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That's right, kids, your favorite Welsh pop nutters are back in force! A volatile mixture of bristly, quirky pop gems and riff-intensive peculiarity, Guerrilla sports more hooks than a bait shop and more space aliens than an X-Files marathon. "Night Vision", for instance, is a fuzz-laden aural analogue to a 2x4 across the forehead, while "The Door to This House Remains Open" proves that bossa-nova inspired drum'n'bass needn't be a capital crime. For the electronica-friendly, "Some Things Come From Nothing" dabs psychedelic whitewash over the Aphex Twin Hotpoint Commercial style, and "Nothern Lights" skews heavily towards calypso lounge turf. However, for my money the true spirit of the Super Furries can be summed up in the disc's final tracks. One one hand, "Chewing Chewing Gum" melds hummable oddity with overblown, po-faced silliness, while "Keep the Cosmic Trigger Happy" swamps an overdriven, classicist pop riff in electronic flubber and swaggering rock-star mojo. Put it all together and what do you get? Guerrilla if you're lucky; a massive explosion and subsequent dearth of melody if you're not. My advice: take the rabbit's foot along on your next record-buying trip, just in case.

Super Furry Animals
Guerrilla
Flydaddy
CD

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Review by George Zahora

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