May 01, 2014 american interior will tell the tale of john evans, who set out to find a welshspeaking native american tribe in 1792 published. During the same period super furry animals formed and ieuan left catatonia to focus on them. Listen to the latest music, tracks by top artists, search for music, lyrics, songs, or videos. Gruff rhys, sam lee, jocelyn pook, jon ronson read the blog. Candy date air lines welcomes you aboard the flight f u n to nirvana the gangway gives me shelter the merchant and the rain i shuffle for my ticket to show it once again overhead the lockers are full up to the brim of shiny souvenirs, dutyfree and film the cabault 37.
His parents were fond of poetry, and there is no doubt that it predetermined gruff s becoming and growing up. Gruff rhys has now announced the title of his new album. Download your purchases in a wide variety of formats flac, alac, wav, aiff. Welsh musician gruff rhys has been the creative force behind numerous projects over the past two decades. Prev gruff rhys american interior, rescue rooms 16. May 09, 2014 why gruff rhyss american interior is the one album you should hear this week video alexis petridis recommends american interior, the new album from super furry animals frontman gruff rhys. This is really such a wild story, and im glad gruff rhys from the super furry animals brought it to life in stunning fashion. Chad kroegers gruffle makes me want to beat down a baby with a sledgehammer. Gruff successfully acted as a member of various bands, while his solo. His following record releases would include candylion, hotel shampoo, american interior and his soundtrack album set fire to the stars. Download gruff rhys mp3 songs and albums music downloads. American interior is the latest solo album by gruff rhys of the super furry animals, but its much more than that.
Like rhys, burgess is working to bring out the melody and place it at centre stage the instrumentation is also comparable. In 2008 gruff collaborated with boom bip and released neon neon stainless style, a concept album with a string of guest musicians. We pass the crowds of testosteronefilled, shirtbursting men, the groups of hens, highheeled, permatanned, their sense of volume control lost in the days drinking. Take the music experience to the next level with our online music player. Gruff rhys on pang i met the producer muzi during the recording of the africa express track vessels in johannesburg in early 2018. It is also an exploration of how wild fantasies interact with hard history and how myth. Here are our favorite albums of the week, including wale, migeul, and more. Welsh cult musician gruff rhys super furry animals documents his latest musical road trip, retracing the fantastical american journey of his 18th century relative, the explorer john evans. The project is inspired by john evans, an 18th century explorer who traveled to america in 1792 on a mission to find a welshspeaking native american tribe. Want to watch american interior on your tv or mobile device at home. Gruff rhys journeys into the american interior the super furry animals frontmans new multimedia project explores the improbable and fantastic history of. Find details of any artist or track and save your favorite tracks in our custom playlist. Prolific pandisciplinarian gruffydd maredudd bowen rhys is best known for fronting the mighty super furry animals, but has also produced sterling work with gor.
The project also consists of rhys s solo album with tracks from the film turnstile and a hardback, paperback, ebook and app about the life of don juan evans also written by rhys penguin. Gruffydd maredudd bowen rhys tai velso muzikantas, veikiantis kaip solo atlikejas bei priklausantis kelioms grupems, tarp kuriu 10ajame desimtmetyje sekmes sulaukes projektas super furry animals. Gruff rhys ventures into the american interior two men. American interior captures rhys own attempt to retrace the footsteps of explorer john evans, who set out in the 1790s to find the lost welshspeaking tribe. It is a documentary about gruff rhys s trip to patagonia to try to locate members of his family whose ancestors had emigrated in victorian times. Embracing is an atmosphere american interior when loneliness is so austere american interior if only you could join me here american interior discovered using shazam, the music discovery app. The vocals are high in the mix, with the soft sonics acting as the scaffolding for holding the croon up above the. Gruff rhys, welsh frontman of britpop outliers and survivors super furry animals, released a new solo album, babelsberg, back in june via rough trade. Now he has shared a video for one of the albums highlights, selfies in the sunset.
Rhys spent most of 2012 retreading the path that he took more than two centuries ago. American interior is the forthcoming album, film, book and app project by gruff rhys. Gruff rhys news, views, gossip, pictures, video wales online. Gruff rhys american interior 2014, 180 gram, vinyl. American interior is the fourth solo album by gruff rhys, released on 5 may 2014. May 08, 2014 in 2012, gruff rhys set out on an investigative concert tour in the footsteps of john evans, with concerts in new orleans, baltimore, philadelphia, pittsburgh, cincinnati, st louis, north dakota and more. I was just jamming out to the radio in my car and now my voice is all gruffled. Is this for skypetoskype calls or calls to mobilelandline number.
Standing on cliffs on the gower peninsula at sundown, gazing towards the new world and rage, raging against the. Im also happy to announce brand new eu and us tour dates. Finding a streaming service to buy, rent, download, or watch the gruff rhys directed movie via subscription can be a huge. He then released his second solo effort, candylion, which includes songs in english, welsh and spanish and collaborations with lisa jen of 9bach and sean ohagan of the high llamas. The singer managed to achieve recognition due to his own distinctive character and universality. The story told in gruff rhys s american interior a vast, interdisciplinary epic by the lead singer of acclaimed rock band super furry animalssounds outlandish, but is as true as life. Jun 06, 2018 lykke li, so sad so sexy download this. Daf played with gruff rhys in their early band ffa coffi pawb. May 01, 2017 call option grayed in skype i gave a friend of mine my old logitech webcam thinking he could use it for skype. The official youtube channel of gruff rhys, musician, songwriter, solo artist and member of super furry animals and neon neon. American interior, a book but also an app, a concert tour and a documentary film, takes such multiplatform experimentation to a new level. To contact each girls, just click on one of the skype buttons and enter your skype name to login the website and go to the authentification process.
It reminded me a little of the sound on parts of gruff rhys hotel shampoo and american interior lps. Download the qobuz apps for smartphones, tablets and computers, and listen to your purchases wherever you go. Gruff rhys journeys into the american interior november 24, 2014 the super furry animals frontmans new multimedia project explores the improbable and fantastic history of his 18thcentury. Welsh musician gruff rhys was born in city haverfordwest in 1970. Sometime super furry animal, sometime author, filmmaker, soundtrack composer and psychedelic troubadour gruff rhys recently put together a spotify playlist subtitled depressing songwriters sing piano driven vaguely orchestral pop. Evans didnt find the tribe and for rhys the journey itself is the destination, a journey he chronicled in a film, in a book, and in this concept album.
Praxis makes perfect, in scale, seems inferior when compared to american interior, an affectionate tribute to fellow welshman john evans. Why gruff rhyss american interior is the one album you. Description provided by wikipedia under creative commons attribution ccbysa 4. In 2012, gruff rhys set out on an investigative concert tour in the footsteps of john evans, with concerts in new orleans, baltimore, philadelphia, pittsburgh, cincinnati, st louis, north dakota and more. Laura nyros american dove, jonis free man in paris and stephen bishops. The album will feature appearances by gruff rhys, yeah yeah yeahs nick zinner, georgia and several south african artists. Originally rising to attention as the frontman of muchloved psychedelic indierock band super furry animals, rhys has gone on to release a series of solo albums, collaborate with acts including gorillaz and simian mobile disco, and provide soundtrack music for everything from films to. The song is about taking selfies as the world ends and features the guest vocals of actressmodel lily cole the. Gruff rhys is the lead singer of the welsh band super furry animals. Babelsberg looks at rhys world as it is now, externally and internally. Albums include plastic beach, dark night of the soul, and hotel shampoo. Gruff rhys super furry animals gruff rhys attacks plans to demolish gwdihw and guildford crescent this magnifies the corporate takeover of central cardiff and is a further insult to home grown.
He released a third solo album, hotel shampoo on 14th. American interior will tell the tale of john evans, who set out to find a welshspeaking native american tribe in 1792 published. Gruff rhys super furry animals reunites with dylan gochand and the team behind gruff s 2010 critically acclaimed film separado. American interior is a psychedelic historical travelogue from welsh pop legend gruff rhys in 1792, john evans, a twentytwoyearold farmhand from snowdonia, wales, travelled to america to discover whether there was indeed, as widely believed, a tribe of welshspeaking native. Gruff rhys and lisa jen live at custom house square 2007. Show all release groups instead, or show various artists release groups. It was released in cinemas in the uk on 9 may 2014.
Combining the cut up guitar of south african guitar legend phuzekhemisi and his own beats, i got to spend a memorable time with members of bcuc figuring out some melodies and lyrics for muzi to record over his beats. His first solo album, yr atal genhedlaeth preceded his bands lp, love kraft, in winter 05. Get your kindle here, or download a free kindle reading app. Like most projects involving gruff though, theres more to american interior than initial impressions suggest. Feb 06, 2020 01 american interior 02 sugar inside 03 y gwenan gorn 04 cylchdro amser download links. American interior 2014 stream and watch online moviefone. Pete fowler has provided visuals for all elements of the project. Alone and without a horse, he walked into the wilderness of the great. Gruff rhys and his band, super furry animals, have rocked my world since 1996 when they released one of the most magnificent debut albums of all time, fuzzy logic, and they, to my astonishment, managed to surpass their stellar first album several times with some truly remarkable, wildly creative pieces of work. Rumer, nottingham albert hall, february 28th, 2015. The amazing story told through 100 messages, including pieces of artwork, animations, prose, film clips and original music features original words, audio, music and sound effects by.
Posted on may 30, 20 by the lone reader blog its a bright but cold saturday evening, the first weekend in may. Gruff rhys s new project, american interior, comprises a featurelength film, album, book, and app, all telling the story of rhys s eccentric, adventuring ancestor, john evans. The quixotic journey of john evans, his search for a lost tribe and how. American interior is the title track from the new album, film, book and app project by gruff. Follow gruff rhys as he searches for the true story of john evans, and his quest to find a long lost tribe of welsh speaking native americans. He accidentally annexed a third of north america gruff rhys on. His travels were inspired by 18thcentury explorer john evans, who sailed the atlantic to try to discover a tribe of welshspeaking native americans that were the subject of. However, even though skype could see the camera as a device and even the mic and video tested fine from within skype, the actual button to make a call or video call are grayed out. There is a man in music today who never seems to put a foot wrong all whilst producing a disarmingly eclectic body of music. The project also consists of rhys s solo album with tracks from the film turnstile and a hardback, paperback, ebook and app about the life of don juan evans also written by rhys. He was a drummer for welsh band catatonia from 19931996, recording on their early singles and debut album way beyond blue released in 1996. Embracing is an atmosphere american interior when loneliness is so austere american interi.
Haverfordwest, pembrokeshire, wales, united kingdom area. This playful and poetic documentary from welsh rock singer gruff rhys charts his journey across the heartland of america. Not only that, his work also comes with a sense of wonder, discovery and selffulfillment. Gruff rhys american interior official video youtube. It is a concept album based on the life of the explorer john evans. In 1792, john evans, a twentytwoyearold farmhand from snowdonia, wales, travelled to america to discover whether there was indeed. For each skype users, you can check what the person is looking for. Gruff rhys american interior limited to 500 deluxe. In 2014, the pair codirected a film about the welsh explorer john evans, american interior. For one, the explorer in question is john evans, the man who first mapped out the missouri river whilst searching for another of those lost welsh tribes, and who rhys has suggested might also be a distant relative of his. By 2005 gruff rhys released his first solo album, yr atal genhedlaeth, having already achieved a degree of mainstream success with super furry animals. John evans, a twentytwoyearold farmhand from snowdonia, wales, travelled to america to discover whether there was, as widely. From a screening of gruff rhys american interior to a performance of the waterboys, there was plenty to. Gruff rhys journeys into the american interior the super furry animals frontmans new multimedia project explores the improbable and fantastic history of his 18thcentury ancestor john evans.
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