Super Furry Animals

Forsaking some of the Technicolor glory of their past releases for a feeling that's more folky than freaky, SFA have crafted one of the highpoints of their spastic career. Here, lazy psychedelia is spliced with bizarre reggae sound explosions and cosmic soft rock. A mind-melting experience all the way through.

Having reached a pinnacle of spacey pop genius with 2001's Rings Around the World, the
Welsh quintet Super Furry Animals could be forgiven for taking a rest, as its members seem
to do on Phantom Power's gorgeous opening track, the pastoral "Hello Sunshine." But that
song's easy beauty obscures a glum plea for relief -- "In honesty it's been a while/Since we
had reason left to smile" -- and on most of the fourteen densely composed yet ef... More >