Super Furriest album poll

guess i'm a sucker for welsh. "lliwiau llachar" is my favorite on the new one, and mwng is still my favorite album of theirs. can't say why for sure except maybe cuz gruff's vocals sound even more to me like robert wyatt's when he's not singing in english, and i'm a sucker for robert wyatt too

everything since 2001 or thereabouts is largely forgettable. RONG.

You know what, I've never listened to a SFA album in my life before, which is strange because I've been aware of them from the start and equally aware that they epitomise everything I like about music. Is it too late to start?

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the worst SFA has ever done stil >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> that Gruff Rhys solo album. Dunno what was wrong with him then, but the album lacks everything that is great about SFA, even though you can hear it is the same guy.

Geir, have you heard the first (all-Welsh) Gruff Rhys album (Yr Atal Genhedlaeth)? Because it's a fucking pop monster. It's the opposite of the big, lush SFA sound but to my ears there's hardly a duff moment on it. Helps that if any of the lyrics suck, I have no way of knowing. No habla Cwmraeg. Candylion, I'll agree, was a bit limp, "Skylon" excepted.

Louis, your knee-jerk hatred of pop upsets me. Mt is great!

Still can't decide on what to vote in the poll. Listened to LoveKraft again the other day and was surprised how much I enjoyed it - if it wasn't for Psyclone and Back on a Roll I'd really love it. Haven't tried Hey Venus again yet.

After getting DD/LY on cd I was surprised at how long it is! It really doesn't feel like an hour, I guess because the beginning and end are kind of drawn-out a bit, and there's 4 relatively long songs, and Where Do You Want To Go?/Lliwiau Llachar takes longer than you think. The only disappointing thing on this album is the way Helium Hearts fades out, like they've created this beautiful song and don't quite know what to do with it.

I hope these guys never break up. each new album = comfort music.

New album is great, and if any of you are interested in their acid techno side I would recommend Acid Casuals, the side project of Cian from the band.

wtf "kneejerk hatred of pop", if I had that then would I like that slew of tracks towards the end? :-P

You hate the whole of Hello venus! though!

Rings Around The World
Guerrilla
Phantom Power
Dark Days/Light Years
Mwng
Hey Venus
Love Kraft
Radiator
Out Spaced
Fuzzy Logic

"Radiator" would be much higher on the list were it not for its atrocious sound, which hurts my ears after awhile. I tracked down the vinyl, thinking that it might be a mastering issue - nope. It needs a full remixing job, methinks. A "Radiator" with the sonic quality of, say, "Hey Venus" would be revelatory.

For the record, I have mellowed greatly to Hey Venus on hearing it again more recently, although it's not something I'll ever return to much, or care deeply for.

Radiator does have a really odd, brash sound. I don't dislike it, but it's nowhere near as easy on the ear as DD/LY or Hey Venus! or PP. I guess they were still very much finding their feet.

Even Guerilla sounds ten times better. Hermann Loves Pauline is easily one of my top 5 Furries jams, but the opening five seconds make headphone listening nigh on impossible.

Went through the whole discography, and now:

Fuzzy Logic
Guerrilla
Radiator
Outspaced
Mwng
Rings Around The World
Dark Days/Light Years
Hey Venus!
Love Kraft
Phantom Power

Radiator is the best and probably always will be.

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Ice Hockey Hair EP
Guerrilla
Radiator
Dark Days/Light Years
Rings Around The World
Phantom Power
Fuzzy Logic
Out Spaced
Mwng
Love Kraft
Hey Venus

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Man, how did Mwng only get 2 votes??

"Everyone's second favourite syndrome", isn't it?

Surprised at the love for Fuzzy Logic. It's not bad, but it just seems so... amateurish compared to everything else they've done, in terms of consistency.

I panic voted for Fuzzy Logic, as I thought it would be under-represented, and I really couldn't choose between any of the first six - I think a lot of it just comes down to what was going on when the album came out, and how I feel about that now. Incidentally, just noticed that apart from the new one and the compilations, all their albums have been released between May and August.

They're a summer band.

Wasn't the new one released just after clocks went forward?

Ya and it also brought a heatwave with it

The correct answer, of course, was Love Kraft

they are so old and dull now. although i got in trouble for saying that before but i can't imagine them doing anything exciting ever again. maybe that's the point of being old. you just make middle of the road competent things that will get you features in mojo.

They're older now...

and by the looks of it, not releasing a new record either.