Embarked on NME Brats Tour

In early 1997, Super Furry Animals embarked on the NME Brats Tour and completed work on a speedy follow-up to Fuzzy Logic . Two singles preceded the new album, ” Hermann ♥’s Pauline ” in May and ” The International Language of Screaming ” in July, hitting No. 26 and No. 24 respectively: these releases were the first to feature cover art from Pete Fowler , who went on to design the sleeves of all their releases up until 2007’s Hey Venus . The album, Radiator , hit shelves in August. The reviews were, if anything, better than those for Fuzzy Logic , and it sold more quickly than its predecessor, reaching a peak of No. 8: however, Creation did not serve the album particularly well by releasing it just four days after the long-awaited new effort from Oasis, Be Here Now . Two further singles, ” Play It Cool ” (released September 1997) and ” Demons ” (November 1997) both hit No. 27 in the charts, suggesting that Super Furry Animals had hit a commercial ceiling through which they were struggling to break. However, they had established themselves as favourites in the music press, a cut above the majority of their Britpop peers.