Super Furry Animals have announced their return this spring with a deluxe 15th anniversary reissue of their long out-of-print album Mwng and a series of hugely anticipated UK gigs – their first since 2009!
Following a flurry of furry activity, including solo projects, a new book entitled ‘The Rise of the Super Furry Animals’ and a muted reunion show at Howard Marks memorial gig. Awesome genre hopping Welsh band Super Furry Animals are set to return in earnest this May with a series of shows, their first in six years and a reissue of their 2000 album Mwng!
Originally released in 2000 on the band’s own Placid Casual label (between deals with Creation and Sony), the Super Furries career-defining fourth album Mwng was the band’s only Welsh language long player. It reached Number 11 in the UK album charts and was their highest selling record globally up to that point. It remains the biggest selling Welsh language album of all time. On its original release, the record was praised in an Early Day Motion in the House of Commons for its significant part in promoting the language and culture of Wales. You can listen to ‘Ymaelodi Â’r Ymylon’ from the album HERE
Not only is 2015 the 15th anniversary of Mwng’s release and the 20th anniversary of the band’s first gigs (and the release of Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch (In Space), the band’s first EP).
Mwng will be re-released on a Friday (May 1st, International Worker’s Day) via Domino Records. Super Furry Animals will play their first gigs since December 2009 in the week that Mwng is reissued. The band play:
1st/2nd Cardiff University Great Hall
5th Glasgow O2 Academy
6th Manchester Albert Hall
8th London O2 Academy Brixton
Tickets go on sale Thursday March 5th at 9am.
Mwng deluxe vinyl tracklisting:
Side A – Mwng Side 1
Drygioni
Ymaelodi Â’r Ymylon
Y Gwyneb Iau
Dacw Hi
Nythod Cacwn
Pan Ddaw’r Wawr
Side B – Mwng Side 2
Ysbeidiau Heulog
Y Teimlad
Sarn Helen
Gwreiddiau Dwfn/Mawrth Oer Ar Y Blaned Neifion
Side C – Mwng Bach
Cryndod Yn Dy Lais
Trons Mr. Urdd
Calimero
Sali Mali
(Nid) Hon Yw’r Gân Sy’n Mynd I Achub Yr Iaith
Side D – Peel Session
Nythod Cacwn
Cryndod Yn Dy Lais
Y Gwyneb Iau
Gwreiddiau Dwfn/Mawrth Oer Ar Y Blaned Neifion
Side E – Live At ATP
Drygioni
Ysbeidiau Heulog
Pan Ddaw’r Wawr
Y Gwyneb Iau
Ymaelodi Â’r Ymylon
Side F – Live At ATP
Nythod Cacwn
Gwreiddiau Dwfn/Mawrth Oer Ar Y Blaned Neifion
Mwng deluxe CD tracklisting:
CD1 – Mwng
Drygioni
Ymaelodi Â’r Ymylon
Y Gwyneb Iau
Dacw Hi
Nythod Cacwn
Pan Ddaw’r Wawr
Ysbeidiau Heulog
Y Teimlad
Sarn Helen
Gwreiddiau Dwfn/Mawrth Oer Ar Y Blaned Neifion
Mwng Bach
Cryndod Yn Dy Lais
Trons Mr. Urdd
Calimero
Sali Mali
(Nid) Hon Yw’r Gân Sy’n Mynd I Achub Yr Iaiath
CD2: Peel Session
Nythod Cacwn
Cryndod Yn Dy Lais
Y Gwyneb Iau
Gwreiddiau Dwfn/Mawrth Oer Ar Y Blaned Neifion
Live At ATP
Drygioni
Ysbeidiau Heulog
Pan Ddaw’r Wawr
Y Gwyneb Iau
Ymaelodi Â’r Ymylon
Nythod Cacwn
Gwreiddiau Dwfn/Mawrth Oer Ar Y Blaned Neifion
