{"id":43992,"date":"2025-09-30T12:15:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-30T16:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=43992"},"modified":"2025-09-08T05:36:12","modified_gmt":"2025-09-08T09:36:12","slug":"super-furry-animals-announce-love-kraft-20th-anniversary-reissue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=43992","title":{"rendered":"Super Furry Animals announce\u00a0\u2018Love Kraft\u2019 20th anniversary reissue"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Super Furry Animals are opening up the archives to celebrate two decades of&nbsp;\u2018<strong>Love Kraft<\/strong>,\u2019 their sun-soaked, psych-pop masterpiece. The remastered 20th anniversary edition arrives&nbsp;<strong>October 24, 2025<\/strong>&nbsp;via&nbsp;<strong>Strangetown Records<\/strong>, packed with rarities, unreleased demos, and everything that made the original a cult classic \u2014 plus plenty fans have never heard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hailed on release as \u201ca utopian epic\u201d (<em>Pitchfork<\/em>) and \u201cfull of the wild possibilities of pop music\u201d (<em>NME<\/em>),&nbsp;\u2018Love Kraft\u2019 still stands tall as one of the Furries\u2019 most adventurous records.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What\u2019s Included<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Original album fully remastered \u2014 12 tracks, sounding better than ever<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>23 bonus tracks \u2014 demos, B-sides, remixes, and four never-before-released songs<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Formats: heavyweight double vinyl, 2CD digipack, and digital<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Updated packaging featuring Pete Fowler\u2019s iconic handcrafted diorama artwork<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Pre-order now at&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/superfurry.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">superfurry.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Made Under the Catalonian Sun<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Originally released in August 2005,&nbsp;\u2018Love Kraft\u2019&nbsp;was the band\u2019s seventh album and their third \u2014 and final \u2014 release with Epic Records. To escape Cardiff\u2019s drizzle, the Furries headed to&nbsp;<strong>Figueres, Catalunya<\/strong>, Salvador Dal\u00ed\u2019s hometown, where they recorded in sweltering heat, collected found sounds, and reunited with&nbsp;<strong>Mario Caldato Jr.<\/strong>, the Beastie Boys producer who also mixed their previous album&nbsp;\u2018Phantom Power\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The journey didn\u2019t stop there. The band then moved on to&nbsp;<strong>Rio de Janeiro<\/strong>&nbsp;to mix the album, where four members started taking Portuguese lessons while experimenting on Abbey Road\u2019s legendary 1968-built EMI TG12345 mixing desk. It\u2019s an album born of travel, heat, and endless curiosity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Rarities and Unheard Tracks<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Among the 23 bonus tracks on the extra disc,&nbsp;\u2018<strong>Kiss Me With Apocalypse<\/strong>,\u2019 fans can expect:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The ELO-inspired stomp of&nbsp;<strong>Rock \u2019N\u2019 Roll Flu<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The deep-bass sketch&nbsp;<strong>Palo Alto<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The ghostly textures of&nbsp;<strong>Bedw Arian<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The spaced-out jam&nbsp;<strong>Cae Marw<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Album\u2019s Legacy<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite yielding just one official single \u2014 the shimmering&nbsp;<strong><em>Lazer Beam<\/em><\/strong>&nbsp;\u2014&nbsp;\u2018<em>Love Kraft<\/em>\u2019&nbsp;has endured as a fan favourite. The band followed the release with a huge run of live shows, including stadium dates supporting Oasis, a coast-to-coast U.S. tour with Caribou, and festival stops from Istanbul to Japan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cCV7hmd5qaE?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-CA&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>As the first SFA album recorded to hard disk instead of tape, it pushed the band into new territory, full of playful experimentation: splashes from pool dives, pool-table clacks, and metallic percussion lifted from mysterious objects in rented rooms. 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