When Super Furry Animals went on hiatus between 2010 and 2015, there was no danger that any young chargers could spring up and steal their thunder while they were away. There wasn’t a band like them before they formed in 1993, nor could there ever be another band like them in the future - they’re too original, too irreverent and too special to so many music fans. Who else could have come out of the Cardiff punk scene of the 80s singing melodic, bilingual pop songs infused with the battling spirits of techno, psychedelia and the classic power ballad? Ostensibly, they reformed to play gigs in support of the reissue of their 2000 Welsh-language album Mwng, but you sense also that the five-piece believes it has much left to offer. Did you hear their session for Lauren Laverne in April? It was excellent.
The band has an epic history with Glastonbury, first performing in 1997, then appearing another five times, most notably as headliners of the Other Stage in 2003 when they pulled a huge crowd away from Pyramid Stage headliners Radiohead. As ever with Super Furry Animals, expect inflatable monsters and yeti costumes, but count your blessings that they no longer have their rave tank.
When Super Furry Animals went on hiatus between 2010 and 2015, there was no danger that any young chargers could spring up and steal their thunder while they were away. There wasn’t a band like them before they formed in 1993, nor could there ever be another band like them in the future - they’re too original, too irreverent and too special to so many music fans. Who else could have come out of the Cardiff punk scene of the 80s singing melodic, bilingual pop songs infused with the battling spirits of techno, psychedelia and the classic power ballad? Ostensibly, they reformed to play gigs in support of the reissue of their 2000 Welsh-language album Mwng, but you sense also that the five-piece believes it has much left to offer. Did you hear their session for Lauren Laverne in April? It was excellent.
The band has an epic history with Glastonbury, first performing in 1997, then appearing another five times, most notably as headliners of the Other Stage in 2003 when they pulled a huge crowd away from Pyramid Stage headliners Radiohead. As ever with Super Furry Animals, expect inflatable monsters and yeti costumes, but count your blessings that they no longer have their rave tank.
