SUPER FURRY ANIMALS

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

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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')

Nope. Had no idea. My wife told me immediately that it sounds like this 'California' song she knows and I kinda figured it out through a process of elimination. Knew it couldn't be RHCP...

They're really not that similar.

Gruff admitted the influence of that track on 'Calimero' decades ago.

The whole song's not the same, but the 'Calimero calimero' bit is IDENTICAL to 'California Uber Alles.'

it's not even the same vocal melody!

like yeah it's clearly a reference but let's not get carried away

I was being tongue in cheek about it ruining the song cuz 'Calimero' is clearly the superior song. I just never caught the reference until someone mentioned it to me.

I was similarly shocked when I found out the main guitar hook in 'The Roman Road' is a sample.

Oh yeah, the Beefheart sample. The thing that amazes me about that is that they got the rest of the track (their original parts) to blend in so well with it.

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

speaking of copying

one of the most blatant, and odd, examples i've ever heard

how did they/he even come across the song they ripped off?

whoops...

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

/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

speaking of copying

one of the most blatant, and odd, examples i've ever heard

how did they/he even come across the song they ripped off?

Saw this bumped and instinctively knew it would be bobble hat-related

Just to clarify, the Chinese song came out after 'Dim Bendith.'

The 'Dim Bendith' riff was clearly inspired/influenced by 'I'm Mandy, Fly Me' anyway.

Think the influence of 'Dem Bendith' on the Eason track goes further than the riff.

i've been listening to this band for the first time this week and i'm really amazed at how brilliant they are and that i'd somehow never bothered to listen before. only listened to radiator through to rings around the world so far but all of those are excellent. guerilla and rings especially remind me of cornelius' fantasma which is an album i love and had always wished i had more music that sounded like it - fuzzed out psych pop with lush arrangements and 90s electronic production is such a great sound

That period was definitely their peak but there's still plenty to enjoy on later albums

Don't sleep on the B-Sides too, lot's of great stuff there once you get around to them.

They're not wrong! Fantasma a good comparison