Super Furry Animals - Love Kraft - The Super Furry Animals seem to have stopped moving into left field. In fact, Love Kraft might even be mistaken for a fairly conventional rock/pop album. But even if their rapid-fire genre-hopping onslaught has slowed considerably, it certainly hasn't affected their songwriting, and Love Kraft has many of the year's best songs. They're not breaking any new ground here, but a band in its maturity can be forgiven for settling down a little bit and focusing on songcraft (that's pretty much what everybody does).
As I've already written here, the slowed pace has enabled the Super Furry Animals to make the most coherent and focused album of their career, and even if their whirlwind compositions no longer make your head spin, there are still many gorgeous subtleties to be found in their characteristically lush orchestrations and brilliant pop melodies.
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On an unrelated note, a happy birthday to: Bo Diddley, Sandy Koufax, Michael Nesmith, Davy Jones, Patti Smith, Jeff Lynne, Matt Lauer, Tracy Ullman, Ben Johnson, Kerry Collins, Tiger Woods, Tyrese, Eliza Dushku, Kristin Kreuk, and Lebron James. (Sean Hannity's birthday is also today but I'd be lying if I said I cared whether or not he has a happy one.)
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