[Stephen]

Oh God, I love the Furries. They're also one of the best live acts I've ever seen. They were ropey when they started out, but now their live show is 2nd to none. Particularly when Cian finishes the show with a 20 minute techno jam. I have so much love for this band it's untrue. I also have a ticket to see them next Tuesday in Birmingham. Get the fuck in.

Their 2nd album, Radiator, is generally regarded as their best, but don't forget that that's the best of a great bunch. You can't really go too wrong with anything (unless you have an aversion to the welsh language - Mwng - although that is the biggest selling welsh language album of all time). I love Rings Around The World mainly for the spectacle of their tour for that album (stage littered with about 100 TV sets of various sizes and some of the most moving imagery/dialogue I've ever been subjected to at a live show). The last album, Phantom Power, had some lovely summery sounding tracks on it as well as the devastatingly good techno-psychedlia masterpiece that is Slow Life. In fact, go and download this track now. I'm fairly sure it'll send shivers down your spine.

Got my copy of the new one yesterday and my first thought is that they've been smoking too much weed. I imagine it'll reward repeated listening though.