Phantom Power (Super Furry Animals album)
Phantom Power is the sixth album by Welsh indie rock band Super Furry Animals, released on 21 July 2003 by Epic Records in the United Kingdom. The record was originally conceived as a ten-song concept album using D-A-D-D-A-D guitar tuning, but the band chose to abandon this idea during recording as they didn't want to constrain themselves. The group did attempt to create a "more coherent" album than their past efforts by choosing songs which worked well together. Phantom Power was recorded at the band's own studio, AV Happenings, in Cardiff with the Super Furries producing and engineering themselves for the first time. The album features a range of musical styles, from country rock to techno, although many of the tracks are based around the acoustic guitar. According to chief songwriter and vocalist Gruff Rhys, the album's lyrics deal with "broken relationships and war".
Phantom Power (Super Furry Animals album)
Phantom Power (Super Furry Animals album)
Huw Bunford wrote the track "Sex, War & Robots" for Phantom Power and also provided lead vocals.
Chief lyricist Gruff Rhys describes Phantom Power as a record about "broken relationships and war" with "a positive outlook to the future".
Super Furry Animals are a Welsh rock band formed in Cardiff in 1993. For the duration of their professional career, the band consisted of Gruff Rhys, Huw Bunford, Guto Pryce, Cian Ciaran, Dafydd Ieuan. An earlier incarnation of the band featured actor Rhys Ifans on lead vocals.
Left to right: Gruff Rhys, Guto Pryce and Huw Bunford at Bridgwater Palace in September 2005.
Frontman Gruff Rhys in 2015.