― zeus, Monday, 29 August 2005 09:24 (nineteen years ago) link
― Mippy (Mippy), Monday, 29 August 2005 09:27 (nineteen years ago) link
― zeus, Monday, 29 August 2005 11:17 (nineteen years ago) link
― joseph cotten (joseph cotten), Monday, 29 August 2005 11:30 (nineteen years ago) link
― zeus, Monday, 29 August 2005 11:31 (nineteen years ago) link
― Mippy (Mippy), Monday, 29 August 2005 11:44 (nineteen years ago) link
― donut gon' nut (donut), Monday, 29 August 2005 16:05 (nineteen years ago) link
― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Monday, 29 August 2005 16:12 (nineteen years ago) link
― everything, Monday, 29 August 2005 16:18 (nineteen years ago) link
― zeus, Monday, 29 August 2005 17:32 (nineteen years ago) link
Predictable retread? Maybe only in its unpredictability! "Duuuude, I am so sick of SFA, always sounding like no one else, boring me by surprising me by getting away from their previous sounds, particularly their erstwhile IDM trappings." Like, um, wow.
― marc h. (marc h.), Monday, 29 August 2005 17:35 (nineteen years ago) link
― everything, Monday, 29 August 2005 17:50 (nineteen years ago) link
― Austrian Emperor, Monday, 29 August 2005 17:57 (nineteen years ago) link
― everything, Monday, 29 August 2005 22:02 (nineteen years ago) link
― disco violence (disco violence), Monday, 29 August 2005 22:13 (nineteen years ago) link
I liked the first album, the Welsh-language album and RATW but can pretty much take or leave the others.
― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Tuesday, 30 August 2005 07:39 (nineteen years ago) link
This time round, no DVD and no big fanfare. Also, bad typography on the album sleeve seems to = kiss of death. (see Ocean Colour Scene etc although that's not a good comparison)
― mark grout (mark grout), Tuesday, 30 August 2005 07:48 (nineteen years ago) link
― mark grout (mark grout), Tuesday, 30 August 2005 07:50 (nineteen years ago) link
― mark grout (mark grout), Tuesday, 30 August 2005 10:04 (nineteen years ago) link
― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Tuesday, 30 August 2005 10:08 (nineteen years ago) link
dom -- they are on sony, right? indie?
― N_RQ, Tuesday, 30 August 2005 10:12 (nineteen years ago) link
― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Tuesday, 30 August 2005 10:14 (nineteen years ago) link
― Mippy (Mippy), Tuesday, 30 August 2005 10:15 (nineteen years ago) link
Oh, and there's a rewindie on it.
― mark grout (mark grout), Tuesday, 30 August 2005 10:19 (nineteen years ago) link
― keith m (keithmcl), Wednesday, 31 August 2005 00:09 (nineteen years ago) link
― edward o (edwardo), Wednesday, 31 August 2005 00:13 (nineteen years ago) link
Would have been top ten if it'd been released the week after they all get their loan cheques.
― James Mitchell (James Mitchell), Wednesday, 31 August 2005 00:29 (nineteen years ago) link
― mark grout (mark grout), Wednesday, 31 August 2005 07:08 (nineteen years ago) link
― Pvt. Dave Goes To Far (scarlet), Wednesday, 31 August 2005 07:53 (nineteen years ago) link
The new album is brilliant. I'm a fan of the more spikey fast stuff but I have to say that this is now my favourite Furry longplayer.
I'm glad they've ditched the overt politics, it was a bit clanky, though they seem to have got it right when they do it with a sense of humour like with Lazerbeam which was supposedly inspired by a Tony Blair speech!
― Louie_Strychnine, Wednesday, 31 August 2005 08:02 (nineteen years ago) link
― Sick Mouthy (Nick Southall), Wednesday, 31 August 2005 08:38 (nineteen years ago) link
― Deluxe (Damian), Wednesday, 31 August 2005 09:03 (nineteen years ago) link
― zeus, Wednesday, 31 August 2005 09:38 (nineteen years ago) link
― Louie_Strychnine, Wednesday, 31 August 2005 10:14 (nineteen years ago) link
never failed and this album, apart from cahrt performance, proves it
― paolo, Thursday, 1 September 2005 10:43 (nineteen years ago) link
― weasel diesel (K1l14n), Thursday, 1 September 2005 14:41 (nineteen years ago) link
also .. do you think the band actually care re chart placings ?
i reckon not - they have their solid-n-reliable fanbase and i suspect that they realise that thats as good as it will get at this stage in the game.
― mark e (mark e), Thursday, 1 September 2005 14:57 (nineteen years ago) link
― paulx, Thursday, 1 September 2005 15:12 (nineteen years ago) link
― enjoy bell woods, Thursday, 1 September 2005 21:37 (nineteen years ago) link
That's seriously one of the most outrageously stupid things I've read on here.
― enjoy bell woods, Thursday, 1 September 2005 21:39 (nineteen years ago) link
I liked the first album, the Welsh-language album and RATW but can pretty much take or leave the others."
That's your loss. They're pretty much the most daring pop rock band there is and certainly much better than the majority of the dross that leaks out of the UK. They've attracted a lot of fans in the decade they've been around but have never been able to really get into the public eye. I don't think it has anything to do with the music, because it's all practically been critically acclaimed since their debut. They're just kind of everymen who don't seem to care whether or not they can create an Earth-shattering masterpiece. In a sense, yes, the band are just there, but that's not necessarily a bad thing. Guerrilla and Radiator are two of the best albums of the ;90s, and their output this decade, especially with Phantom Power, has been really great as well. The album that should've gotten attention in 2003 was Phantom Power, not Hail to the Thief (talk about a band that's run its course).
Oh, and that Stylus review of Love Kraft is an abomination. It was poorly written and researched. It's a good thing no one gives a shit about that site.
― enjoy bell woods, Thursday, 1 September 2005 21:49 (nineteen years ago) link
― That bloody Scruff again, Thursday, 1 September 2005 22:13 (nineteen years ago) link
― keith m (keithmcl), Friday, 2 September 2005 00:20 (nineteen years ago) link
― enjoy bell woods, Friday, 2 September 2005 00:44 (nineteen years ago) link
Very surprised at this news for SFA. I figured that they would break the Top 10, at the very least. I deleted this album and can’t wait to buy it on September 13.
― BeeOK (boo radley), Friday, 2 September 2005 01:21 (nineteen years ago) link
― mark grout (mark grout), Friday, 2 September 2005 06:50 (nineteen years ago) link
― paulx, Friday, 2 September 2005 07:41 (nineteen years ago) link
― gea, Friday, 2 September 2005 07:56 (nineteen years ago) link
To see SFA make another really tepid record that lacks any seriously memorable pop hooks, is crushingly one-paced and totally without energy, is not funny at all.
SFA are miles better than Supergrass, but the Supergrass album has better tunes this time out, even though it's a dull Beatles homage.
― Sick Mouthy (Nick Southall), Friday, 2 September 2005 07:58 (nineteen years ago) link
― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Friday, 2 September 2005 08:10 (nineteen years ago) link
― hstencil (hstencil), Friday, 9 September 2005 18:06 (nineteen years ago) link
― gazza2, Friday, 9 September 2005 18:19 (nineteen years ago) link
― jenna2, Friday, 9 September 2005 18:32 (nineteen years ago) link
― enjoy bell woods (sjjd111), Friday, 9 September 2005 18:35 (nineteen years ago) link
― jenna2, Friday, 9 September 2005 19:08 (nineteen years ago) link
― zeus, Friday, 9 September 2005 20:50 (nineteen years ago) link
ah that wasn't how i heard it, but whatever.
― hstencil (hstencil), Friday, 9 September 2005 20:56 (nineteen years ago) link
Sorry! Tone of thread and all.
― kit brash (kit brash), Friday, 9 September 2005 21:24 (nineteen years ago) link
-- hstencil (hstenc!...), September 9th, 2005."
what did you hear then? I'm all for a bit of dirt and I can't stand chloe.
― gazza2, Friday, 9 September 2005 23:25 (nineteen years ago) link
― mai, Tuesday, 13 September 2005 14:22 (nineteen years ago) link
― enjoy bell woods (sjjd111), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 14:27 (nineteen years ago) link
― Karen Rees, Thursday, 15 September 2005 23:33 (nineteen years ago) link
― Gorkylover, Friday, 16 September 2005 04:46 (nineteen years ago) link
― donut Get Behind Me Carbon Dioxide (donut), Friday, 16 September 2005 05:52 (nineteen years ago) link
― jenna2, Friday, 16 September 2005 12:32 (nineteen years ago) link
'sout in Australia now, I saw it on an HMV listening post last week.
― kit brash (kit brash), Friday, 16 September 2005 22:37 (nineteen years ago) link
― Gorkylover, Saturday, 17 September 2005 05:02 (nineteen years ago) link
― mai, Saturday, 17 September 2005 13:26 (nineteen years ago) link
― Pashmina (Pashmina), Saturday, 17 September 2005 13:59 (nineteen years ago) link
― Karen Rees, Monday, 26 September 2005 03:03 (nineteen years ago) link
I'll play it once more but if no grabby, that's all.
― mark grout (mark grout), Monday, 26 September 2005 08:02 (nineteen years ago) link
― Karen Rees, Monday, 26 September 2005 20:26 (nineteen years ago) link
but... it's not that kind of album!
put on some nice headphones; let it age like fine wine or crumbly tongue-tautening extra-extra sharp cheddar cheese! or or or
― marc h. (marc h.), Monday, 26 September 2005 21:54 (nineteen years ago) link
― hub, Tuesday, 27 September 2005 08:24 (nineteen years ago) link
― castro, Monday, 3 October 2005 10:24 (nineteen years ago) link
Someone should mention Zabrinski at this point, and thei lsuh 3rd album that's currently on our office stereo.
― mei (mei), Monday, 10 October 2005 11:17 (nineteen years ago) link
― hideous, Wednesday, 19 October 2005 10:36 (nineteen years ago) link
― ESTEBAN BUTTEZ~!!, Wednesday, 19 October 2005 11:22 (nineteen years ago) link
― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Wednesday, 19 October 2005 11:26 (nineteen years ago) link
― francojuni, Wednesday, 19 October 2005 12:28 (nineteen years ago) link
― marc h. (marc h.), Saturday, 5 November 2005 22:39 (nineteen years ago) link
― keyth (keyth), Saturday, 5 November 2005 22:56 (nineteen years ago) link
it rules.
― to scour or to pop? (Haberdager), Friday, 19 January 2007 23:05 (eighteen years ago) link
― Cunga (Cunga), Saturday, 20 January 2007 00:27 (eighteen years ago) link
£3 in Fopp!
― mark grout (mark grout), Saturday, 20 January 2007 01:36 (eighteen years ago) link
― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Saturday, 20 January 2007 02:32 (eighteen years ago) link
― Bee OK (boo radley), Saturday, 20 January 2007 05:57 (eighteen years ago) link
― Haikunym (Haikunym), Saturday, 20 January 2007 06:53 (eighteen years ago) link
As a whole, the record reminds me a little of Mutations by Beck, in terms of its eclecticism, its vibe ('party-apocalyptic' interspersed with 'oddly-affecting'), the fact that it's a consistently excellent album which still gets away with sticking the best tracks at the beginning and the end, its ambition, and above all its undeniable quality.
― to scour or to pop? (Haberdager), Saturday, 20 January 2007 10:20 (eighteen years ago) link
That long song, though, it's pretty long!
― mark grout (mark grout), Saturday, 20 January 2007 11:12 (eighteen years ago) link
BUT FUCK A FOREIGN LANGUAGE, EH???
― God Bows to Meth (noodle vague), Saturday, 20 January 2007 12:26 (eighteen years ago) link
― zeus (zeus), Saturday, 20 January 2007 17:18 (eighteen years ago) link
Gruff's second solo album is great. I pretty much love every song on there. "Skylon!" is phenomenal.
Neon Neon seems promising, though who knows how that sort of thing will turn out. (http://www.myspace.com/neonx2).
― sjd111 (sjjd111), Saturday, 20 January 2007 20:51 (eighteen years ago) link
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c382/guacamowa/under_jan_2007.jpg
― sjd111 (sjjd111), Saturday, 20 January 2007 20:52 (eighteen years ago) link
Na, just didn't know about them when they were only a Welsh band or before the Creation Record days. First thing I bought was the "God! Show Me Magic" EP then proceeded to buy just about every single EP and every album after that.
Still have yet to hear Gruff Rhys solo album because I was only listening to 2006 records to make my end of the year list. By most accounts it's pretty good so I'm looking forward to hearing it.
― Bee OK (boo radley), Sunday, 21 January 2007 02:11 (eighteen years ago) link
― Haikunym (Haikunym), Sunday, 21 January 2007 03:28 (eighteen years ago) link
― Mr. Snrub (Mr. Snrub), Sunday, 21 January 2007 03:34 (eighteen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Sunday, 21 January 2007 05:21 (eighteen years ago) link
― zeus (zeus), Sunday, 21 January 2007 10:44 (eighteen years ago) link
yes, and gloriously so!
― marc h. (marc h.), Sunday, 21 January 2007 15:32 (eighteen years ago) link