Super Furry Animals - Hello Venus!
(Rough Trade, 2007)
The best welsh band ever!
After
a short run of albums that found Super Furry Animals exploring their
slower, more ponderous side, Hey Venus! sees Wales’ heady psychedelic
explorers revisit the bright melodies and glammy bounce that powered
earlier albums like 1999’s Guerilla and their fondly remembered debut,
Fuzzy Logic. While a vague sort of concept album, following the
narrative of a character, Venus, as she moves from a small town to a
great metropolis, Super Furries know enough about songcraft not to let
the backstory overshadow the melodies. "Run-Away" comes on like Queen
and the Beach Boys jamming on a Christmas Top of the Pops, "Neo
Consumer" is a pile-up of infectious vocal melodies, singalong choruses
and electronic blips that stubbornly refuses to outstay its welcome,
and as is customary these days, Bunf gets a chance on the microphone
for the profoundly odd "Battersey Odyssey". And to play counter to all
this cheer and exuberance, there’s a pair of late-doors slowies,
"Suckors" and "Let the Wolves Howl at the Moon", that usher the album
to a serene close. Eight albums in, and we’re still waiting for Super
Furry Animals to deliver a dud album; at this rate, it’s never going to
happen.
--Louis Pattison
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