Rhys and the rest of the Super Furries enlisted Brit funnyman Matt Berry to play the lead in this cheeky, soft-focused bit of ’80s fun. Matches the musical melodrama to a tee, and it’s got some nice what-goes-around-comes-around symmetry. Love when Gruff gets goofy.

Hey Venus! is out via Rough Trade.

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Comments (4)
  1. geekpower  |   Posted on Sep 24th, 2007

    Holy crap- it’s Sanchez from Garth Marhengi’s “Dark Place”!

  2. Dw Dunphy  |   Posted on Sep 24th, 2007

    That was fun. Not as kinetic and zippy as “Lazer Beam”, but hey, very little is.

    DwD

  3. cody  |   Posted on Sep 25th, 2007

    it’s also the guy who plays Denholm’s son in the second season of the IT crowd. it’s almost the same character. fantastic.

  4. amawaster  |   Posted on Sep 26th, 2007

    and he’s also Dixon Bainbridge in the mighty boosh

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