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Animal Frenzynew
Like its predecessors, Hey Venus! is a deceptively breezy affair, filtering influences as far flung as the Beach Boys, Burt Bacharach and Phil Spector through a psychedelic palette resembling that of art rock contemporaries like the Flaming Lips or High Llamas. Only much more Welsh.
New York Press |
Crispin Kott |
02-21-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Hey Venus!, Super Furry Animals
Found in Translationnew
A Welsh descendant finds a kindred spirit in Super Furry Animals.
San Diego CityBeat |
AnnaMaria Stephens |
02-06-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Super Furry Animals
Sound and Furriesnew
The Super Furry Animals take their indescribable sound on tour.
Tucson Weekly |
Gene Armstrong |
02-01-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Hey Venus!, Super Furry Animals
Welsh Phenoms Super Furry Animals Still Got Itnew
Almost 12 years after their wonderfully warped debut Fuzzy Logic, and it's hard to think of any U.K. contemporaries who've been able to match the Super Furry Animals for sheer consistency, ambition and twisted pop thrills.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Neil Ferguson |
01-28-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Hey Venus!, Super Furry Animals
Hop on the Super Furry Animal Spacecraftnew
That Hey Venus! has out-of-this-world cover art, and an exclamation mark in the title should not be taken lightly.
Metro Times |
Brian Hoekstra |
11-20-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Hey Venus!, Super Furry Animals
Super Furry Animals Have a Few Things to Say
Guitarist Bunf Bunford of Welsh band Super Furry Animals talks about their North American tour.
Charleston City Paper |
T. Ballard Lesemann |
11-22-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
A Slump So Sublimenew
Love Kraft is a good album by Super Furry Animals' standards and a great one by the standards
of most other rock bands.
Illinois Times |
Rene Spencer Saller |
11-11-2005 |
Reviews
Space Casesnew
The Welsh supergroup Super Furry Animals have appeared on stage with giant inflatable bears and bright blue "Peace Tanks," but they've always trumped those antics with their music.
Boston Phoenix |
Ken Micallef |
11-08-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Super Furry Animals, Love Kraft
Going Dark
Love Kraft could have been the band's undoing. Instead, it's a pretty good album.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
09-23-2005 |
Reviews
Dawn of the Deadnew
Psychedelic '60s legends the Zombies have been resurrected thanks to a new appreciation of their masterpiece album.
Columbus Alive |
Kevin Elliott |
08-04-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Great Rock Writ Welshnew
Every track on Songbook -- the Super Furries' singles compilation -- is rife with tiny surprises. The big surprise is that they're not the biggest rock band in the world. Also reviewed is Shivaree's Who's Got Trouble?
Illinois Times |
Rene Spencer Saller |
02-28-2005 |
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