Super Furry America

With the arrival (finally!) of Hey Venus!, The Super Furry Animals’ follow-up to Love Kraft, Gruff Rhys and the crew are heading out to tour the US. Though they’ve struggled to attain little more than a cult status here in the states, Rhys relishes American audiences. “I think the audiences in the U.S. in our case are quite attentive, and really listen to the songs, ya know, and take everything in,” he explains. “Especially in Wales, the audiences can be really inebriated. They want some sort of hedonistic ritual … event. So it’s a bit of a relief for us to come tour in the U.S.”

Also in SFA news, Rhys will be collaborating with producer Boom Bip on a project due later this year. Titled Neon Neon, he calls it a “quite backhanded, electronic pop album about the lives of John De Lorean, the car manufacturer.”

Meanwhile, SFA will be landing in a city near you:

1/23 – Hoboken, N.J. – Maxwell’s
1/25 – Brooklyn, N.Y. – Music Hall of Williamsburg
1/26 – Philadelphia – Starlight Ballroom
1/27 – Washington, D.C. – 9:30 Club
1/29 – Carrboro, N.C. – Cats Cradle
1/30 – Atlanta, G.A. – Variety Playhouse
1/31 – New Orleans, L.A. – The Republic
2/1 – Dallas, T.X. – Granada Theater
2/2 – Austin, T.X. – Emo’s
2/5 – Tucson, A.Z. – Club Congress
2/6 – Solana Beach, C.A. – Belly Up Tavern
2/8 – Los Angeles, C.A. – Echoplex
2/9 – San Francisco, C.A. – Great American Music Hall
2/11: Portland, O.R. – Doug Fir
2/12 – Seattle, W.A. – Neumo’s
2/15 – Minneapolis, M.N. – Varsity Theatre
2/16 – Chicago, I.L. – Metro
2/17 – Detroit, M.I. – Magic Stick
2/18 – Buffalo, N.Y. – Tralf Music Hall
2/20 – Toronto – Mod Club
2/21 – Montreal, Q.C. – Cabaret
2/22 – Ithaca, N.Y. – Cornell University
2/23 – Boston, M.A. – Paradise
2/24-25 – New York, N.Y. – Bowery Ballroomhttp://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003701085