Super Furry Animals tell of their plans for this year.
Gruff Rhys sent an email to NME stating that "Super Furry Animals are currently in hiding, finishing of their most ambitious project to date. They will then travel to Haiti to record a remix album with the legendary engineer Mosis Baptiste II - tentatively titled 'Text Messaging Is Killing The Dub Quiz As We Know It'. After the international success of 'Mwng', the band's label Placid Casual will utilise the 'Mwng' millions with a series of releases. The first will be a Gorwel Owen produced four-track EP by Teflon Monkey, which scheduled for late February. Other releases in the can include the debut single by the hellrasing Out Of Order and a release by an unspecified Big Name Act"
The Teflon Monkey E.P has now been put back till March however he'll be releasing a limited edition split 7" with the mighty Mountain Men Anonymous on Oxford's As The Duck Bit Back label on the 12th February. Rhodri has one minute samples of two songs from the Placid Casual E.P on his website www.tefmonk.co.uk.
He's also lined up a few gigs:
January
23rd - TJ's Newport (w/ Teriyaki)
February
1st - Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff (w/ Webb Brothers + I Am Kloot)
14th - Flapper + Firkin, Birmingham (w/ Mountain Men Anonymous + San Lorenzo)
22nd - Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff (w/ Mountain Men Anonymous + TBC)
March
27th - Sam's Bar, Cardiff (w/ Derrero)