SUPER FURRY ANIMALS

Anyway it's less the cashgrabbing that's the issue - people can spend money on what they want - it's the stultifying crassness of all this self-celebration, this recycling

I mean Kliph worked his way into being a member of The Flaming Lips by virtue of being a mega-fan and a really good drummer. I don't find it hard to believe at all he begged SFA to be their official historian and archivist. It's the way this stuff is being promoted, and the timing, that has made me lose interest. Well, I'll try not to bump this thread with the next warmed-over release. I think I've learned my lesson. All the same, I'm sure some will enjoy this release.

The frustrating thing is that I reckon they have another good album in them somewhere

The more I look at the package, the more I want it. The artwork is sublime. Mark James & Pete Fowler are amazing. I would happily slot that in next to the rest of their albums. I just don't really want or need a bunch of live sessions...

it's the stultifying crassness of all this self-celebration, this recycling

I thought DD/LY was arguably the best one since RATW! Otherwise....fair, I suppose

i don't think i've listened to phantom power in ten years but my god "piccolo snare" -> "venus and serena"

Maybe they need to make a cash grab *because* they turned down that 2 million pound payoff?

(This doesn't sound like a cash grab, fwiw, just a small thing for fans who want to buy something, like a souvenir.)

when the person who is doing all the work on the release has explained that it is moderately likely to make a loss, you can probably stop insisting it's a cash grab

There was a period where their social media seemed to be exclusively for flogging new T-shirts and ski caps. I think that’s what caused some of the negativity on the Net.

They were also g

Haven't really seen a ton of negativity outside of this thread tbh

There are pockets of it 'in the community.' That said, the community is very small. I think overall people are happy they're still active in some way. I'd take a tour of any of their material in a heartbeat. I just wish DD/LY would get its due from them.

Y'know, if he's going to do more of this stuff, maybe I'm ok with the way things are going:

.@cianciaran fought a giant billion £ multi-national in @edfenergy for Wales. Both parties agreed to discontinue today, after it was agreed that the @AssemblyWales will debate & vote on a motion to stop the dumping next Wednesday 10th October.

— Neil McEvoy AM (@neiljmcevoy) October 2, 2018

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/oct/02/hinkley-point-c-nuclear-mud-case-dropped-after-debate-secured

https://www.stereoboard.com/content/view/220403/9

'Super Furry Animals at the BBC'

Mark Radcliffe Session, Recorded April 1 1996
A1. God! Show Me Magic
A2. Frisbee
A3. Hometown Unicorn
A4. Focus Pocus/Debiel

Evening Session, Recorded April 10 1996
B1. Something For The Weekend
B2. Hangin' With Howard Marks
B3. If You Don't Want Me To Destroy You
B4. God! Show Me Magic

Evening Session, Recorded August 11 1997
C1. The International Language of Screaming
C2. Torra Fy Ngwallt Yn Hir
C3. Play It Cool
C4. Demons
C5. Calimero

John Peel Session, Recorded March 24 1998
CH1. The Teacher
CH2. Phire in my Heart
CH3. Thue Turning Tide
CH4. Y Teimlad

Evening Session, Recorded June 2 1999
D1. Night Vision
D2. Some Things Come From Nothing
D3. Fire In My Heart
D4. Blerwytirhwng?

John Peel Session, Recorded March 1 2000
DD1. DX Heaven
DD2. Ymaelody À'r Ymylon
DD3. Y Gwyneb Iau
DD4. Charge

Evening Session, Recorded May 29 2001
E1. (Drawing) Rings Around the World
E2. Fragile Happiness
E3. The Warmth of the Sun
E4. Run! Christian, Run!

Live At Peel Acres, Recorded July 12 2001
F1. (A) Touch Sensitive
F2. Zoom
F3. Nythod Cacwn
F4. Run! Christian, Run!
F5. Fragile Happiness

SFA Mash Up The CIA, Recorded December 20 1999 (Super Limited Vinyl, CD and Digital only)
FF1. Wherever I Lay My Phone (That's My Home)
FF2. Bad Behaviour

and an ‘additional cut’ of soon-to-be-sought-after ‘SFA DNA’.

this is to be fur from the yeti outfits which has been embedded within the vinyl according to the PR I received earlier.

The Peel Session they did in between Phantom Power and Love Kraft is essential listening for anyone who likes this band. Great version of 'Run! Christian, Run!' on that and the version of 'Gathering Moss' is better than the one on Fuzzy Logic, IMO. That was probably the last time I thought this band could do no wrong, so I'm comfortable with there not being a new album.

'DX Heaven' is a bit disposable, so don't get too excited for that one. Interesting early version of 'Zoom' that I listened to a lot in the years leading up to Love Kraft.

I don't like that early version of 'Zoom' at all - I thought (for years) it was a bit of a half-baked riff in search of a tune and I thought they'd wisely shelved it as a bad idea. When I saw they'd dusted it off for Love Kraft I feared the worst but it turned out to be a drastic improvement.

I'm a bit shocked at how much the limited edition ended up selling for--£200! And it sold out in minutes. Can't spend that kind of money on something like this. At least you get a locket of yeti hair!

Saw Gruff last night in DC and it was alot of fun. Only knew one song all night long but he is a pro and funny and his band was the same.

RATW finally getting a vinyl reissue. This has been the gaping hole in my collection, so I’m stoked. http://www.superdeluxeedition.com/news/super-furry-animals-rings-around-the-world-limited-2lp-coloured-vinyl-7/

Hm... semi-unauthorized. http://www.creation-records.com/super-furry-animals-rings-around-the-world-gets-a-reissue/

if it was the original album on Sides A-C with the b-sides on the D side I'd spring for it (so basically the tracklist of the US 2CD version except on vinyl), but the single-sided 7-inch idea is lame.

it’s seventeen years too late to complain, man

I mean, they're doing a reissue in the present, so not really?

the 7” was part of the original LP

(and “they” aren’t doing the reissue)

"they" was meant for the folks at MOV. but fair enough, didn't know that re: the original pressing.

Don't worry, Kliph says they're doing their own reissue as well.

Oh, and they just released a new bobble hat. Not kidding.

What happened to this band? :(

Just a head's up: this is in no way authorized or approved by SFA. Music On Vinyl is a legitimate label and do license things properly (and do good work when given good sources to work from), but the band were unaware of the existence of this before someone tweeted Gruff a couple of hours ago. I called BMG, who also knew nothing about it and are annoyed as they're planning to a proper deluxified remaster/reissue when the time comes. BMG are working on tracking down who licensed it (must have been someone at Sony) and what their sources are for this reissue. Best case scenario, the original plates from 2001 still exist and were used, but those were done at CD resolution (44.1/16) and not from the original tapes, as the reissue BMG are planning will be, so buy at your own risk.
 Also, a repressing of the BBC box set is on the way. Details will be announced when dates are known.

Oh, and they just released a new bobble hat. Not kidding.

What happened to this band? :(

don't look now, but this might not be the first item of merchandise they have ever released

https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/3NUAAOSwBLlU5QDs/s-l300.jpg https://thumbs.worthpoint.com/zoom/images2/360/1113/03/super-furry-animals-shirt_360_6c951ea5e9ad75da4306b063fd48d14a.jpg https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/PKcAAOSw85Jbu7zW/s-l300.jpg https://thumbs.worthpoint.com/wpimages/images/images1/360/0215/16/360_d84747abf6933c127ea8109cd6abcf8c.jpg https://thumbs.worthpoint.com/zoom/images1/360/0114/06/super-furry-animals-signed-shirt_360_741f13a90cf695a26e7415f4d23453ef.jpg https://i.imgur.com/wrX5xGV.jpg https://thumbs.worthpoint.com/zoom/images2/360/0814/05/super-furry-animals-minger-vintage-uk_360_6bad00377f3f7f9d1a212d02f154d0b5.jpg https://thumbs.worthpoint.com/zoom/images1/360/0814/05/super-furry-animals-minger-vintage-uk_360_6bad00377f3f7f9d1a212d02f154d0b5.jpg https://i.imgur.com/PD36AuP.jpg https://i.imgur.com/HnZkqLN.jpg

and even

hmm, try https://i.imgur.com/fZbkPqC.jpg

Yeah, “Side 4” is one of my fave runs of SFA songs, really. “Tradewinds” into “Roman Road” is phenomenal.

Gruff wanted both of those tracks to be on the album proper, iirc, but others in the band disagreed.

don't look now, but this might not be the first item of merchandise they have ever released

― Bing The Mighty Seat (sic)

I can't really compare a band that's active and recording and touring new music to a band that releases a new bobble hat every quarter and hasn't released music in nearly a decade. But I guess i'm no longer their audience.

'Cuz that's what you're doing. If I'm not in the audience that desperately needs a new SFA bobble hat, I'm not sure who's left. I've spent more time thinking about this band and their plethora of side business than I should've, and I just find what they're doing very depressing now.

is the RATW era supposed to have had studio outtakes beyond the b-sides? I always thought RAtW sounded like a curated sampler pack from a more sprawling record.

I believe there are a couple tracks that showed up later on, like this Hey Venus!-era B-side:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_NkXSd2scaY

I recall seeing the title on an early pre-release RATW track list.

They also claim 'Bing Bong' was conceived around then.

Yeah bit this is the bobble hat that broke the camel's back

For Rings Around the World, I seem to recall that they recorded all the B-sides and album tracks in the same sessions, and then the final running order was a compromise. Every band member had a different preferred track order and even a different idea of what the LP was supposed to be. Again, Gruff wanted it to be an excessive 90+ minute experience but others in the band disagreed.

There were outtakes: 'Aluminium Illuminati' (as mentioned before), 'Sanitizzzed', 'The Undisputed Truth' etc. Some of these were released as B-sides later.

Yeah bit this is the bobble hat that broke the camel's back

― PaulTMA, Wednesday, November 14, 2018 3:32 PM (twenty-one minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Not quite, but it's a touch cynical for a band that was always boastful of their anti-materialist views.

It's alright, though. You guys can have your bobble hats. I've been following them for years and I've just sort of given up on the hope they're a real band anymore.

It'd been nearly a DECADE since Dark Days/Light Years came out. This band used to release an album almost annually...

― afriendlypioneer, Thursday, September 27, 2018 6:08 AM (one month ago)

bands often release fewer new records after they split up

― Betting Eighty Hams (sic), Thursday, September 27, 2018 6:32 AM (one month ago)

standing by this

there was one guy wearing a SFA bobble hat at the Gruff/Kliph gig in Seattle last month. presumably the audience for new ones is people that still like their music, have disposable income and live somewhere cold.

The BBC comp is out. Had a listen to the first part on Spotify and I’ve got to admit it’s really excellent.

Few more comments:

"God! Show Me Magic" on the tracklist three or four times somehow doesn't bother me. Song is as great as it's always been.

"DX Heaven" is completely disposable and I have to skip it every time it comes on.

My wife ruined "Calimero" for me. It borrows heavily from DK's "California Uber Alles." Ok, I still think "Calimero" kicks ass and will take it over the DKs song anyday.

Live bass on "Drawing Rings Around the World" is phenomenal.

The Mwng stuff sounds incredible.

Oh, and why the hell do they always blow guitar solos when they play live? They don't even do the greatest tiny solo of all time on the "Hometown Unicorn" recording.

My wife ruined "Calimero" for me. It borrows heavily from DK's "California Uber Alles."

It took you until recently to realise this? I thought this was common knowledge!

(I prefer 'Calimero')