Gruff Rhys

One of the great pop eccentrics of his generation, Gruff Rhys began his career with the noise pop group Ffa Coffi Pawb, gained fame in the mid-'90s as the frontman for the Welsh neo-psychedelic warriors Super Furry Animals, and has continued to craft melodically rich, stylistically adventurous works as a solo artist. Rhys first stepped out on SFA while the group was still active, releasing the Welsh-language Yr Atal Genhedlaeth in 2005 and teaming up with Boom Bip as Neon Neon for a pair of electro-pop albums. Once Super Furry Animals retired in 2010, Rhys pursued a number of ...