Gruff Rhys – Pang! //Rough Trade// (Released 13th September)

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£23.99 – Indies Only Deluxe Limited Edition Blue & White Splatter Vinyl LP & Poster

£15.99 – Green Coloured Vinyl LP

The new album from Super Furry Animals‘ maverick frontman Gruff Rhys, Pang! is a Welsh Language pop album with a couple of verses of Zulu and an English title. Pang! developed unexpectedly over about 18 months. A solo album of songs by Gruff Rhys, produced & mixed by the South African electronic artist Mmusi.

Recorded in Cardiff, Wales. It was mixed by the producer Muzi in Johannesburg, South Africa. Drums by Welsh-American psychedelic warlord Kliph Scurlock (Flaming Lips), brass by Gavin Fitzjohn and flute and percussion by the engineer Kris Jenkins. Beats, bass & ah’s by Muzi with Gruff on vocals and guitar.

Gruff explains “Pang! Is a Welsh language song with an English title. It started life as a folk reel and soon expanded into a ‘list’ song, listing various reasons for pangs; hunger, regret, twitter, pain, bad design etc. Using the English word pang in a Welsh language track may appear weird but I suppose it’s like using the French word ‘Magazine’ in an English song. In that it’s slightly pretentious but completely acceptable”.

Tracklisting:

A1. Pang!

A2. Bae Bae Bae

A3. Digidigol

A4. Ara Deg

A5. Eli Haul

B1. Niwl O Anwiredd

B2. Taranau Mai

B3. Oi Bys Nodau Clust

B4. Annedd Im Danedd