Super Furry Animals-Dark Days-Light Years-2009-DV8

Artist: Super Furry Animals


Title: Dark Days/Light Years


Label: Rough Trade


Genre: Indie


Bitrate: 198kbit av.


Time: 00:59:54


Size: 88.50 mb


Rip Date: 2009-04-14


Str Date: 2009-04-13

1. Crazy Naked Girls 6:15


2. Mt. 4:25


3. Moped Eyes 4:12


4. Inaugural Trams 5:19


5. Inconvenience 3:42


6. Cardiff In The Sun 8:16


7. The Very Best Of Neil Diamond 4:14


8. Helium Hearts 2:50


9. White Socks/Flip Flops 5:09


10. Where Do You Wanna Go? 2:28


11. Lliviau Llachar 3:12


12. Pric 9:52

Release Notes:

Storming back to centre stage after two years of side


projects, Super Furry Animals can be proud of Dark Days/Light


Years as a masterclass in cool and seemingly effortless


psychedelia. Bookended by an opening scene, apparently taped


as the band members arrived at the studio for the first day of


recording, and a secret hidden final bit that doesn't kick in


until well past the final notes of Pric, it's a fantastic set


that's all brain-filler and no buzz-killer.

Although Crazy Naked Girl' (one of many arresting titles in


the collection) descends dangerously close to Spinal Tap


riff-a-rama, the lads seem sincere in their search for


mind-expanding music. They swerve wildly in the hunt for


inspiration, veering from Sly Stone funk to the neurotic


metronome of NEU!; and from CSN&Y laid-back pastoral acoustic


to glam-pop electric rampage. Indeed, it's easy to let listing


the tributes paid become a musical meditation as the album


ambles past.

Despite the stunning beauty of tracks including 'Cardiff In


The Sun' and White Socks/Flip Flops, the band permit the


occasional cloud to block the summer weather - Inaugural Trams


evokes a sinister euro-pop disco stomp, The Very Best Of Neil


Diamond commemorates those who've died as collateral damage,


and there's an indefinable melancholy underlying Helium


Hearts.

SFA turned up for the recordings with the full set of effects


pedals and used every last one. Studio wizardry and phenomena


production skills allow a huge box of tricks to be opened


without the magic ever overwhelming the musicianship or


songwriting.