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Psychedelic Pop

Cardiff, Creation, 1995

Super Furry Animals

Before he was a film actor, Rhys Ifans was the first singer of Super Furry Animals, and the name came from T-shirts that Gruff Rhys's sister printed. Their first EP, in 1995, holds the Guinness record for the longest EP title, using the full name of the village of Llanfairpwll. Alan McGee signed them to Creation that year. Fuzzy Logic and Radiator were full of bright, strange melodies, and Guerrilla was recorded at Real World. Their 2001 album was the first released at the same time on CD and DVD and was up for the Mercury Prize. Mwng, sung in Welsh, came out on their own label. They later moved to Rough Trade for Hey Venus! in 2007, took a break from 2010 and reunited for shows in 2015 and 2016.

Birmingham, Warp, 1995

Broadcast

Broadcast formed in Birmingham in 1995 around singer Trish Keenan and bassist James Cargill, first under the name Pan Am Flight Bag. Warp collected their early singles in 1997 and released their albums from The Noise Made by People in 2000 onward. Their sound drew on the 1960s band the United States of America and the BBC Radiophonic Workshop, with old synthesizers, library music and Keenan's cool, clear voice. Haha Sound, in 2003, was their first album to chart in America. They worked with the Focus Group on a 2009 record and scored the film Berberian Sound Studio. Keenan died in January 2011, aged 42. Cargill later released archive recordings and demos, and with the last of them in 2024 the band was considered finished.

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