Phantom Power Colorado

Phantom Power

Super Furry Animals

Beggars XI Recording, 2003

REVIEW BY: Adam Mico

ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED: 09/02/2003

The Super Furry Animals were a band that I previouslyoverlooked. While perusing a review compilation site, I noticed arecently released and highly rated CD by the above-mentioned. With Phantom Power, they garnered an average score that exceededthe minimum standard of that site's highest possible rating.Considering that put them in rarified air, I definitely feltobligated to hear what compelled the collective praise.

Immediately after clicking out of that page, I researchedvarious sites for THE word on Super Furry Animals. Prior to 1996's Fuzzy Logic, this Welsh band only performed in their nativetongue. Gruff Rhys (lead vocals, guitar), Dafydd Ieuan (Drums,percussion, vocals), Cian Ciaran (keyboards, electronics), GutoPryce (bass) and Huw Bunford (guitar, petal steel and vocals) arethe Super Furry Animals. Indie pop, neo-psychedelia, Britpop andalternative pop/rock highlighted their affected genres and SuperFurry Animals' attributed tones consisted of being gleeful,boisterous, playful, trippy and quirky.

Since these qualities perforated each punch hole in my mentalchecklist, I had a giddy immediate reaction. Light-headed from theanticipation of Phantom Power, I hopped in the family Lear jet in order toimmediately purchase the CD.

While cruising around the world to find a record store with asuitable landing strip, I could not keep my mind off the majesticqualities of the album title. Unfortunately, the hunt was turningout to be a lost cause, since the gas prices were killing me.Therefore, I took full advantage of my village's transit andhitched a bus to the nearest record store.