www.superfurry.com
But head over there early. They're practising! Oh the excitement.
It starts at 8pm GMT and my computer seems to like it so far... Fingers crossed it will last the course. Come on little laptop, you can do it!
Monday 16 March 2009
Sunday 8 March 2009
News explosion!
I really did pick the wrong month to move house... As I have no phone line and no internet connection at the moment, posts on here will be sporadic to say the least. Honestly, I really should have postponed everything until the new album was released but whatcha gonna do?
So! The album now has a name and, in the grand tradition of the Furries, they've given it a title that needs to be abbreviated to avoid RSI; Dark Days/Light Years. The track listing has also changed, with 'Earth', the one lyric song, being unceremoniously sacrificed and a few new titles being added. Or maybe there's some re-titling going on. Or maybe I'm mad. Here's the new tracklist, anyway;
Crazy Naked Girls
The Very Best Of Neil Diamond
Moped Eyes
Inagural Trams
Inconvenience
Cardiff In The Sun
Mountain
Helium Hearts
White Socks/Flip Flops
Where Do You Wanna Go
Lliwiau Llachar
Pric
There are a few magazines that the Furries (well, mostly Gruff) are popping up in at the minute as part of the promotional process. All of which I have bought.
Uncut
There's a tantalising sneek-preview review on Uncut's blog that you should definitely check out, which had the following interesting comment;
'I can’t recall an SFA album that has felt so explicitly like the work of a band; when Gruff does take the lead, his voice is often electronically altered, buried into the mix, or swamped by harmonies.'
I've always thought that the Furries were a pretty democratic band, but they do seem to be moving more and more towards there not being a clear lead singer/front man. Which is groovy. Even if I do love Gruff's voice...
The current issue of Uncut magazine has a bit of a bizarre interview with Gruff, which is almost worth buying Uncut for. But not quite. And yet still I paid £3.90-odd. For one page of Gruffalo goodness.
Q
Q magazine has an interview/feature with Gruff, which is actually quite interesting. Even if they do take the piss. It's in the style of that Guardian, 'Pieces of me' article and is almost worth buying Q for.
Artrocker
This is most definitely the pick of the bunch; there's specially-commissioned Pete Fowler artwork on the front cover, the feature is a few pages long and there are some nice, if Gruff/Bunf-heavy, photos in the studio. Worth buying, I think. Artrocker is available at Borders/WHSmiths or via their website. They'll probably have more stuff from the interview pop up online so check their website out; http://www.artrocker.tv/
Videos galore...
As part of the countdown to the digital release of the album, the Furries are posting personal videos up on their website to document the wonderfully banal process of creating an album. It's a cool idea, half-inched from that Time Code movie, but is quite tech-heavy. My computer won't play ball with the website but I'm sure other people have faster, better, stronger computers than me.
All of this is leading up to an online live performance of the album on March 16 at 8pm GMT. Which I'm giddily excited about, and which I am booking time in on my parents' computer for! The album will be released digitally on the same day and the physical release (eww...) will be April 13 in the UK, April 21 in the US. As I am quite, quite sad, I'm contemplating buying the digital release and the physical release. As I can't bear the thought of having it a month late and yet I still need a pretty CD to hold in my hand. It's sad I know, but the money will go to SFA so I don't mind. Unless you can download it for free if you pre-order the album... that'd be cool...
Anyway, times-a-wasting! I'm off to unpack some more.
So! The album now has a name and, in the grand tradition of the Furries, they've given it a title that needs to be abbreviated to avoid RSI; Dark Days/Light Years. The track listing has also changed, with 'Earth', the one lyric song, being unceremoniously sacrificed and a few new titles being added. Or maybe there's some re-titling going on. Or maybe I'm mad. Here's the new tracklist, anyway;
Crazy Naked Girls
The Very Best Of Neil Diamond
Moped Eyes
Inagural Trams
Inconvenience
Cardiff In The Sun
Mountain
Helium Hearts
White Socks/Flip Flops
Where Do You Wanna Go
Lliwiau Llachar
Pric
There are a few magazines that the Furries (well, mostly Gruff) are popping up in at the minute as part of the promotional process. All of which I have bought.
Uncut
There's a tantalising sneek-preview review on Uncut's blog that you should definitely check out, which had the following interesting comment;
'I can’t recall an SFA album that has felt so explicitly like the work of a band; when Gruff does take the lead, his voice is often electronically altered, buried into the mix, or swamped by harmonies.'
I've always thought that the Furries were a pretty democratic band, but they do seem to be moving more and more towards there not being a clear lead singer/front man. Which is groovy. Even if I do love Gruff's voice...
The current issue of Uncut magazine has a bit of a bizarre interview with Gruff, which is almost worth buying Uncut for. But not quite. And yet still I paid £3.90-odd. For one page of Gruffalo goodness.
Q
Q magazine has an interview/feature with Gruff, which is actually quite interesting. Even if they do take the piss. It's in the style of that Guardian, 'Pieces of me' article and is almost worth buying Q for.
Artrocker
This is most definitely the pick of the bunch; there's specially-commissioned Pete Fowler artwork on the front cover, the feature is a few pages long and there are some nice, if Gruff/Bunf-heavy, photos in the studio. Worth buying, I think. Artrocker is available at Borders/WHSmiths or via their website. They'll probably have more stuff from the interview pop up online so check their website out; http://www.artrocker.tv/
Videos galore...
As part of the countdown to the digital release of the album, the Furries are posting personal videos up on their website to document the wonderfully banal process of creating an album. It's a cool idea, half-inched from that Time Code movie, but is quite tech-heavy. My computer won't play ball with the website but I'm sure other people have faster, better, stronger computers than me.
All of this is leading up to an online live performance of the album on March 16 at 8pm GMT. Which I'm giddily excited about, and which I am booking time in on my parents' computer for! The album will be released digitally on the same day and the physical release (eww...) will be April 13 in the UK, April 21 in the US. As I am quite, quite sad, I'm contemplating buying the digital release and the physical release. As I can't bear the thought of having it a month late and yet I still need a pretty CD to hold in my hand. It's sad I know, but the money will go to SFA so I don't mind. Unless you can download it for free if you pre-order the album... that'd be cool...
Anyway, times-a-wasting! I'm off to unpack some more.
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