Pitchfork: Super Furry Animals to Release Remix Album

Super Furry Animals to Release Remix Album
Hope to match current sales of Paula Abdul's "Shut Up and Dance"

Super Furry Animals have been busy critters since the release of their follow-up to Rings Around the World. Phantom Power hit stores almost a year ago today, somewhat redeeming their rep from the hole that Rings had dug, and it's been tour-tour-tour ever since. Now, as that tour regiment reaches its end, the band is scurrying to release a brand new remix album, titled Phantom Phorce, which compiles tracks previously available on their recent Phantom Power DVD.

"On the last album, we had about 44 songs in various stages of completion," Super Furry drummer Dafydd Ieuan told NME, "so we had to choose 14 to record that we thought would work together as an album. There's surplus from that album and even more have come along. We have our own studio in Cardiff so it's a bit easier to take your time when you know that time is not money. You can go back and change things, or scrap a week's worth of work without thinking that you're wasting a fortune." Part of the reason for the remix album lies in the band wanting to compensate artists who contributed material to the DVD: "We ask people to do remixes for free because we don't have any money to pay them, and as part of the deal we promised to release them on an album on our own label, then they get some royalties." The record is due April 12th through the band's own label, Placid Casual. Tracklist:

01 Father Father (Boom Bip)
02 Bleed Forever (Brave Captain)
03 Out Of Control (Zan Lyons)
04 City Scape Sky Baby ('Hello Sunshine' (Weevil)
05 Liberty Belle (Mario Caldato, Jr.)
06 Golden Retriever (Killa Kella)
07 Sex, War And Robots (Wauvenfold)
08 The Piccolo Snare (Four Tet)
09 Venus & Serena (MassimoMinotaur Shock)
10 Valet Parking (High Llamas)
11 The Undefeated (Llwybr Llaethog)
12 Slow Life (Sir Doufous Styles)
13 Valet Parking (Force Unknown)
14 Hello Sunshine (Frieband)

Additionally, the band plans to make a brand new EP available via download from their website on Phantom Phorce's release date, which will feature a new edit of "Slow Life", a remix of Phantom Power's "Out of Control" titled "Lost Control", and "Motherfokker", which will boast guest spots from Goldie Lookin' Chain and Killa Kella. In the meantime, the band is wrapping up their UK tour, which draws to a close one week from today in London. Dates:

04-01 Sheffield, England - Octagon 04-02 Cardiff, Wales - International Arena 04-04 Nottingham, England - Rock City
04-05 Salisbury, England - City Hall
04-06 Cambridge, England - Corn Exchange
04-07 Brighton, England - Dome
04-08 London, England - Carling Hammersmith Apollo