Description
Label Review.
37 tracks - all their singles plus more. Includes the unofficial Welsh football song Bing Bong.
Our Overview.
“When Super Furry Animals’s first album, Fuzzy Logic, was released in 1996, it introduced to a Britpop enthralled audience, a band who had only the loosest interest in being part of the rock movement of the moment. They were more concerned with producing a demented cocktail of warped psychedelic dreaminess, Beach Boys melodies and gonzo glam rock. It was a patchy debut, but all the ingredients are here – the mischief, the melodies and taste for cultural havoc (this was a band who modified an army tank into a rave sound system as well as celebrating Howard Marks on Fuzzy Logic and its cover)” wrote the Guardian 2015, which is a fabulous intro into a band who were one of the first post-alternative bands, fusing together a number of disparate musical genres, including power pop, punk rock, techno, and progressive rock, creating a shimmering, melodic, irreverent, and wilfully artsy rock & roll.
As one of the leading bands of the mid-'90s Welsh movement, they were already tagged as outsiders by their tendency to sing entire songs in their native tongue, but their very approach was unique, full of both whimsy and left-wing political activism.
‘Zoom! The Best Of (1995-2016)’ a career-spanning collection containing every single to date, along with fan favourites and band chosen deep cuts. Includes tracks from every Super Furry Animals studio album and recent new single ‘Bing Bong’, the unofficial Welsh Euro 2016 anthem. The ‘Zoom!’ artwork features amazing new cover illustrations by celebrated, long-time SFA illustrator Pete Fowler and the booklet includes exclusive sleeve notes. The artwork for this release has been created by legendary, classic Super Furry’s designer Pete Fowler and also includes sleeve notes by journalist Simon Price.