Super Furry Animals Grow, Change and RediscoverIs it possible for a band to sell out by being more like themselves?Christopher Earl 2 of 2 <Back SFA started work on Love Kraft earlier this year when the band got together with all their demos and proceeded to hash through the democratic, “not very mysterious or romantic” but necessary process of picking out the 3 or 4 albums’ worth of songs that would appear on Love Kraft. Once that was done, SFA only spent three weeks in the studio to record it. “When you’re making soup, you’re trying to get the freshest ingredients,” says Bunf. With all four members of the band writing songs and singing lead vocals, there was a good chance Love Kraft might have pulled in too many Like the previous two SFA albums, Rings Around the World and Phantom Power, Love Kraft is also available in a 5.1 surround DVD but unlike the other two, this time there are no videos to go with the music. The process of creating a video for each song just seemed too time-consuming – perhaps adding another year to the production of the album. Besides, as Bunf put it, “there is lot to be said for being able to close your eyes” and simply enjoy the music without the visual distraction. As the default play mode of the Phantom Power DVD was a subtly changing wallpaper over a shelf that occasionally had some sort of object moving on it, so Bunf figures “we were going down that road anyway.” Certainly, one lasting quality of a band is the ability to grow, change, and rediscover. Super Furry Animals is certainly demonstrating that. Christopher Earl is Station Manager at CFUR Radio in Prince George, BC. 2 of 2 <Back |
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