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― eatersy, Wednesday, 6 July 2005 21:43 (twenty years ago)

It's orchestra-tastic!

― Simon H. (Simon H.), Wednesday, 6 July 2005 21:49 (twenty years ago)

gracias

however there is already a love kraft thread

― jmeister (jmeister), Wednesday, 6 July 2005 21:49 (twenty years ago)

Yeh there is a thread, but this is better than that thread.

You Rock Ma' World, Eatersy!

― Michael Costello (MichaelCostello1), Wednesday, 6 July 2005 21:51 (twenty years ago)

goody goody gumdrops.

― Cunga (Cunga), Wednesday, 6 July 2005 22:11 (twenty years ago)

Wow. Well done.

― Marcus The, Wednesday, 6 July 2005 22:31 (twenty years ago)

Thanks a bunch!

― That One Guy (That One Guy), Wednesday, 6 July 2005 23:02 (twenty years ago)

I am really digging this so far

― peter in montreal (spaces are allowed), Thursday, 7 July 2005 00:30 (twenty years ago)

Thank you!!!!!

― Brooker Buckingham (Brooker B), Thursday, 7 July 2005 00:48 (twenty years ago)

As an avowed SFA fanatic, it pains me to say that this album didn't totally rock my fucking world the first time through.

As an avowed SFA addict fanatic, it does not pain me to say that Guerrilla, one of my favorite albums of all time, didn't rock my fucking world the first time through.

Conclusion: Either this album is really disappointing or it will be one of my favorite albums of all time.

I'm going to have to give this one a few more listens when I'm not tired and with a headache. I believe those two conditions added to my confusion with the album.

― enjoy bell woods, Thursday, 7 July 2005 04:23 (twenty years ago)

That Blue thing comes through again…

I’m so excited and I have no idea, which way this thing will go. I hope that Love Kraft this makes Super Furry Animals the most important band it rock.

― BeeOK (boo radley), Thursday, 7 July 2005 05:43 (twenty years ago)

- this

― BeeOK (boo radley), Thursday, 7 July 2005 05:45 (twenty years ago)

it = in

― BeeOK (boo radley), Thursday, 7 July 2005 05:46 (twenty years ago)

blue?

― enjoy bell woods, Thursday, 7 July 2005 05:57 (twenty years ago)

would it be a bit crass of me to say that some people having been getting their expectations a bit high for this album?

I do plan on getting Love Kraft, but when it's released. Part of the charm of SFA releases is the Fowler cartoon art. It's one of those great consistent band/cover art relationships that have totally worked. The art fits the music; the music fits the art... which is possibly why the Songbook DVD worked so well. Anyway, downloading a leak will rob me of half of the experience of getting an SFA album.

(I finally found a very cheap used copy of Phantom Power and bit it and bought it, listened to it a third time, and I admit being slightly more charmed than the previous two times.. maybe seeing some of the videos on the DVD helped a little bit (especially "Golden Retriever."))

― donut e- (donut), Thursday, 7 July 2005 06:05 (twenty years ago)

Well I've got a legit promo on right now and it's sounding dandy to me (three tracks in). All their albums get better the more you listen, without exception. They played in a horrible town called Barry up the road from me last night and I daresay I'll be informed of its goodness very shortly

― DJ Mencap (DJ Mencap), Thursday, 7 July 2005 07:46 (twenty years ago)

Okay, this album is sounding amazing.

"Walk You Home" is simply beautiful. Lush as fuck.

― enjoy bell woods, Thursday, 7 July 2005 18:07 (twenty years ago)

anyone know what the cover looks like?

― That One Guy (That One Guy), Thursday, 7 July 2005 18:15 (twenty years ago)

Not the best image, but - http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/music/sites/superfurryanimals/images/discography/love_kraft200.jpg

That's the only one I've seen.

― enjoy bell woods, Thursday, 7 July 2005 18:17 (twenty years ago)

Oi Frango sounds like the opening to a Banjo Kazooie game. Right down to the band chirping in something that sounds like "JINGO!" around 1:30.

― Cunga (Cunga), Thursday, 7 July 2005 18:41 (twenty years ago)

this is sounding great. Zoom is such a perfect opener! The cover looks cool too.

― jmeister (jmeister), Thursday, 7 July 2005 18:42 (twenty years ago)

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― Mr. Snrub, Thursday, 7 July 2005 18:55 (twenty years ago)

Hey! Wait a minute! This is only the first song!!

― Mr. Snrub, Thursday, 7 July 2005 19:01 (twenty years ago)

Super Furry Animals - Love Kraft (2005 Advance).rar
(77.93 MB)

Hmm, a 77.93 MB song....

It's a rar, dude. It's all there.

― enjoy bell woods, Thursday, 7 July 2005 19:03 (twenty years ago)

Strange. I try opening it with my ZIP program and it only shows "Zoom", but now that I installed WinRAR and extracted it that, the whole album's there. Woo Hoo!!

― Mr. Snrub, Thursday, 7 July 2005 19:29 (twenty years ago)

It's nice. A lot of references to 60's psychedelic sound, not as punky but very enjoyable. Will grow with next listens.

― JP Almeida (JP Almeida), Thursday, 7 July 2005 21:08 (twenty years ago)

i'm gonna be the first to say BEST FUCKING SFA ALBUM!

― That One Guy (That One Guy), Thursday, 7 July 2005 21:23 (twenty years ago)

It's fantastic. I seriously want to kiss them.

― enjoy bell woods, Thursday, 7 July 2005 21:25 (twenty years ago)

grassy ass

― On the bass, 57 7th, he wrote this (calstars), Thursday, 7 July 2005 21:33 (twenty years ago)

"Clouberries" is amazing.

― That One Guy (That One Guy), Thursday, 7 July 2005 21:44 (twenty years ago)

I'm in love with "Atomik Lust", "Walk You Home", "Frequency", "Zoom!", "Cabin Fever", and "The Horn".

The rest are getting there.

― enjoy bell woods, Thursday, 7 July 2005 21:47 (twenty years ago)

i love it. i love sfa. i love love.

― Mai, Friday, 8 July 2005 00:02 (twenty years ago)

i am very tempted by that link

but no... must. not. click...

― jessu is the anssu (alanbanana), Friday, 8 July 2005 01:06 (twenty years ago)

awwwww, do it.

― enjoy bell woods, Friday, 8 July 2005 01:54 (twenty years ago)

http://www.angelfire.com/indie/hopemusicmedia/images/lovekraftalbum.jpg

― enjoy bell woods, Friday, 8 July 2005 03:22 (twenty years ago)

for some reason that cover reminds me of the flinstones.

― That One Guy (That One Guy), Friday, 8 July 2005 03:24 (twenty years ago)

Phenomenal, and I haven’t made it through the whole album yet.

Blue is slsk, don’t want to bring it any more attention…

― BeeOK (boo radley), Friday, 8 July 2005 06:53 (twenty years ago)

Barry Island? I've been there, on a school trip. My bedfellow kept his underpants on.

― Peter Stringbender (PJ Miller), Friday, 8 July 2005 07:47 (twenty years ago)

Rock, rock the free world - la la la la la la la la.

There's such an optimistic layer to all of it.

― enjoy bell woods, Friday, 8 July 2005 15:31 (twenty years ago)

http://www.ilikegigs.net/pics/sfa-suit.jpg

Light suits!

― enjoy bell woods, Saturday, 9 July 2005 00:27 (twenty years ago)

http://www.ilikegigs.net/pics/sfa-2.jpg

― enjoy bell woods, Saturday, 9 July 2005 00:27 (twenty years ago)

Some very nice pictures fincielad. This album is amazing and can’t wait for its release. I had high expectations and they haven’t let me down. I already feel it’s the best thing they have done in the 2000’s but will wait until I own the CD to really make the comparisons.

Thank you Super Furry Animals!

― BeeOK (boo radley), Saturday, 9 July 2005 07:41 (twenty years ago)

The only song I'm not completely sold on is "Nack on a Roll", which Bunf (who sings it) apparently wanted off the album. I think he may have been right - it's cute but not spectacular like the rest of the record.

Still, Cloudberries is a thing of beauty, Zoom and Cabin Fever are great epic bookenders, and Psyclone is a nice picker-upper near the end. Also, Sean O'Hagan's orchestration is quite something.

― Simon H. (Simon H.), Saturday, 9 July 2005 14:46 (twenty years ago)

Yeah, "Back on a Roll" is a bit of a change from the rest of the album, but I see it as a bit of a fun break from the rest of the album. I can see where Bunf was coming from, though, and I wonder why the band wanted it on there so badly.

If I remember correctly, Gruff said something like, "It's an exercise in rock cliche." He said the same thing about "Out of Control".

― enjoy bell woods, Saturday, 9 July 2005 15:29 (twenty years ago)

Yeah, this is pretty amazing. I have to admit I was almost secretly hoping they'd fall on their face this time, but no dice. Long live SFA.

― David Goldstein (DaveG.), Saturday, 9 July 2005 15:53 (twenty years ago)

In a sense, they fall on their face with every release. What I mean is that they consistently release these incredible albums, and hardly anyone listens. What's up with that?

Hopefully Love Kraft changes this.

― enjoy bell woods, Saturday, 9 July 2005 16:01 (twenty years ago)

People listen otherwise they wouldnt have survived for over ten years in the music business.

― dewi, Sunday, 10 July 2005 17:46 (twenty years ago)

Well yeah, but they haven't seen that much success. In my eyes, they have every right to be as large as The Flaming Lips or whatever, but they've just never made it.

But I still love that I can see them perform in small venues.

― enjoy bell woods, Sunday, 10 July 2005 17:50 (twenty years ago)

It's all relative. They have outsold the Flaming Lips in Europe and UK markets. I would have to check soundscan but I think their US sales aren't too far behind the Flips - Phantom Power sold strong in the US.

― dewi, Sunday, 10 July 2005 18:03 (twenty years ago)

Is that true? It seems like Yoshimi and The Soft Bulletin would be far ahead of anything by SFA.

― enjoy bell woods, Sunday, 10 July 2005 18:19 (twenty years ago)

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Now that is beauty. I am glad I've seen that a couple of times from them.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 21 September 2005 16:45 (twenty years ago)

It was great, because "Calimero" was the song that got me into the band!

― donut Get Behind Me Carbon Dioxide (donut), Wednesday, 21 September 2005 16:49 (twenty years ago)

So looking forward to this…Ned will you be at the Los Angeles show? If so I would love to meet you.

― BeeOK (boo radley), Wednesday, 21 September 2005 17:04 (twenty years ago)

BTW, thanks for the info enjoy bell woods (aka energy for everyone!)

― BeeOK (boo radley), Wednesday, 21 September 2005 17:05 (twenty years ago)

will they tour europe?

― hub, Thursday, 22 September 2005 07:52 (twenty years ago)

"still loved their performance at reading 2000."

I suspect that was the occasion that I really enjoyed seing them perform too.

― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Thursday, 22 September 2005 09:58 (twenty years ago)

stewart- it was the reading festival with elastica, beck, sfa, and pulp on the bill.
was that it?

― hub, Thursday, 22 September 2005 10:45 (twenty years ago)

I've been to Reading more years than not since '77, so they do tend to blur together in my memory somewhat, but that sounds likely.

― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Thursday, 22 September 2005 17:29 (twenty years ago)

That wasn't the year they had the tank there, was it?

― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Thursday, 22 September 2005 17:30 (twenty years ago)

Tank was Glasto 99 me thinks. Can't wait for the tour!!!!!!

― mai, Thursday, 22 September 2005 18:38 (twenty years ago)

tank was earlier: 96 I reckon.

― hub, Friday, 23 September 2005 06:19 (twenty years ago)

Saw them in Nottingham this week, and had the same reaction as Stewart: underwhelming, something missing. Also, WAY too many slow songs, which cumulatively exposed their musical limitations; after the umpteenth 2/4 plodder in a row, I was desperate for them to rock it up, even just a little bit. "Calimero" was great, but as the penultimate number it was too little too late. The visuals were equally underwhelming, esp. compared to the Rings Around The World tour: just loads of sub-iTunes Visualiser stuff on the back wall. (Great entrance/exit, though.) I've loved them live in the past, but this was maybe 6.5/10.

― mike t-diva (mike t-diva), Friday, 23 September 2005 08:15 (twenty years ago)

anyone last night at BRIXTON ACADEMY?

― jiya, Friday, 23 September 2005 08:40 (twenty years ago)

Yeah, Tank was the earlier.

It took me until now to figure out that file was a ziptype not a realaudio. But I shall now have summat to listen to on the way home today!

― mark grout (mark grout), Friday, 23 September 2005 08:45 (twenty years ago)

I was at the Brixton gig, loved the golf cart craziness, but I could hardly hear the band at times because of EVERYONE FUCKING TALKING!!! *sigh*, are London audiences getting worse or am I just getting old and cranky? Hmm... At least a quarter of the audience were chatting the whole way through the gig, there was a constant patina of stadium ambience, I had to move in the end. No surround sound either, moan moan.

― mzui (mzui), Friday, 23 September 2005 09:04 (twenty years ago)

mzui...was it half empty? or half full?

also, was the setlist the same as previous show?

― kult, Friday, 23 September 2005 09:14 (twenty years ago)

Setlist was different to the last London show at Somerset House, Slow Life has moved to the first encore and they did Motherfokker with GLC, but they are still rolling out Man Don't Give A Fuck/Calimero/Run Christian Run/Something For The Weekend/Juxtaposed

Not sure what you mean about half empty/half full, unless you are taking the piss :)

― mzui (mzui), Friday, 23 September 2005 09:26 (twenty years ago)

The Nottingham set list was broadly similar to the one above, but with a different running order. It was a long encore, but more like 6 songs than 8. And yeah, people either side of us were talking, a lot. :-(

― mike t-diva (mike t-diva), Friday, 23 September 2005 09:30 (twenty years ago)

The band must be playing less loudly.

― mark grout (mark grout), Friday, 23 September 2005 09:35 (twenty years ago)

Funnily enough, the band were damn loud at Brixton as are most bands when they play there, but it was still really salient, like a bed of white noise. When they played quieter songs like Run Christian Run, it was really bad.

― mzui (mzui), Friday, 23 September 2005 09:38 (twenty years ago)

Today I read on the Super Furry Yahoo list that there's a possibility of a January European tour.

― Louie_Strychnine, Friday, 23 September 2005 10:03 (twenty years ago)

1 zoom!
2 atomik lust
3 the horn
4 ohio heat
5 walk you home
6 laser beam
7 frequency
8 oi frango
9 psyclone!
10 back on a roll
11 cloudberries
12 cabin fever

which is the weakest/ strongest track?
which one works better live?
which one should be released as a second single?

― hub, Friday, 23 September 2005 13:31 (twenty years ago)

zoom

― leila, Friday, 23 September 2005 15:16 (twenty years ago)

Gah, I want to hear this so bad. I was in France when it came out in the USA, but I couldn't find the SACD version in France and had no way to listen to it anyways. Got back to the US to find out that the SACD version wasn't even released here. Special ordered it, should be arriving today. Then I have to wait until Sunday to gather with friends, get smoked up, have a listening party and finally hear it for the first time. The wait is seriously making me itch. At least the Lazerbeam single is tiding me over. What a terrible pick for a single though. Good song, BAD single.

― Joseph B. Cowart (flamingrev), Friday, 23 September 2005 16:19 (twenty years ago)

Frequency should be the next single. What a beautiful song. I think it's one of the greatest songs Gruff has written.

― enjoy bell woods (sjjd111), Friday, 23 September 2005 17:56 (twenty years ago)

"Tank was Glasto 99 me thinks. Can't wait for the tour!!!!!!"

"tank was earlier: 96 I reckon."

'96 seems more likely and it was definitely Reading. I still have a mental image of a young lady, clearly E-ing off her face and dancing like a maniac on top of the tank wearing an extremely skimpy and soaking wet top in the pissing rain, which I really ought to erase....

― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Friday, 23 September 2005 22:27 (twenty years ago)

you're right. the peace tank was 96. i was thinking of the bloke in the truck who drove into the field while the furries were playing glasto 99. everyone started dancing on his truck.

― mai, Friday, 23 September 2005 22:52 (twenty years ago)

I'm still thinking about that girl in the skimpy wet top.

I may be a few minutes....

― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Friday, 23 September 2005 23:01 (twenty years ago)

popshots review in pitchfork is kinda weasly, make up your mind and decide if it is good or bad but don't say it's both.

― keith m (keithmcl), Saturday, 24 September 2005 11:47 (twenty years ago)

agree, frequency should be next single. top song.
but what a class tune is cloudberries!

― hub, Saturday, 24 September 2005 17:11 (twenty years ago)

Ned will you be at the Los Angeles show? If so I would love to meet you.

Nah, will be at the OC show instead, closer to home for me. (Unless the OC show IS the LA area show, in which case bring it on etc.)

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Saturday, 24 September 2005 17:13 (twenty years ago)

Aye, Frequency is amazing and it would make a great single.

Lazerbeam on the other hand is cracking, I don't understand the hate for it! I love the whole concept behind it - that aliens come down to earth and lazerbeam all the badness and evil out of the human race!

― Louie Strychnine, Monday, 26 September 2005 07:26 (twenty years ago)

completely agree. love lazer beam, love the song the lyrics and it brightens up my dull days of work.
frequency on the other hand sounds like some classic tunes form the first album (hometown unicorn, if you don't want me to destroy); same urge, more skilled songwriting tho.
the definitive sfa song?^??

― hub, Monday, 26 September 2005 08:25 (twenty years ago)

popshots review in pitchfork is kinda weasly, make up your mind and decide if it is good or bad but don't say it's both.

http://www.mnh.si.edu/exhibits/mammals/Weasel.gif

THIS WEASEL IS
THIS WEASEL IS
THIS WEASEL IS WISHY WASHY

― donut hallivallerieburtonelli omg lol (donut), Monday, 26 September 2005 08:45 (twenty years ago)

(Since when do reviewers have to be black or white about an album review, keith? Did I miss some memo?)

― donut hallivallerieburtonelli omg lol (donut), Monday, 26 September 2005 08:46 (twenty years ago)

frequency on the other hand sounds like some classic tunes form the first album (hometown unicorn, if you don't want me to destroy); same urge, more skilled songwriting tho.
the definitive sfa song?^??

I don't agree. Hometown Unicorn and If You Don't Want... are much better songs, much more direct tunes and much crazier psychedelia. Frequency is not a bad song, I just still forget the tune of it, when I don't hear it. It has a much more AOR feeling.

― zeus, Monday, 26 September 2005 08:50 (twenty years ago)

zeus- i know what you mean, had the same impressions before i got completely into the song. can't call it AOR tho: it's a top tune: direct melody (my granma loves it along with The Horn) built on a psychedelic innuendo....and the beginning of the song and the bridge are just class.

― hub, Monday, 26 September 2005 09:07 (twenty years ago)

L*U*S*H*

― castro, Monday, 26 September 2005 13:14 (twenty years ago)

one month passes...

So! How has the tour been? Great? Dull? Sexy? All of the above?

Seeing the show tomorrow night in Vancouver.

― do knut (donut), Thursday, 24 November 2005 03:48 (twenty years ago)

frequency got loads of airplay in japan.

― yumi, Thursday, 24 November 2005 12:51 (twenty years ago)

I had fun at their Montreal show. Great multimedia craziness. But don't miss Caribou!

― Simon H. (Simon H.), Thursday, 24 November 2005 13:46 (twenty years ago)

They were good in Chapel Hill (seconded on the multimedia craziness). I find it charming that they still end with "The Man Don't Give a Fuck" after all these years, but it's not *quite* as long as it used to be…

― carson dial (carson dial), Thursday, 24 November 2005 14:47 (twenty years ago)

Well, I'm heading down in about 20 minutes. Thanks, folks. :)

― dali madison's nut (donut), Friday, 25 November 2005 04:20 (twenty years ago)

Saw the show last night... In brief:

Caribou are not to be missed. Furries were the best I've ever seen them. I'm resigned to the fact that they are never going to withdraw the wacky/multi-media aspect of their lives before they break up, but they're making better use of it, and Gruff is acting more like a frontman.. a very absurd, funny frontman, but at least he looks like he's having fun, in his own way.

But I have to say Caribou were better, overall. THOSE VIDEOS! Flying Tex Avery cows... "kill the birdie kill the birdie kill the birdie". Holy shit!

― dali madison's nut (donut), Friday, 25 November 2005 19:47 (twenty years ago)

Caribou last night in Seattle = Mercury Rev's Boces + Boredoms' Vision Creation Newsun multiplied by Neu!'s Neu!.

― Dave Segal (Da ve Segal), Saturday, 26 November 2005 20:17 (twenty years ago)

! Well that's something. Hmmm. I have tickets for Wednesday but I'd honestly not been sure if I could make it. Will do my best, though.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Saturday, 26 November 2005 20:26 (twenty years ago)

Caribou's videos are out on dvd now, i don't know about the US. That cow video is the one i really like. the puppets playing instruments is funny, but i thought most of them were too cheap looking.

― a Side-walkin' Street Wheeler (aaron ef.), Saturday, 26 November 2005 20:41 (twenty years ago)

sfa have been on fire this tour. seen two shows and it's been the best i've seen them live. they actually seem to be putting effort into the performances. also made me like love kraft much more, the songs just came to life live.

― gazza, Sunday, 27 November 2005 00:07 (twenty years ago)

six months pass...

bump because I am listening to it today, lovely so lovely

― Haikunym (Haikunym), Friday, 23 June 2006 20:17 (nineteen years ago)

I found Oi Frango on my PSP yesterday. I forgot how much I like that song.

― Cunga (Cunga), Friday, 23 June 2006 20:30 (nineteen years ago)

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