NEWS

January 25, 2004

from billboard.com

Super Furry Animals Prep Hits Set

It's set to be a Super Furry world in 2005, as idiosyncratic Welsh pop mavens Super Furry Animals have three album projects in the works. The band is working on its seventh full-length and front man Gruff Rhys' first solo effort is due March 8, but XL Recordings/Beggars Group has a career spanning compilation due before either of those projects comes to light

Set for a Jan. 25 U.S. release, "Songbook: The Singles Volume One" is the first Super Furry singles collection. The set covers a lot of ground, from fan favorite "Blerwytirhwng" -- off the group's improbably titled 1995 debut EP "Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyndrobwllantysilio-gogogochynygofod (In Space)" -- to "Slow Life" and "Golden Retriever," from SFA's 2003 album "Phantom Power."

Other choice selections among the album's 21 tracks include "Northern Lites," "Something for the Weekend," "Hermann Loves Pauline," "Play It Cool," "If You Don't Want Me to Destroy You" and "The International Language of Screaming."

The set includes cuts from each of the band's full-lengths as well as lauded non-album singles "The Man Don't Give a F***" and "Ice Hockey Hair."

A companion "Songbook" DVD will feature all of the band's videos and a 40-minute documentary featuring footage of the band on tour in the United States.

Here is the "Songbook: The Singles Volume One" track list:

"Something for the Weekend"
"It's Not the End of the World"
"Northern Lites"
"Juxtapozed With U"
"Slow Life"
"Fire in My Heart"
"The Man Don't Give a F***"
"Herman Loves Pauline"
"Play It Cool"
"Ice Hockey Hair"
"Do or Die"
"Rings Around the World"
"God! Show Me Magic"
"Ysbeidiau Heulog"
"Demons"
"Golden Retriever"
"The International Language of Screaming"
"Hello Sunshine"
"Hometown Unicorn"
"If You Don't Want Me to Destroy You"
"Blerwytirhwng"

from nme.com

posted: November 11, 2004

SUPER FURRY ANIMALS frontman GRUFF RHYS has unveiled full details of his forthcoming debut solo album.

As previously revealed on NME.COM, the band's label Placid Casual will release the record in January 2005. Clocking in at 29 minutes and containing 11 songs, 'Yr Atal Genhedlaeth' (which translates roughly as 'The Stuttering Generation') was recorded with Gorwel Owen at Stiwdio Ofn at various points between summer 2003 and spring 2004.

The full tracklisting is:

'Yr Atal Genhedlaeth'('The Stuttering Generation')
'Gwn Mi Wn' ('Yes I Know')
'Epynt' (It's a mountain in mid-Wales)
'Rhagluniaeth Ysgafn' ('May My Destiny Be Light')
'Pwidin Wy 1' ('Egg Pudding 1')
'Pwidin Wy 2' ('Egg Pudding 2')
'Y Gwybodusion' ('Experts')
'Caerffosiaeth' ('Sewage City')
'Ambell Waith' ('Remembering')
'Ni Yw Y Byd' ('We Are The World')
'Chwarea'n Troi'n Chwerw' ('When Play Turns Sour')

All songs are originals, which the exception of the closing song, a cover of a Welsh language standard which Rhys says "haunted me through my childhood".

Rhys said of the album: "It came together quite accidentally. I didn't initially plan to make a record.

"We're in a luxurious position as a band (Super Furry Animals) where we always have far too many songs anyway. Since we did 'Mwng' (SFA's 2000 Welsh language album) I've been collecting ideas for lyrics, and it took this long to get together."

The star added" "I'm considering splitting up after this record. I'm not sure exactly where, horizontally, or vertically."

SFA are also hard at work on their seventh studio album - the follow up to 2003's 'Phantom Power' - to be released on Epic during spring 2005. Rhys told NME recently that the album "has an orchestral feel to it". The band are reported to be finishing the mixing of the album in Brazil shortly.

from nme.com

posted: November 06, 2004

FURRYVISION!

SUPER FURRY ANIMALS are the latest artists to compile their 'UNDER THE INFLUENCE' compilation.

Each of the band have picked three songs for the album, set for release on January 31. Tracks featured on the album include Joey Beltram's 'Energy Flash', Dawn Penn's 'You Don't Love Me (No No No)' as well as songs by Beach Boys, Undertones, MC5 and Underworld. The full tracklisting is:

The Beach Boys - 'Feel Flows' (Bunf)
Datblygu - 'Casserole Efeillaid' (Gruff)
The Undertones - 'My Perfect Cousin' (Bunf)
The MC5 - 'Kick Out The Jams' (Guto)
Gorky's Zygotic Mynci - 'Christina' (Gruff)
Sly & The Family Stone - 'Family Affair' (Daf)
Humanoid - 'Stakker Humanoid' (Cian)
Underworld - 'Rez' (Daf)
Bizet - 'Pearl Fishers' (Cian)
ELO - 'Telephone Line' (Daf)
Dennis Wilson and Rumbo - 'Lady' (Guto)
Meic Stevens - 'Ghost Town' (Gruff)
Dawn Penn - 'You Don't Love Me (No No No)' (Guto)
Joey Beltram - 'Energy Flash' (Cian)
Hardfloor - 'Acperience' (Bunf)

Previous artists to make an 'Under The Influence' compilation include Morrissey, Ian Brown and Paul Weller.