His debut album Gruff Rhys - Yr Atal Genhedlaeth released in 2005 and recorded entirely in his native Welsh language, followed by Gruff Rhys - Candylion released in 2007 and Gruff Rhys - Hotel Shampoo released in 2011 which was the winner of the inaugural Welsh Music Prize in 2011. Gruff Rhys and the BBC National Orchestra of Wales review – lush, epic frontiers of Welsh pop 4 out of 5 stars. After playing drums for the band Emily, Rhys found fame in Wales as the front man of Ffa Coffi Pawb. The arrival of Pang!, Gruff Rhys’ sixth record under his own name, comes fourteen years since his first, rendering his span of solo albums now longer than that of the Super Furry Animals. Singer, guitarist and main songwriter with Super Furry Animals.
That’s not to say he’s established as going it alone these days, though. Indeed, as has become Rhys’ standard operating procedure, Pang! Translated, the name means 'everyone's coffee beans', though if said quickly in Welsh, it can sound like 'fuck off everyone' in English and Welsh combined. Find Gruff Rhys discography, albums and singles on AllMusic. Eclectic and eccentric, Gruff Rhys has released four solo albums.
Find Gruff Rhys discography, … Eclectic and eccentric, Gruff Rhys has released four solo albums. It is a concept album based on the life of the explorer John Evans. Once his brother left home, Rhys only had access to a right-handed guitar. As a teenager in 1985, Gruff Rhys played drums for the North Wales band, Machlud, appearing at the Pesda Roc festival in Bethesda.Rhys plays the guitar in an unusual style. As he had already learned to play left-handed, and rather than invert the nut and re-string it, he taught himself to play the right-handed guitar upside down so the bass strings are on the bottom. The album featured both compositions by Tony da Gatorra, who is relatively unknown in his native Brazil, and Gruff Rhys.In 2014, the pair co-directed a film about the Welsh explorer In 2011 Rhys composed the music for the successful In 2016 Rhys composed and sang "I Love EU" to support the In July 2015, Rhys received an Honorary Fellowship from Prifysgol Bangor yn anrhydeddu Gruff Rhys a Huw Stephens His debut album Gruff Rhys - Yr Atal Genhedlaeth released in 2005 and recorded entirely in his native Welsh language, followed by Gruff Rhys - Candylion released in 2007 and Gruff Rhys - Hotel Shampoo released in 2011 which was the winner of the inaugural Welsh Music Prize in 2011. It peaked at number 24 in the UK. American Interior is the fourth solo album by Gruff Rhys, released on 5 May 2014. Gruff Rhys discography and songs: Music profile for Gruff Rhys, born 18 July 1970. As a teenager in 1985, Gruff Rhys played drums for the North Wales band, Machlud, appearing at the Pesda Roc festival in Bethesda. Ahead of his gig at the Camden Roundhouse this week, Gruff Rhys waxes lyrical about 13 favourite records, deep cuts from the Welsh language underground and beyond.
Today, Rhys still plays left-handed on an upside down right-handed guitar.When Ffa Coffi Pawb disbanded in 1993, Rhys and drummer In 1995, following a couple of largely Welsh-language EPs on the On 24 January 2005, Rhys released his first solo album, In December 2015-January 2016, Rhys fronted a co-production with On 21 April 2016, Rhys released a new song entitled "I Love EU", a song praising the In 2007 Rhys launched a new electro-pop collaborative project with On 29 April 2013, Neon Neon released their second studio album, Rhys has occasionally collaborated with other artists, providing vocals for the track "Dial: Revenge" on the In 2010 he released an album with Brazilian artist Tony da Gatorra on Turnstile Music. Although he is right-handed, he learned to play left-handed on his brother's left-handed guitar. Genres: Indie Pop, Neo-Psychedelia, Singer/Songwriter. Cosmic Portals: Gruff Rhys' Favourite Albums Colm McAuliffe , January 23rd, 2019 11:42.
Albums include Plastic Beach, Dark Night of …