Super Furry Animals' Gruff Rhys has been talking to NME about forthcoming album 'Phantom Power' and first single release 'Golden Retriever', due for a July and June release respectively. Talking about the single he said: "It's about a dog/bitch. This is different, but it's till got a Furry sound. There's never gonna be a song that represents the whole album, but we talked about it and agreed on this one."
One track on the album - 'Liberty Belle' - contains references to September 11, on which Rhys continued: "The American people deserve better than what they've got. The band love America. The diversity of the place is incredible. We always get a huge welcome. But the song's not specifically about the US. It's saying that responsibility lies with everyone in the world. There's no point blaming Americans for everything. People are the same everywhere. It's saying we have to learn from our mistakes."
The full interview will be published in next week's NME.