Separado screenings

Look! Some screenings!

Separado screenings

There is even one very near me. How nice! In a great cinema to boot. I will go in tomorrow to see if I can book tickets.

It would be too much to ask for Gruff to do a spontaneous gig and/or Q&A at Norwich Cinema City too... but a gal can dream.

Check it out.

Separado galore

Courtesy of the nice people at Soda Pictures, here is the official poster for 'Separado!'. Is that typography cool or what?



There are, apparently, more screenings to be announced, but at the moment these are the confirmed screenings;

30/07 - 2 week run. Q&A date to be confirmed.
Chapter
Cardiff

01/08 - with a live performance from Gruff and Tony
BFI
London

02/08 - with Q&A
Curzon Soho (booking details don't appear to be on their site yet)
London

Ak! If only I knew about the BFI screening (the day after Field Day) before I booked travel and the hotel...

The Terror of Cosmic Loneliness
Oh, yeah... 'In a House With No Mirrors (You'll Never Get Old)' is now available for free download from Turnstile. Woop!

Separado! + The Terror of Cosmic Loneliness

Long time since I last posted; just down to sheer laziness, unfortunately. None of this will be news to anyone but I'm losing track, again, of dates and links etc. so thought it would be best to bring them all into one place...

Separado!
In that last post I lied, that wasn't the 'Separado!' trailer, merely the opening titles of 'Separado!'. This is the trailer, complete with cheesy American voice-over. I like!

Official 'Separado!' trailer

There have been a few reviews knocking around. Some good, some not-so-good. Apparently both Total Film and Sight and Sound have been quite positive (although their reviews don't appear to be online yet), as they seem to appreciate the inherent surreal qualities of the film.

'Separado!' is being distributed UK-wide by Soda Pictures and the official general release date is 30 July (info thanks to @DanLThomas on Twitter). I doubt it will be released absolutely everywhere in the UK but it should be coming to a major city near you!

The Terror of Cosmic Loneliness



Something that I haven't even mentioned on here is Gruff's new album with Brazilian musician Tony Da Gatorra (remember him from TrocaBrahma 2007?). It is, rather brilliantly, called 'The Terror of Cosmic Loneliness', is released at the end of July, has a stunning psychedelic cover and you can view the first video on Turnstile's website! Check it out;

Tony Da Gatorra vs Gruff Rhys - In a House With No Mirrors (You'll Never Get Old)

You can also pre-order the album and get a limited edition t-shirt for £20 (Offer ends 12 July)

To promote the album there will be a couple of Tony Da Gatorra Vs Gruff Rhys live dates;

28/07
Clwb Ifor Bach
Cardiff

29/07
Clwb Ifor Bach SOLD OUT
Cardiff

30/07
Camp Bestival
Dorset

31/07
Field Day Festival
London

I will be attending Field Day as it's cheap, closer to me and there are a plethora of great bands. Including, announced after I bought the tickets, Cate Le Bon. Gruff Rhys and Cate Le Bon in one day can't be bad! I will, of course, take as many photos as possible and will post them on here in early August (but don't hold your breath).

The album is reportedly a lot more experimental and a lot less melodic than what we're used to from Gruff. Which could be a good or a bad thing depending on your perspective. I do have a soft-spot for quite experimental music so I'm very much looking forward to this. Others are not. Ah, well.

The Gruffington Post
I'd keep an eye on www.gruffrhys.com. It's changed back to promoting TTOCL but a while ago they had a test site which looked like it could be quite cool. I'm guessing that will go live soon, so keep checking back.

Separado! Trailer

Bit of Twitter searching - always recommended - and I found this!

Separado! from Bait on Vimeo.

Looks fabulous. But, y'know, I'm not really sure why the Separado website has a mailing list as they don't seem to tell us anything. I have to do all the bloody searching myself... The other week I just stumbled across someone on Twitter talking about the Flatpack festival and they mentioned in passing that Separado would be screened in Birmingham for the Festival. (I'm sure there's a showing in Toronto as well...)

I'm contemplating going to Birmingham to see that. Aw, man, I really wish I knew if it was going to be screened elsewhere! I did ask Picturehouse cinemas if they were likely to show it anywhere and they said they'd keep an eye and an ear out and let me know if they heard anything. Nothing so far.

The lack of news is frustrating. But that always seems to be the way with the Furries...

All quiet on the Furry front...

There's really not much going on at the moment. But I do get the impression that, as always, Gruff is beavering away in the background and just not giving away much.

'Separado!'
'Separado!' (now spelt correctly by me...) now has it's own website. Which basically just consists of a picture and an email address. But you can sign up to a mailing list so hopefully Ms. Catryn Ramasut will let us know if there is ever any news on this film. Or maybe it will only ever consist of a picture on a dead website. Ho hum.

A pretty picture for 'Separado!' (otherwise known as the official website).



There are some ripples of excitement on the list and board as both Andy Votel and David Wrench (producer-types) have made passing references to working on Gruff's solo album. But, as usual, there's no real information on the album. I think Gruff must have briefed both of them to just drop hints and tease us... He's a little flirt. Anyway, I'm guessing this solo album they're referring to is the soundtrack for 'Separado!'. But I assume that, if it is, then the film and soundtrack are tied in together and one won't be released without the other. In other words, I'm wondering if the solo album is dependent on 'Separado!' finding a distributor? As a stalwart of the Welsh music scene it must be a lot easier for him to release an album than a film... Gruff's an untested element when it comes to the film side of things.

Gorillaz
And Gruff continues his rent-a-vocal duties. (I mean that in the nicest possible way, who wouldn't want to rent those vocals?) This time he is appearing on the new Gorillaz album, Plastic Beach. In the new issue of Q, there's a feature on the Gorillaz album and Gruff has a little side-bar. He says he appears on 'Superfast Jellyfish' and 'Leviathan' but, looking at the tracklist, it would appear that 'Leviathan' has been dropped (how very dare they!). Anyway, that'll be one song to download from iTunes. Unless you have a thing for virtual bands and want to get the whole album...

Well, that's a lot of words to basically just say there's no news. I need something at the end of all this. Ah! A download! That'll do nicely.

Schubas Tavern interviews Gruff, September 2007

The sound is quite bad, so turn it up to 11!