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Super Furry Animals songwriter, vocalist, keyboard player and producer unveils his second, politically charged album following 2012's critically acclaimed, debut solo release, Outside In.

Cian Ciaran, one fifth and founding member of the legendary Super Furry Animals will release this self-produced album on 23rd September preceded by a download only EP a week before featuring album tracks Sewn Up and Sleepless Nights and two exclusive non-album tracks, released on Ben Ayres and Tjinder Singh's Ample Play label.

Partly written and recorded in California, Scotland and Wales, every track was played and produced by Cian himself, teaching himself guitar in the process. Heading to the U.S with a head full of scathing lyrics, he pieced together what he hoped would be an intentionally 'noisy' album. Having previously written on a piano, starting the album on the guitar means an almost complete absence of Cian's trademark keyboards. Where Outside In earned comparisons to John Lennon, Chris Bell and The Beach Boys, this album owes as much to Jesus and Mary Chain, The Pixies and stoner rock.

Although tackling the big issues of corporate and political negligence and environmental suicide, the depth of of Cian's disaffection is married with a breezy style of song writing, with many tracks layered with lavish, yet understated vocal harmonies and hints of the upbeat psychedelia that pervades the Super Furry Animals back catalogue.