Oh yes.
Posted about it elsewhere...
http://vimeo.com/58047877
Asia Argento and Sabrina Salerno on vocals...Josh Klinghoffer & a couple of his cohorts backing Gruff & Boom Bip. Arguably more interesting concept than last time. No signs of hip hop this time. Could be a good one.
― afriendlypioneer, Monday, 4 February 2013 16:49 (eleven years ago) link
They're not "on vocals." They're doing backing vocals or duets or whatever. I think Cate Le Bon's on there again as well.
― afriendlypioneer, Monday, 4 February 2013 16:50 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.pledgemusic.com/projects/cianciaran?utm_campaign=project5086&utm_medium=activity&utm_source=facebook
If the last one was a so called ‘love songs’ album then I guess this is my protest album. It’s about shouting up, exercising your voice, being pissed off and urging people not to take any more shit. The elite continue to exploit, politicians continue to misrepresent whilst the media continue to manipulate and bankers, well we all know what rhymes with bankers! It’s time we face the consequences of our actions, we are all responsible.I’ve teamed up with PledgeMusic to offer you a number of exclusive, rare goodies and VIP experiences. No matter what you’re pledge, you will automatically receive a download of the album plus exclusive content direct from me. I will post videos, MP3s, blogs and possibly even a sneak preview of the album, so you can watch my progress and be part of the story. No money will be debited from your bank account until I reach 100% of my target.A percentage of the proceeds will also go to https://www.coolearth.org a charity that works with local communities to secure rainforests at risk of being destroyed within the next 18 months.I hope you can join me. There’s strength in numbers!In Solidarity.Cian Ciarán.
I’ve teamed up with PledgeMusic to offer you a number of exclusive, rare goodies and VIP experiences. No matter what you’re pledge, you will automatically receive a download of the album plus exclusive content direct from me. I will post videos, MP3s, blogs and possibly even a sneak preview of the album, so you can watch my progress and be part of the story. No money will be debited from your bank account until I reach 100% of my target.
A percentage of the proceeds will also go to https://www.coolearth.org a charity that works with local communities to secure rainforests at risk of being destroyed within the next 18 months.
I hope you can join me. There’s strength in numbers!
In Solidarity.
Cian Ciarán.
Went for the triple vinyl
― afriendlypioneer, Wednesday, 17 July 2013 21:01 (ten years ago) link
how have i never posted in this thread before? i must have posted in all the other SFA threads.
― Bee OK, Thursday, 18 July 2013 01:50 (ten years ago) link
here is the thread i thought was going to be this one: Super Furriest album poll
― Bee OK, Thursday, 18 July 2013 01:54 (ten years ago) link
New Gulp single: https://soundcloud.com/e-l-k-1/sets/play-ep/likes
― afriendlypioneer, Tuesday, 23 July 2013 15:31 (ten years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/fp0C3Zj.jpg
SFA or Incubus?
― afriendlypioneer, Thursday, 25 July 2013 15:03 (ten years ago) link
Song samples: http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00E4X4YV0?ie=UTF8&child=B00E4X52BG
― afriendlypioneer, Thursday, 25 July 2013 15:49 (ten years ago) link
WHOA! This actually rules!
― I wanna live like C'MOWN! people (Turrican), Thursday, 25 July 2013 15:51 (ten years ago) link
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.
― I wanna live like C'MOWN! people (Turrican), Thursday, 25 July 2013 15:53 (ten years ago) link
'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 wanna live like C'MOWN! people (Turrican), Thursday, 25 July 2013 15:55 (ten years ago) link
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.
― afriendlypioneer, Thursday, 25 July 2013 16:04 (ten years ago) link
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.
― I wanna live like C'MOWN! people (Turrican), Thursday, 25 July 2013 16:09 (ten years ago) link
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!
― afriendlypioneer, Thursday, 25 July 2013 16:10 (ten years ago) link
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.
― afriendlypioneer, Friday, 26 July 2013 12:56 (ten years ago) link
It'd be a great way of making enough cash to make a really mental record, too.
― I wanna live like C'MOWN! people (Turrican), Friday, 26 July 2013 13:59 (ten years ago) link
Am I crazy or is there always some kind of voice hidden deep within the bass on all of Cian's songs?
― afriendlypioneer, Saturday, 27 July 2013 13:39 (ten years ago) link
Yes. It's saying, "Gruuuuuuff suuuuuucks."
― Naive Teen Idol, Saturday, 27 July 2013 14:21 (ten years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dkngIDEk4Io
Just listen...
― afriendlypioneer, Saturday, 27 July 2013 15:20 (ten years ago) link
Start really hearing it around 2:10.
it's Cian's demonic twin
― afriendlypioneer, Saturday, 27 July 2013 15:23 (ten years ago) link
It's just a low octave voice that Cian uses to thicken his voice out.
― I wanna live like C'MOWN! people (Turrican), Saturday, 27 July 2013 16:04 (ten years ago) link
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.
― afriendlypioneer, Monday, 5 August 2013 14:16 (ten years ago) link
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.
― afriendlypioneer, Wednesday, 21 August 2013 14:35 (ten years ago) link
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.
― afriendlypioneer, Friday, 23 August 2013 23:20 (ten years ago) link
The reviews are now coming in: http://rocksucker.co.uk/2013/08/review-cian-ciaran-they-are-nothing-without-us.html
Sounds positively delightful.
― afriendlypioneer, Monday, 26 August 2013 14:37 (ten years ago) link
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
― afriendlypioneer, Friday, 30 August 2013 15:12 (ten years ago) link
One week left to pledge/release. He's at 236 pledges.
― afriendlypioneer, Monday, 2 September 2013 18:32 (ten years ago) link
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
― afriendlypioneer, Sunday, 8 September 2013 17:16 (ten years ago) link
The Sewn Up EP: https://soundcloud.com/strangetown-records/sets/cian-ciaran-tanwu
Gulp vid: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2_-qGJoYKs
― afriendlypioneer, Tuesday, 17 September 2013 18:11 (ten years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gs8Ow0nyn2U
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EqAxig1WtlI
― afriendlypioneer, Tuesday, 17 September 2013 18:12 (ten years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bCCnazr204&feature=youtu.be
― afriendlypioneer, Monday, 14 April 2014 16:14 (nine years ago) link
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
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 30 January 2020 18:41 (four years ago) link
been discussed for a while on the all-caps SFA thread. You gotta be swift to scoop the SFA goon cru
― bold caucasian eroticism (Simon H.), Thursday, 30 January 2020 18:48 (four years ago) link
I believe it!
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 30 January 2020 19:02 (four years ago) link
I like it a lot. The rest of the thread didn't seem to. :)
― afriendlypioneer, Thursday, 30 January 2020 19:51 (four years ago) link
It could grow on both of us
― PaulTMA, Thursday, 30 January 2020 23:16 (four years ago) link
The more I listen, the more I think Love Kraft is one of the best albums ever made
― PaulTMA, Sunday, 2 February 2020 04:50 (four years ago) link
It pains me that this is not a commonly held view
― PaulTMA, Sunday, 2 February 2020 04:55 (four years ago) link
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.
― Valentijn, Sunday, 2 February 2020 21:25 (four years ago) link
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.
― afriendlypioneer, Sunday, 2 February 2020 22:42 (four years ago) link
i like the Koolies song ok but it's not interesting at all, if that makes sense.
― in a mellow, balmy way (Hunt3r), Sunday, 2 February 2020 23:11 (four years ago) link
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?
― afriendlypioneer, Monday, 3 February 2020 13:18 (four years ago) link
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
― afriendlypioneer, Monday, 3 February 2020 15:14 (four years ago) link
If we count the Baby Queens album, that gets my vote.
― bold caucasian eroticism (Simon H.), Monday, 3 February 2020 15:32 (four years ago) link
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.
― afriendlypioneer, Monday, 3 February 2020 16:24 (four years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H74B_wkmHKk
this is so good
― afriendlypioneer, Monday, 3 February 2020 16:39 (four years ago) link
stoked to check out The Earth thingy
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.
― in a mellow, balmy way (Hunt3r), Monday, 3 February 2020 21:09 (four years ago) link
*watches Naughty Naughty*
nah that's almost exactly inside what this SFA fan wants, THANKS
― in a mellow, balmy way (Hunt3r), Monday, 3 February 2020 21:14 (four years ago) link
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
― in a mellow, balmy way (Hunt3r), Monday, 3 February 2020 22:16 (four years ago) link
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.
― in a mellow, balmy way (Hunt3r), Monday, 3 February 2020 23:45 (four years ago) link