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Super Furry Animals: Mwng (2015 Reissue)
While Mwng isn't the Super Furry Animals' finest hour, it is a valuable and essential addition to their discography.
07 May 2015
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Gruff Rhys: American Interior
American Interior certainly sounds like the most ambitious Rhys project since he belonged in a bigger band.
06 Nov 2014
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Gruff Rhys: Hotel Shampoo
Gruff Rhys of the Super Furry Animals has a habit of collecting complimentary shampoo bottles from hotels. God only knows what this has to do with Welsh pop music.
02 Mar 2011
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Wales: So "Cool Cymru" Part II
Not so beholden to British traditions, Welsh bands are as likely to be influenced by US music as UK music. Indeed, Cardiff is sometimes called the “New Seattle” due to its prevalence of (post-)grunge bands.
19 Sep 2010
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Super Furry Animals: Dark Days/Light Years
Veteran Welsh psych-pop quintet continue to evolve, while revisiting the tripped-out, up-tempo sounds of their early days.
16 Apr 2009
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Super Furry Animals
The last time the Super Furry Animals played Philadelphia, they rode on stage in a golf cart. So, understandably, there’s an odd sense of trepidation as the small crowd notices that the stage is bereft of props.
Kevin Pearson
11 Feb 2008
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Super Furry Animals: Hey Venus!
Welsh band's eighth studio album is everything its predecessor was not: immediately likeable, swiftly paced, and mercilessly brief.
04 Sep 2007
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Various Artists: Furry Selection
Super Furry Animals bassist Guto Pryce takes a spin through the apparently bottomless Trojan back catalogue and produces a surprisingly cohesive mix of ‘70s rocksteady and dub reggae.
14 Aug 2007
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Super Furry Animals: Love Kraft
Depending on how you choose to perceive it, the band's orchestral seventh album is either one of its greatest achievements or one of its most pedestrian.
Zeth Lundy
21 Sep 2005
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Super Furry Animals: Songbook: The Singles, Vol. 1
Wales' favorite sons celebrate a decade of making Pure Pop for Now People with this collection of genre-defying singles.
Zeth Lundy
01 Mar 2005
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Super Furry Animals: Phantom Phorce
Fans of electronic music will find plenty of tracks on Phantom Phorce to rock their bodies (other artists on the album not mentioned previously include Four Tet, Boom Bip, Zan Lyons, and Massimo); however, those who know the original material will get the most satisfaction from the remixes.
Zeth Lundy
05 Jul 2004
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Super Furry Animals: Phantom Power
Phantom Power sounds more understated and warmer than its predecessor, but still retains both the ambitious and ridiculously catchy elements that we've come to love from this band.
Adrien Begrand
05 Aug 2003
Music
Super Furry Animals: Rings Around the World
Rife with energy and overflowing with ideas, experiments, and glorious pop hooks, Super Furry Animals make a huge, bold statement with this album: they want to be a great band, not merely a good band, and with Rings Around the World, they just might have accomplished that feat.
Adrien Begrand
18 Mar 2002
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