For what you're about to read, we're truly sorry.
That we're even in this situation is utterly ludicrous.
But the ramifications of inaction are unimaginable.
We *need* your support.
🧵THREAD👇
Twenty years since we performed at Glastonbury Festival and one confused attendee drove their van into the middle of the crowd in front of us.
Mae hi’n ugain mlynedd heddiw ers i ni chwarae Gŵyl yr Ynys Wydrin ac i un person mynd ar goll wrth yrru ei fan trwy’r dorf.
Help us,
Help
@savethesevern
prevent more dumping of radioactive and chemically-contaminated sediment.
Help us stop EDF with a judicial review.
Help fund that legal action.
Please, donate what you can.
For our Severn. For our future.
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The first song ever recorded as
@superfurry
Former lead singer and friend of the band, Ifans, performed the track in the studio in 1993.
Left in band archives for almost thirty years.
% of profits donated to
@savethesevern
When we released Rings Around The World in 2001 it was the first album/DVD to be released simultaneously. Each track had a video - here they are in an easy-to-consume YouTube playlist.
Dyma rhestr-chwarae o'r holl fideos a gynhyrchwyd ar gyfer RATW...
🏴ON THIS DAY/AR Y DIWRNOD HYN🏴
@superfurry
released The Man Don’t Give a Fuck on this day in ‘96
It was originally intended as a B-side for If You Don't Want Me to Destroy You,but the band weren’t able to clear the sample of Steely Dan’s Show Biz Kids.
Phantom Power was released on this day in 2003.
Ein chweched record hir.
Contains Hello Sunshine, Slow Life, Golden Retriever and The Piccolo Snare.
It was mixed by the one and only Mario Caldato Jr.
Today would have been the first day of the cancelled
@glastonbury
. In that vein, here's a virtual setlist of us playing there throughout the years.
Dyma ddolen i weld ni yng Ngŵyl yr Ynys Wydryn dros y blynyddoedd. Geiriau anghywir, techno estynedig ayyb.
The Ice Hockey Hair EP was released on 25th May 1998.
There were two music videos made for the songs on it.
Cyrhaeddodd rhif 12 ar siart senglau'r DU.
Watch here / Gwyliwch yma:
Today is 20 years to the day since we performed at
@GlastoFest
and one confused attendee drove their van into the middle of the crowd in front of us.
Mae hi’n ugain mlynedd heddiw ers i ni chwarae Gŵyl yr Ynys Wydrin ac i un person mynd ar goll wrth yrru ei fan trwy’r dorf.
🎈🎈RELEASED ON THIS DAY / RHYDDHAWYD AR Y DIWRNOD YMA 🎈🎈
On May 20th 1996 Fuzzy Logic was released by Creation Records.
For its 20th anniversary we re-mastered it from the original tapes and re-issued it with rare treats.
Listen now / Ffrydiwch yma:
The van don't give a fuck.
The Other Stage, 1999.
Gruff: It was horrific to watch. We thought somebody was going to get killed.
Daf: I had a front row seat on the riser. I could see it all happening and I just thought "This is amazing".
#GlastonburyMemories
To mark
#WelshLanguageMusicDay
we've made a playlist of Welsh songs from our back catalogue. B-sides, Peel Sessions etc...
Follow
@DyddMiwsigCymru
and
#DyddMiwsigCymru
for music of all genres being produced through Welsh today.
Os 'dach chi'n gwybod...
The 20th Anniversary reissue of Rings Around The World has been remastered from the original tapes which you can enjoy across all formats. The deluxe 3CD and digital albums include a bunch of unreleased recordings that we’ve unearthed from our archives!
Our album Mwng is 20 years old this week.
Here's a selection of tracks from the album being played live from over the years...
Penblwydd hapus i Mwng 'rwythnos yma. Dewis o draciau byw, sesiynau Peel ag ati o'r record sy' yma...
Diwrnod arall, penblwydd arall...
Rings Around the World was released on this day in 2001.
The first album ever released simultaneously on DVD (remember those?). Each track had a video made for it.
Handily, you can watch them all at this link...
Released on this day in 1996... Something 4 The Weekend was the third single from Fuzzy Logic.
Watch / Gwyliwch:
Cyrhaeddodd y gân rhif 18 ar y siart senglau ym Mhrydain.
Ail-rhyddhad Guerrilla i ddathlu ei ugain-mlwyddiant. Wedi'w ail-fastro o'r tapiau gwreiddiol. Ar gael i'w rhag-archebu rwan:
The 20th anniversary edition of Guerrilla. Remastered from the original tapes available to pre-order now:
Ugain mlynedd yn ôl yr wythnos yma / Twenty years ago this week we announced a deal to sponsor
@CardiffCityFC
's shirts.
Rhag-archebwch // Pre-order the 20th anniversary edition of Guerrilla:
Twenty years ago today we released one of the final releases on Creation Records.
We fully re-mastered the audio from the original tapes and upgraded the original video to create a hi-definition feast for the senses...
Ugain mlynedd...
Finally in HD, with completely remastered audio, the video for Fire In My Heart is on our YouTube channel for the first time.
Hen bryd i hon fod ar gael i chi wylio trwy eich hoff declyn. Mewn uchel-ddiffiniad a sain wedi ei ail-fastro.
🎉🎈PENBLWYDD HAPUS MWNG🎈🎉
Our fourth album MWNG was released on this day twenty years ago.
Gruff: "Roedd o'n ddi-ffwdan a roedd o'n hwyl a roedden ni'n chwarae fel grŵp"
Stream / Ffrydiwch:
The Severn Estuary is a designated Marine Protected Area, as it is a highly valuable wildlife area, designated for birds and marine life, and important for fish-rearing.
Thousands of people live around the upper Estuary and use its shores and waters for recreation.
🧵1/11
A pan-European football tournament was supposed to start today, so in that spirit here's a football-adjacent song we did a while back.
Meddwl am Ffrainc pedair mlynedd yn ôl...
In 2001 our album Rings Around The World was released on DVD. A video was made for each song including B-sides.
Recreate the excitement of cutting edge technology of the new millennium with this YouTube playlist including all those videos...
Dathlwch ugain-mlwyddiant Guerrilla heddiw.
Today is 20 years to the day since Guerrilla was released by Creation Records on CD, cassette, double vinyl and MiniDisc.
By now you can stream it too. Ffrydiwch a byddwch lawen.
🎧 ▶︎
For one night only, tune into SFATV this Thursday 2nd September for a night of Furry broadcasting to celebrate 20 years of Rings Around the World.
Starts at 8.00pm at
We're excited to announce that
@petefowlerart
has updated his artwork for the Radiator singles and that limited edition signed and numbered prints are ready to pre-order from
@TransistorMus
now.
Radiator ar ei newydd wedd diolch i Pete. Archebwch rŵan.
message from Cian:
If you care about Wales, its people,the environment or our brother and sisters across the channel then please sign this! Westminster shows nothing but contempt as it continues to take us for granted!
pls help sign & share.
#GeigerBay
Every B-side from our back catalogue now available to listen to back-to-back in this handy playlist link. Click "SHUFFLE" if you're a fan of disorder.
Pob trac oedd yn ochr amgen i senglau yn ein ôl gatalog ar gael i'w ffrydio yn y fan yma.
In partnership with acclaimed artist
@petefowlerart
&
@TransistorMus
,
@thefloodgallery
are pleased to exclusively offer this ltd edition print of the classic SFA album Radiator
Reworked by Pete, spot the difference?
Signed and numbered by Fowler
Yet 100,000 tonnes of mud from near Hinkley nuclear plants was dumped in the Severn Estuary at Cardiff Grounds in 2018.
This happened despite a massive petition, hearings and a Senedd debate.
🧵2/11
*BREAKING NEWS!*
If all our followers donate just £1 to this appeal 👇🏼 then it will allow
@cianciaran
the time to put together some previously unheard and unreleased pre
@creationrecords
era compilation.
That's a promise!
Minimum £1 everyone ... £1 !
Mae fersiwn ugain-mlwyddiant “Guerrilla” yn llawn o waith celf gwreiddiol
@petefowlerart
.
The 20th anniversary edition of “Guerrilla” is full of original concept art from Pete Fowler like this fax he sent in 1999.
Rhag-archebwch // Pre-order:
Welsh Ministers claimed it had passed all international requirements, but we established in Court it lacked an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA).
🧵3/11
Before signing to Creation we released music on legendary Welsh label Ankst. This track from 1995 later appeared on our Creation compilation Out Spaced in 1998.
Dwy awr o gwsg...
The EIA was needed to establish what contaminants (nuclear?) are in the mud, and where they go when dispersed in the water.
They don’t disappear in the sea, but deposit on beaches, move onshore in spray and winds, or concentrate in the Estuary’s marine life.
🧵4/11
🏴ON THIS DAY / AR Y DIWRNOD HYN🏴
@superfurry
released Demons on this day in 1997, which reached No.27
Manfred Mann’s Earth Band released a cover called Demons & Dragons
Shy Nobleman’s version in Hebrew
'Radiator' has been nominated for
@NME
Awards' 2017 Best Re-Issue! Want to give SFA's a vote?
Click here 👉
Want to listen to the remastered version of 'Radiator'?
Click here 👉
Fine particles also stay suspended in the water making it difficult for marine life.
The Welsh regulator,
@NatResWales
(NRW) completely misjudged the basic drift of deposited mud.
🧵5/11
Phantom Power was released on this day in 2003.
Ein chweched record hir.
Contains Hello Sunshine, Slow Life, Golden Retriever and The Piccolo Snare.
It was mixed by the one and only Mario Caldato Jr.
500 000 tonnes of Hinkley mud are now to be dumped at Portishead.
This dumping was licensed by
@The_MMO
– the English Marine Management Organisation – on the basis of EDF’s skimped EIA that brushed over the key issues of *what* contaminants, and where they *go*.
🧵7/11
We've remastered Guerrilla for its' 20th anniversary. By now you can explore where it was recorded without leaving the house.
rhag-archebwch Guerrilla // pre-order Guerrilla:
fforiwch // explore
@realworldstudio
:
Nuclear microparticles, which would have passed through cooling-pond filters, are undetected by nuclear spectrometry.
Such particles cause cancers and mutations if they get into humans, animals, marine life and birds.
🧵10/11
@The_MMO
believes the strong tidal currents quickly spread dispersing mud throughout the upper Estuary.
But, while dumped at Portishead, it soon reaches the Newport and Chepstow mudflats, as well as the Avon, Usk, Wye and Rhymney estuaries.
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