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Super Furry Animals (Music)

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Super Furry Animals are a Psychedelic Rock band that formed in Cardiff, Wales in 1993. Their music blends elements of rock, psychedelia, electronica, and just about everything else in between, often containing lyrics which toe the line between goofy and surreal to deeply profound and philosophical.Aside from their distinct sound, the group also gained notoriety for their bizarre publicity stunts, such as travelling to festivals in a decomissioned tank (which they then sold off to Don Henley of The Eagles), getting a song that features the word 'fuck' being repeated 50 times into the top 40 (a record they would break again a few years later with an extended 20-minute live version of the same track), and recording a whole album of songs in their native Welsh. Their record sleeves, mostly designed by Cardiff-based artist Pete Fowler, are equally insane.Rhys Ifans was the band's original vocalist, but left before the group signed a record deal to focus on his acting career. Band members: Gruff Rhys: Vocals, guitar, keyboards Dafudd Ieuan: Drums, vocals Guto Pryce: Bass Cian Ciaran: Keyboards, vocals Huw Bunford: Guitar, vocals
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New Sound Album: Every album they make is a reaction to the last one: Radiator added elements of electronica to the punchy Power Pop sound of Fuzzy Logic, which were further explored on Guerrilla, their most eclectic record. mwng was a much simpler, folksier album, followed by the ambitious, Progressive Rock-leaning Rings Around the World. Phantom Power took stylistic inspiration from blues and country rock, whilst Love Kraft was in part a tribute to the early '70s era of The Beach Boys. Hey Venus! marked a return to their earlier power pop style (though not quite as energetic), whilst Dark Days/Light Years was much more psychedelic, looser and groove-driven.
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Cluster F-Bomb: The single "The Man Don't Give A Fuck" actually bore a sticker stating "WARNING: THIS SONG CONTAINS THE WORD ***! FIFTY TIMES". Although Gruff sings a few of them, most of the instances are a sample from Steely Dan.
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Genre Roulette
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Genre Roulette: Guerrilla. The band structured the record as a jukebox, in which every song is completely different in style.
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Step Up to the Microphone: Love Kraft features other members of the group besides Rhys taking on lead vocals: Ieuan sings lead on "Atomik Lust", Bunford sings "The Horn" and Back on a Roll", Ciaran sings "Walk You Home", whilst Ieuan and Ciaran duet on "Cabin Fever". Bunford: "Sex, War and Robots", "Gypsy Space Muffin", "Battersea Odyssey", "Crazy Naked Girls", "White Socks/Flip Flops". Ciaran: "Chewing Chewing Gum", "Carbon Dating", "These Bones", "Mt.", "Helium Hearts", "Pric". Ieuan: "Receptacle for the Respectable".
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Synthetic Vocalist: The verses to "Juxtapozed With U" are sung by Rhys through a vocoder.
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Epic Rocking: The live version of "The Man Don't Give a Fuck" extends the original for up to 20-30 minutes. For album tracks, there's "Mountain People" (6:14) from Radiator, "Some Things Come From Nothing" (5:53) from Guerilla, "Gwreiddiau Dwfn / Mawrth Oer ar y Blaned Neifion" (7:56) from mwng, "No Sympathy" (6:57) and "Run! Christian, Run!" (7:20) from Rings Around The World, "The Piccolo Snare" (6:08) and "Slow Life" (7:00) from Phantom Power, "Zoom!" (6:53) and "Cabin Fever" (6:20) from Love Kraft, and "Crazy Naked Girls" (6:16), "Cardiff In The Sun" (8:16) and "Pric" (9:53) from Dark Days / Light Years.
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Instrumentals: "Furryvision" and "Short Painkiller" from Radiator, "Check It Out", "A Specific Ocean", and "The Sound Of Life Today" from Guerilla, "[A] Touch Sensitive" and "Minature" from Rings Around The World, the "Father Father" interludes from Phantom Power, "Oi Frango" from Love Kraft, and many b-sides.
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Siamese Twin Songs: "Where Do You Wanna Go?" and "Lliwiau Llachar" from Dark Days / Light Years.
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Truck Driver's Gear Change: Happens in "Chupacabras", "Mountain People", "Fire in My Heart", "Psyclone!", "Run-Away", and "Show Your Hand".
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Bigfoot, Sasquatch, and Yeti: The Phantom Power era introduced the now iconic "yeti" costumes (see above) worn by the band. The yeti characters were killed off at the end of the album tour, but made a comeback during their reunion shows in the 2010s.
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Long Title: Their debut EP Llanfairpwllgwngyllgogerychwyndrobwllantysiliogogogochynygofod (In Space), named after a village in Wales.
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The Band Minus the Face: In 2020, the band - apart from singer Gruff Rhys, who has gone to pursue a solo career - started releasing music under the moniker Das Koolies, a name they previously used for an unreleased side project recorded during the Guerrilla sessions.
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Cloud Cuckoolander: AND HOW!
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Intentionally Awkward Title: "Crazy Naked Girls"
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mwng was a much simpler, folksier album, followed by the ambitious, Progressive Rock-leaning Rings Around the World.
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Word Salad Lyrics: Subverted; as most of their lyrics tend to make more sense in context.
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Design Student's Orgasm: Every single one of their record sleeves apply. Yes, even the much-derided Hey Venus! sleeve.
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Radiator added elements of electronica to the punchy Power Pop sound of Fuzzy Logic, which were further explored on Guerrilla, their most eclectic record.
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Team Pet: "Fuzzy Birds" is about Stavros, Bunf's pet hamster at the time.
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