Candylion

Super Furry Animals front-man Gruff Rhys finally releases his second solo album. Following his 2005 debut album 'Yr Atal Genhedlaeth', 'Candylion' is a mesmerising musical journey with one of Wales' most talented singer / songwriters.

"I listened to this one at first because I was taken by the cover and hoped and wished that the music would match it. It did…. and then some! A real Welshman from Wales and member of Super Furry Animals, this second solo album from Mr. Rhys invites you into a world of interesting beats, acoustic guitars, glockenspiel, bells, whistles and a plethora of ideas that just sound endless. The lure of throwing a red herring into the arrangements is rarely resisted, making it such an adventure to listen to. Watch out for the drum loop on "Lonesome words”. Damn.'
- Ed

'Candylion' took form in the spring of 2006 over a fragmented 2 week period at Gorwel Owen's Ofn studio in Llanfaelog, Wales. "My ears were happily ringing from a few months touring with the Super Furry Animals and I had a batch of mellower acoustic songs I wanted to record quickly and get out of the way before the next speakerblowing SFA record. Once in the studio however I got carried away and found myself in a nostalgic mood, pining for some of the music I grew up listening to” explains Rhys.

'Candylion' features guest vocalist Lisa Jen from Welsh medievalists 9 Bach.

"A lovable affair”
- NME Album of the Week

"A more layered, fully-realised album...12 tracks of fantastical, strings-assisted acoustic pop and exotica-tinged psychedelia that smuggle in curious parables and flashes of apocalypse amid its nursery rhyme sing-songs...Good attitude. Great album.”
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