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 Super Furry Animals ~ Love Kraft
In all, Love Kraft appears to be the band's most organic, thoughtful album to date. That's not to say, however, that it's not a hell of a lot of fun. Just goes to show you; five crazy songwriting heads are better than one. Rating: 9 / 10 ~ Tanya Sweeney, Hot Press
The playful instrumental Oi Frango brings to mind Ween's Pink Eye (On My Leg) from The Mollusk, while the slightly funky Psyclone! puts the listener in the midst of a prehistoric battle between the dinosaurs and an ancient race of space invaders. The Beatle-esque Back On a Roll and the lovely Cabin Fever round the album out nicely, with the latter mounting towards a blissful plateau of soaring choirs and lush orchestration, only to deconstruct into a stark piano that slowly fades into silence. ~ Joel Tonyan, Electrolyte Foundation
Now the group merrily returns with its seventh full-length, Love Kraft, and it not only betters its predecessor, it stands as perhaps the maturing quintet's most accomplished work to date ~ expansive but introspective, sexy but outlandish, cohesive but certainly not stagnant.
~ Troy Carpenter, Nude As The News
Rolling Stone
Billboard
Treble
Incediary Mag
Tallahassee Democrat
Metacritic
NME
All Music Guide
Clevescner
Manchester Online
Playlouder
Stylus Magazine {err...}
Indie Workshop
Audio Junkies
Cambridge news
SoundsXP
Herts24
BBC6
NME
Megastar
This is Fake DIY
Observer
Scotsman
Entertainment Ireland
Album Vote
Audio Junkie
Telegraph
Music-news.com
Room Thirteen
Gigwise
Observer
Audio Junkies
Supersweet
Heathen Angel
Popboks
Mayalasia Star
Uncut
Mojo
Q
Under the Radar
Sound Nation
Hot Press 9/10
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 Super Furry Animals ~ Lazer Beam
MusicOmh:
Singer Gruff Rhys pulls off the feat of making no sense whatsoever, while at the same time managing to suggest that ignoring his ranting imprecations to do something with a lazer [sic] beam may be distinctly unwise. He is rendered virtually unintelligible by the supersonic wall of sound built around him (top marks to Beastie Boys' producer Mario Caldato Jr and the SFAs themselves on this), which propels us along at the speed of light, possibly towards the gold-painted fingers wearing sunglasses on the single cover.
Gigwise:
Psychedelic cosmic noises, kaleidoscopic sounds, glorious melodies, lilting guitars... aaah it can only be the Super Furry Animals. After a two year hiatus, with the fantastic Lazer Beam Gruff and co. are back in bloody fine form. A smorgasbord of colourful musical ideas and tangents there's an abundance of stuff going on, yet things never get muddy. Better still there's an obligatory warped interlude complete with inaudible whispers, and lofty orchestrals. On the flip side, Sunny Seville comes complete with breaks beats and summery vocals, while the minimalist Colonise The Moon is the sanguine sound of Gruff alone with his guitar.
This is Fake DIY:
Presumably Supergrass is what Super Furry Animals walk on, especially giving the penchant the two share for a weird and wonderful website. Lazer Beam is, in our opinion, as fearsomely electronic as the name suggests ~ and has tickled the fancy of a few DIY forumers.
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 Gruff Rhys ~ Yr Atal Genhedlaeth
iAfrica
Harvard Independent
Undertoner [Danish]
Intro [Danish]
Manchester Online
DR DK [Danish]
Gaff [Danish]
Sanctuary Records [Danish]
Skynet
Metacritic
SVD [Swedish]
Spot [Norwegian]
Launch Yahoo
Xfm
Felix Online
Pitchfork
Entertainment Ireland
Pinkcushion [French]
Playlouder
The Guardian
The Independent
Scotsman
Poptones
BBC Wales Music
Gaffa
Who cares if this solo album from the Super Furries' frontman is all in Welsh? These lyrics could be about rabbits in hats and children's shoes for all we know, but since it all sounds so good, it matters not a jot. It opens with a thumping, purposeful drum thump and never looks back as it soars through 11 poppy/psychedelic mysteries. (77%) ~ Loaded
New Musical Express [22 Jan 2005, p.51] ~ Understated, ramshackle garage-pop treats.
Uncut [Feb 2005, p.76] ~ Luckily he's such a gifted performer that, even if you don't know what he's saying, you kind of know what he means.
Q Magazine [Feb 2005, p.102]
These stripped-down efforts offer an insight into the singer's writing methods, but not much else.
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 The Man Don't Give A Fuck (live) ~ single
It's a testament to the 'Furry's amazing live shows that this recording from London's Hammersmith Apollo sounds every bit as good as their studio material. As genre-leaping as ever, the track begins life all of a gentle West Coast murmur before exploding into the usual cacophony of glam rock drums and Beach Boys harmonies with all manner of psychedelic chanting bits in between. ~ MSN Entertainment
Shaking Through
Manchester Music
~ words theirs; research, link collection and edits ours
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