superfurry) September 25, 2018
Doesn’t exactly scream Guerrilla to me
― afriendlypioneer, Tuesday, 25 September 2018 13:14 (five years ago) link
Phantom Power surely
― groovypanda, Tuesday, 25 September 2018 14:11 (five years ago) link
Big Phantom Power fan here, but is anyone really clamoring for a Phantom Power re-release? I think it sounds pretty good already. Hope that's not the case. Hope it's not a reissue. It probably will be. *screams*
― afriendlypioneer, Tuesday, 25 September 2018 16:08 (five years ago) link
Yeah I think I'll stick with Gruff's tour appearance here in a few weeks.
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 25 September 2018 16:10 (five years ago) link
Teaser ad to announce splitting up, definitely
― PaulTMA, Tuesday, 25 September 2018 16:13 (five years ago) link
this came out the other day
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_WM9I_cupg
― afriendlypioneer, Tuesday, 25 September 2018 16:38 (five years ago) link
pic.twitter.com/gryPjGsPFR— super furry animals (@superfurry) September 25, 2018
'notha tweet dropped a minute ago
clearly the yeti faces
:-X
― afriendlypioneer, Tuesday, 25 September 2018 16:47 (five years ago) link
They’ve posted five faces now. I think it’s a new album. There’s no reason to produce new artwork and tease to announce an unneeded LP are-release.
― afriendlypioneer, Wednesday, 26 September 2018 12:58 (five years ago) link
I dunno, the tweet with the video of the hair and broom made me think of “Ice Hockey Hair”. Would that be part of a ‘Guerilla’ reissue?
― michaellambert, Wednesday, 26 September 2018 16:51 (five years ago) link
I think it was already included in the Radiator reissue. I don’t remember because I sort of tuned out of the reissue biz, but fairly certain.
― afriendlypioneer, Wednesday, 26 September 2018 17:10 (five years ago) link
It was definitely on the Radiator Deluxe
― PaulTMA, Wednesday, 26 September 2018 19:21 (five years ago) link
Not sure why they would choose to jump to Phantom Power now tbh
― PaulTMA, Wednesday, 26 September 2018 19:22 (five years ago) link
Phantom Power would probably be a bigger payday? That appears to be their sole concern
― imago, Wednesday, 26 September 2018 19:25 (five years ago) link
honestly what would make me happiest at this point is probably them announcing that all of their albums are going to be available on spotify (and other streaming services, I guess)
― silverfish, Wednesday, 26 September 2018 19:42 (five years ago) link
Never thought PP was much of a fan favourite
― PaulTMA, Wednesday, 26 September 2018 19:53 (five years ago) link
It has their most popular (?) song on it tbf
― imago, Wednesday, 26 September 2018 20:01 (five years ago) link
never met a sfa fan that didn't totally love phantom power
albeit i've never met that many sfa fans
― princess of hell (BradNelson), Wednesday, 26 September 2018 20:04 (five years ago) link
it's always been my fave though
Seemed like Phantom Power was considered a weaker RAtW back when, but I've always loved it. 'Golden Retriever' is the worst of the bunch and an evergreen song in their setlist. I'd still be pretty disappointed if all this hype is for another reissue, but I'd prob. be on the first plane to Anytown if they were doing a full Phantom Power show. Those shows were great.
― afriendlypioneer, Wednesday, 26 September 2018 20:06 (five years ago) link
It'd been nearly a DECADE since Dark Days/Light Years came out. This band used to release an album almost annually...
― afriendlypioneer, Wednesday, 26 September 2018 20:08 (five years ago) link
bands often release fewer new records after they split up
― Betting Eighty Hams (sic), Wednesday, 26 September 2018 20:32 (five years ago) link
https://www.facebook.com/superfurryanimals.sfa/photos/a.10150952522444199/10158141052979199/?type=3&theater
"Kliph Scurlock: None of your guesses are correct."
― groovypanda, Wednesday, 26 September 2018 20:32 (five years ago) link
They never split up, though.
― afriendlypioneer, Wednesday, 26 September 2018 20:36 (five years ago) link
I mean they've gone on two or three tours together since Dark Days/Light Years came out and they went on 'hiatus.' That's not splitting up, is it?
― afriendlypioneer, Wednesday, 26 September 2018 20:38 (five years ago) link
By their actions, they certainly seem to have split up and reformed as a band that do reunion tours but focus all their new-music-making into the members' other projects.
― Betting Eighty Hams (sic), Wednesday, 26 September 2018 20:43 (five years ago) link
other (kind of rubbish) projects
― imago, Wednesday, 26 September 2018 21:31 (five years ago) link
None of them are as good as SFA, but Gruff seems to have done well for himself commercially and critically.
― afriendlypioneer, Wednesday, 26 September 2018 23:40 (five years ago) link
OTM
last CD i bought was Love Kraft and didn't even hear the last album. that was really strange for me as they became my favorite band in the world after the Boo Radleys broke up.
― Bee OK, Wednesday, 26 September 2018 23:45 (five years ago) link
DD/LY is really worth hearing. apart from the execrable 'Mt.', that is
Inaugural Trams is my perennial European holiday anthem (if I'm going anywhere that has trams)
― imago, Thursday, 27 September 2018 00:07 (five years ago) link
'Mt.' and 'Golden Retriever' are their attempts to go bluesy, both of which should have been strangled at birth owing to SFA being the least convincingly bluesy band ever
― imago, Thursday, 27 September 2018 00:09 (five years ago) link
Pretty sure it’s on Spotify as well. Check it out, Bee. I still listen to it a lot and I’ve kind of stopped listening to SFA in general due to the curse of over familiarity.
― afriendlypioneer, Thursday, 27 September 2018 00:13 (five years ago) link
Has any band split in the recent?
Beyond REM and Oasis, everyone goes on hiatus. Stereolab for instance, aren't coming back but never announced a split.
― Mark G, Thursday, 27 September 2018 08:48 (five years ago) link