Das Koolies (4/5ths of Super Furry Animals) prep new album, share “Som Bom Magnifico”

Das Koolies, the Welsh band featuring Huw Bunford, Cian Ciarán, Daf Ieuan and Guto Pryce of Super Furry Animals (aka the whole band except for Gruff Rhys), have announced their new album, Pando, which will be out May 9 via Strangetown. (It follows their 2023 debut.) The band recorded and produced the album themselves in Cardiff, Wales.

The first single from the album is the bubbly, ebullient “Som Bom Magnifico” which, not unlike SFA records in the late-’90s and early-’00s, blends off-kilter indie with a strong dose of acid house. “Hindsight and rose-tinted glasses,” says Daf Ieuan, who sings lead on this one. “It’s a song about a time when it was normal to order a veggie breakfast in hotels as a concession to a healthier life style, then following up by requesting to see the ‘Breakfast Wine Menu.’ As Lou Reed sang: ‘Wine in the morning!’ Everyone should live like that for a while. Could be for a couple of days or a couple of decades. We’ve never laughed so much, but never again.”

You can watch the “Som Bom Magnifico” video below.

Das Koolies have a few UK tour dates in May and those are listed below.

Pando
Umschalter
Som Bom Magnifico
Spider City
Music Machine
Responde A La Pregunta
Enjoy
Yeah!
Someone Call An Ambulance
Ogov Gôkh
White Star
Thoughtless
Undegun

Das Koolies – 2025 Tour Dates
Sat 3 May 2025 – Newport, Corn Exchange
Tue 6 May 2025 – Nottingham, Rescue Rooms
Wed 7 May 2025 – London, ICA
Thu 8 May 2025 – Manchester, YES Pink Room