Super Furry Animals - Somerset House, London - Friday 8th July 2005

As if on cue, the day after some people tried to blow us all up, all of London went back to work as if nothing had happened. It took slightly longer to get there, and people were slightly twitchy, but life carried on almost as normal. People outside London couldn't believe this, so I spent most of the day replying to concerned contact from people overseas and in the rest of the UK.

Super Furry Animals were playing the courtyard at Somerset House, which looks like this, during a series of summer gigs.
A typically weird show, featuring gas masks, boiler suits, and strange voice effects.

Unfortunately, the singer chose to open his mouth about the London bombings, blaming people that declare war on other countries for what happened. I really wished he had just shut his mouth and refrained from making such a cheap (and irrelevant)political point, so soon after the event.

The band played much of their new album, then a good selection of greatest hits, for a very enjoyable set. They are one of the true innovators in music today, and amazingly manage to combine innovation with some commercial success in a way that few others can.