Radiator  (Audio CD) 
by Super Furry Animals

the story of the leader of a military coup in Sierra Leone
a fictional account of Einstein's parent's relationship
a meditation on Puerto Rican vampire "goat suckers"

I mean, this isn't exactly Bush, is it? the surprising thing is, for all the whackiness, usually the first sign of an artistically-null band, the SFA produce great, catchy, imaginative rock - you'll find yourself singing happily about Einstein in the shower. Maybe it's the more conventional tracks that stand out: Demons, Gruff sounding like Bowie, is a stand-out pop song, but the mad experimentation produces a truely unique sound : The International Language of Screaming, for example, involved a fair bit of screaming - and a good tune to boot. Meanwhile, SFA aren't afraid to thrown a bit of techno styling and the occasional fragile downbeat ballad, giving the album something of a rollercoaster feel. If they didn't throw off great rock-pop tunes with a startling regularity, you might call this album inconsistent, but it's simply refusing to be pinned down and it's a hell of a lot of fun. "Radiator" is The SFA gaining confidence in their approach beyond their excellent debut, though the follow up, "Guerilla" is where things really took off.