Atheist Xmas: Gruff Rhys  His new EP explored... Gruff Rhys Nov
2011.jpg The race for the coveted Christmas number 1 spot is
about to begin, but if you're fed up with hearing the same old
cheery merry tunes then why not have a gander at Gruff Rhys’
‘Atheist Xmas’ EP.  The legendary Super Furry Animals frontman
and recent winner of the Welsh Music Prize is releasing his take
on a Christmas soundtrack on December 19th. I sat down with the
man himself to have a quick chat on all things festive...  Hello
there Gruff... Well you’re just about to release your very own
Christmas record, what inspired you to write this EP? I got
asked by Douglas Hunt to write a song for a film. The film is
called ‘Long Distance Information’ the film happens on Christmas
Day you see… so it needed a Christmas song for the film, you
know… so I wrote some songs to see which one worked best… and on
the third I thought you know… a Christmas EP.  There are some
pretty dark but catchy lyrics on the tracks…'Light entertainment
leads us to sla