Super Furry Animals launch SFA TV for One Night Only

and release first NFT artwork collection to mark the reissue of…
 

 

 Super Furry Animals’ first NFT release brings new 3D animations of the original skull album cover by original artwork team, Mark James and Pete Fowler

– SFA TV to bring together the band and US counterparts for the first time in 20 years in ‘satellite broadcast’ exclusive as the band joins fans for premiere
 

 

 

 

A ‘pop-up’ SFA TV television station will celebrate the reissue of Super Furry Animals’ ‘maximalist’ classic album, Rings Around The World for one night only in a bumper, fan-focused week, which also brings the band’s first NFT collection release. Limited-edition, digital artworks, reimagining the album’s original sleeve design will be delivered via a new, fan-centric and eco-friendly platform.

 

Launching the pre-recorded programming at 8pm BST on Thu 2 September 2021 on the band’s own YouTube channel, with the Furries pledging to join fans online, the premiere of The Making of Rings Around The World short film gets the band back together with US counterparts – including the album’s producer, Chris Shaw and US tour manager, Joe Puleo – to tell all about the Rings Around The World transatlantic journey. Unable to travel to the States to be back together in person, the band and crew find themselves lost in space and linked by satellite to discuss witnessing and being inspired by Scott Walker’s daily lunch of a savoured hamburger and the earthquakes caused by their experimentations with deep bass.

 

Restored and reloaded for the 2021 reissue, the video for Receptacle For The Respectable will also be premiered with commentary by the video-designing artist, Pete Fowler. The line-up for the first, ever SFA TV broadcast, including a special programme by the esteemed Welsh Music Podcast, is as follows (all times British Summertime):

 

8pm – PREMIERE: The Making of Rings Around the World
8.20pm – Receptacle for the Respectable: HD video with commentary by Pete Fowler
8.25pm – Rings Around the World – a TV special by the Welsh Music Podcast

 

 

The technologically fearless band will also join the world of NFT digital collectables on release date, Fri 3 September 2021, by releasing limited edition, animated artworks featuring the original album artwork remodelled by long-standing creative collaborator, Mark James. Each piece will be packaged with accompanying, exclusive audio courtesy of the band.

 

Created in partnership with Hipgnosis Songs and distributed by eco-friendly, artist and fan-centric NFT platform Serenade (utilising less than 1/44,000th of the carbon emitted by a standard NFT) the Furries’ and James’ collaboration, based on Pete Fowler’s sleeve design, will be released in increasingly valuable editions of between just one, special, iridescent version to 100 copies. Animations will also briefly ‘appear’ in blink-and-you’ll-miss it screenings on digital billboards in Tokyo, Berlin, Paris, New York to mark the launch

 

For up-to-date information on the pricing and availability of the Super Furry Animals’ NFT release visit HERE alongside the band’s social media channels, including Twitter.

 

And, finally, Rings Around The World will receive the Tim’s Twitter Listening Party treatment, as Gruff Rhys joins The Charlatans’ front man, Tim Burgess online for a Twitter Listening Party at 4pm (BST) on Sun 5 September 2021.

 

 

Super Furry Animals: Rings Around The World (20^th Anniversary Deluxe Edition)
Release Date: Fri 3 September 2021
Formats: Heavyweight 180g 2 LP Vinyl / 1 Disc CD / 3 x Disc Expanded CD / Digital
Label: BMG