Recording sessions took place in a chateau in the south of France in 2007 for the band’s first release for Rough Trade, Hey Venus! , which was released on 27 August that year. Gruff himself described the record as “speaker blowing”. The album’s first single, “Show Your Hand”, failed to…
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Ciaran’s side project Acid Casuals released their debut album Omni in January 2006 on the Placid Casual label. Drummer Ieuan formed a band known as The Peth which has been described by Rhys in various magazine articles as “Satanic Abba”: the band also reunites Rhys Ifans with the SFA family,…
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The band signed to Rough Trade Records during 2006 and are reportedly working on three projects for the label. Gruff Rhys has also signed for Rough Trade Records as a solo artist in his own right and released a single on 7″ vinyl and download entitled “Candylion” in late 2006…
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In August 2005, Super Furry Animals released their seventh studio effort, Love Kraft , recorded in Spain. This represented a departure from their previous working methods: although all five members had always contributed to the development of the songs, Rhys had been the main songwriter. On Love Kraft this was…
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In early 2005, Gruff Rhys released a solo album Yr Atal Genhedlaeth , (“The Stuttering Generation”, and also a play on words as “Atal Genhedlu” means contraception), sung all in Welsh. Gruff played most of the instruments himself, mainly using guitars, drums and his own multi-tracked voice. The band also…
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Also in 2005 it was reported that the band turned down a US$1.8m advertising deal with Coca-Cola after visiting a Coca-Cola plantation in Colombia with charity War on Want , where they heard of management-directed killings of trade-union members. The company were asking for use of ” Hello Sunshine ”…
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In 2005 Super Furry Animals were asked to put together the sixth release from the ‘Under The Influence’ series – Under the Influence: Super Furry Animals . Each member chose 3 track each – Pryce’s selections were Dawn Penn ” You Don’t Love Me (No, No, No) “, Dennis Wilson…
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Perhaps recognising that their approach to Phantom Power had been a little too straightforward, the group followed it up in 2004 with a remix version, Phantom Phorce , with tracks reworked by the likes of Killa Kela, Four Tet and Brave Captain. They accompanied this with a download single, ”…
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The next album, Phantom Power , relied less on sound experimentation and proved to be a more stripped-down, back-to-basics recording in contrast to the orchestral Rings Around the World . It was also released as both a CD and DVD album in July 2003, preceded by a single, ” Golden…
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Rings Around the World is also notable for being the world’s first simultaneous release of an audio and DVD album. It was nominated for the Mercury Music Prize in 2001. The ceremony took place on the day after the terror attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, and…
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