Save the Elk
OK OK, less chatter more music yes?
I love the Super Furry Animals. I was lucky enough to get second row seats at their Royal Festival Hall gig last year.... which turned out I think to be the best show i've ever seen. Mmm.. OK, one of them. After a first half of acoustic and welsh tracks the second half was a carnival of acid rock, banging techno, rampaging yetis, Franciscan Monks, Freaky Dancing, Bewildered Security and Space Invaders. I don't remember ever smiling so much. I'm sure the Festival Hall has never seen anything like it before. The place went absolutely crazy.
Right now I am fairly brimming with excitement as i'm off to see them again on Friday - at Somerset House. The gig is kicking off their tour to promote their new (7th??) album 'Love Kraft' - which comes out on August 22nd. From the small amount i've heard about it I can't wait.
This track, 'Slow Life', was I suppose their last single. It wasn't heard much though, since it was only available packaged up with limited copies of the disappointing remix album 'Phantom Phorce'. That's a real shame as this is one of their best songs.
It's pretty much SFA in a nutshell - melodic genius, freaky beats, heartfelt lyrics and a large mug of mushroom tea. Tasty.
SUPER FURRY ANIMALS - SLOW LIFE
I know advance copies of Love Kraft are floating around & i'm dying to hear this before Friday... if anyone has managed to pick up a copy already (and can get it to me somehow) please let me know. I'd be eternally grateful.
By the way I have some spare tickets for Friday if anyone wants them. They were £25 each. I think they have something special lined up. The Yetis have been killed off, but they are to be replaced by something new entirely.
Oooh I am excited.
In other news, I may have given up on my promised Glastonbury coverage. I don't have time & it's all a bit too hazy! Fortunately it seems I have a stalker. Someone else seems to have followed me round for most of the festival, thus saving me the bother of doing a write up myself. Hooray! Read that, take away most of the good bands (I somehow managed to miss Brian Wilson, The Magic Numbers, Bloc Party and Roots Manuva - and indeed 99% of what I wanted to see) & you'll be about there!
I love the Super Furry Animals. I was lucky enough to get second row seats at their Royal Festival Hall gig last year.... which turned out I think to be the best show i've ever seen. Mmm.. OK, one of them. After a first half of acoustic and welsh tracks the second half was a carnival of acid rock, banging techno, rampaging yetis, Franciscan Monks, Freaky Dancing, Bewildered Security and Space Invaders. I don't remember ever smiling so much. I'm sure the Festival Hall has never seen anything like it before. The place went absolutely crazy.
Right now I am fairly brimming with excitement as i'm off to see them again on Friday - at Somerset House. The gig is kicking off their tour to promote their new (7th??) album 'Love Kraft' - which comes out on August 22nd. From the small amount i've heard about it I can't wait.
This track, 'Slow Life', was I suppose their last single. It wasn't heard much though, since it was only available packaged up with limited copies of the disappointing remix album 'Phantom Phorce'. That's a real shame as this is one of their best songs.
It's pretty much SFA in a nutshell - melodic genius, freaky beats, heartfelt lyrics and a large mug of mushroom tea. Tasty.
SUPER FURRY ANIMALS - SLOW LIFE
I know advance copies of Love Kraft are floating around & i'm dying to hear this before Friday... if anyone has managed to pick up a copy already (and can get it to me somehow) please let me know. I'd be eternally grateful.
By the way I have some spare tickets for Friday if anyone wants them. They were £25 each. I think they have something special lined up. The Yetis have been killed off, but they are to be replaced by something new entirely.
Rumours have been circulating that the band's new costumes will be robots, which Gruff admitted was close to the mark: "There is gonna be something but it's gonna be post-robots. It's very futuristic, whereas the robot is history. The thing is, this thing is so new it doesn't even have a name."
Oooh I am excited.
In other news, I may have given up on my promised Glastonbury coverage. I don't have time & it's all a bit too hazy! Fortunately it seems I have a stalker. Someone else seems to have followed me round for most of the festival, thus saving me the bother of doing a write up myself. Hooray! Read that, take away most of the good bands (I somehow managed to miss Brian Wilson, The Magic Numbers, Bloc Party and Roots Manuva - and indeed 99% of what I wanted to see) & you'll be about there!
posted by headphonesex @ 6:33 PM
