Super Furry Animals - Fuzzy Logic

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Free Music Review: Another Day in the Mad Laboratory
Hit: 4 Stars

From the very first line of the album ??I had a soul transplant operation,?? to the very last chaotic crashing explosion of percussion and string instruments at the end of the last track (which is supposed to be the trashing of a BBC music studio), Super Furry Animals take you on a tour of their mad laboratory. At the first stop on the tour, ??God! Show Me Magic,?? SFA have promised to show you ??What the paper doesn??t show/ What the TV doesn??t say.?? It is a crash course preparing you for the delightful oddities packed in the next forty minutes of listening pleasure. The second stop on the tour, ??Fuzzy Birds,?? is the hamster cage. Bunf (lead guitarist) is praising Starvos, his hamster, for turning his exercise wheel that is wired to a dynamo system generating electricity for the house. Starvos replies, ??So won??t you give me some food, I really need to get some energy in me.?? You??re beginning to think that something isn??t quite right in the world of Super Furry Animals. It??s as if SFA and David Lynch teamed up to be the ringleaders of a new sick and twisted circus. Finally, in the third track, you find out the inspiration to their madness. Rhys tells you, ??Stuck it on the back of my tongue and swallowed it.?? ... this song is truly a masterpiece.

Even with the absurd lyrics, the album does not drown in a pool of silliness. Somehow Super Furry Animals keep it dignified among screeching guitars, psychedelic background effects, exultant melodies, and impudent lyrics. ??Frisbee,?? possibly the album??s finest track, is reflective of this SFA??s ability to produce a dreamlike musical landscape with cheeky lyrical headlines. The song begins, ??Locked in a sorry dream/ You know we??re drowning in designer ice cream.?? This is followed by a chorus of Umpalumpa-like hooting and wild guitar effects to produce a uniquely jubilant orchestral circus. Don??t put it past SFA to incorporate instruments from the classical music tradition. In songs like ??Fuzzy Birds?? and ??If You Don??t Want Me To Destroy You?? you can hear everything from French horns, to violins, to even a melodic chirpy flute.

On the more critical side, the album is not without its shortcomings. The first seven tracks lead you on a journey through sophistication and wild surprises. Then, at track 8, it slowly begins ??gathering moss.?? Of the last five tracks, three are lacking in the same creativity that pushed the first seven tracks to the edge of musical genius. In ??Bad Behavior,?? heavy guitar distortion and elementary chord progressions reduce this lyrical nightmare to little more than average punk music. It??s as if they became tired of writing songs with the release date quickly approaching, so they tossed in some fluff to get the album over forty minutes. The only gem is the ballad of ??Mario Man,?? a homage to a man who has had horrible luck in life. It begins with a music box keyboard solo and finales in an eruption of distorted guitar solos and powerful backup vocals.

SFA formed in 1993 and dabbled in electronica, but surfaced with Fuzzy Logic as one of the leading experimental bands in the UK and the frontrunner in the new Welsh music movement, alongside Gorky??s Zygotic Mynci. After the release of Fuzzy Logic, SFA gathered a cult following in the UK and Ireland, but the US was slow to release the album. Fuzzy Logic is a term used in mathematics for notions that cannot be defined precisely but which depend on their context. The music truly reflects the album title. A must have for anyone who relishes the sound of a creative, experimental band in an era of stagnant Brit-pop. SFA knew they were verging on greatness and boldly claimed in the last delightfully cheesy lyric of the album, ??we??ll be together till the end, now and forever.??

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