Editing Gruff Rhys

{{Short description|Welsh musician and filmmaker}}
{{Use British English|date=August 2014}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2020}}
{{Infobox musical artist <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Musicians -->
| name             = Gruff Rhys
| background       = solo_singer
| image            = Gruff Rhys.jpg
| landscape        = yes
| caption          = Gruff Rhys in 2015
| birth_name       = 
| alias            = 
| birth_date       = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1970|07|18}}
| birth_place      = [[Haverfordwest]], [[Pembrokeshire]], [[Wales]]
| origin           = [[Bethesda, Gwynedd|Bethesda]], Wales
| genre            = 
| occupation       = Musician, songwriter, filmmaker, author, producer
| instrument       = Guitar, vocals, keyboard, saz, harmonica, drums, bass
| years_active     = 1988–present
| label            = Turnstile, [[Rough Trade Records|Rough Trade]], [[Team Love]]
| current_member_of= {{hlist|[[Super Furry Animals]]|[[Neon Neon]]}}
| past_member_of   = [[Ffa Coffi Pawb]]
| website          = {{URL|gruffrhys.com}}
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| father = [[Ioan Bowen Rees]]
| education = [[Ysgol Dyffryn Ogwen]]
| alma_mater = [[Manchester Metropolitan University]]
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'''Gruffudd Maredudd Bowen Rhys''' ({{IPA|cy|ˈɡrɨ̞fɨ̞ð maˈrɛdɨ̞ð ˈbowɛn ˈr̥ɨːs}}; born 18 July 1970)<ref name=Indi2014>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/prince-of-wales-gruff-rhys-on-his-rock-odyssey-and-the-trouble-with-independence-9920472.html| title=Prince of Wales: Gruff Rhys on his rock odyssey, and the trouble with independence|date=14 December 2014|first=Nick|last=Duerden|newspaper=The Independent}}</ref> is a [[Wales|Welsh]] musician, composer, producer, filmmaker and author. He performs solo and with several bands, including [[Super Furry Animals]], which obtained mainstream success in the 1990s. He formed the electro-pop outfit [[Neon Neon]] with [[Boom Bip]]. Their album ''[[Stainless Style]]'' was nominated for the [[Mercury Prize|2008 Nationwide Mercury Prize]]. He won the 2011 [[Welsh Music Prize]] for his album ''[[Hotel Shampoo]]'', which was followed up by ''[[American Interior]]'' in 2014, accompanied by a film, a book and a [[mobile app]]. His most recent album, ''[[Sadness Sets Me Free]]'', was released in 2024. He is considered a figurehead of the era known as [[Cool Cymru]].

== Early life ==
Rhys was born 18 July 1970 in [[Haverfordwest]], [[Wales]].<ref name="Indi2014" /> He has a brother and a sister; his father was [[Ioan Bowen Rees]] (13 January 1929 – 4 May 1999), a "poet, essayist, polemicist, mountaineer, internationalist ... and a White Robe Druid of the Gorsedd of Bards".<ref name="Guardian">{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/1999/jun/07/guardianobituaries1|title=Obituaries – Ioan Bowen Rees|last=Perrin|first=Jim|date=7 June 1999|work=[[The Guardian]]|access-date=24 February 2010|location=London}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/obituary-ioan-bowen-rees-1091929.html|title=Obituary: Ioan Bowen Rees|author=Meic Stephens|date=9 May 1999|work=[[The Independent]]|access-date=7 May 2014|author-link=Meic Stephens}}</ref> Bowen Rees "campaigned all his life for Welsh rights, language and culture" although he did not believe in the narrow view of nationalism, glorifying one country over another, rather that the "battle for Wales is the battle for all small nations, all small communities, all individuals in the age of genocide".<ref name="Guardian" /><ref name="MM">{{Citation|title=I Like The Idea of Creating Cultural Havoc|date=19–25 January 2000|journal=[[Melody Maker]]}}</ref> Rhys's mother, Margaret Wynn Meredith, shared his father's love of writing and was a poet.<ref name="MM" />

Rhys was educated at [[Ysgol Dyffryn Ogwen]], [[Bethesda, Wales|Bethesda]], [[Gwynedd]], [[North Wales]] and was awarded a degree in art at [[Manchester Metropolitan University]].

==Musical career==

===Ffa Coffi Pawb===
{{main|Ffa Coffi Pawb}}
As a teenager in 1985, Gruff Rhys played drums for the North Wales band, Machlud, appearing at the Pesda Roc festival in Bethesda.<ref>{{cite news|last=Naylor|first=Tony|title=Fidget, schranz, doom – what? Folktronica not leftfield enough? Try this beginner's guide to obscure music genres|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2010/apr/17/tony-naylor-guide-to-obscure-music|newspaper=The Guardian|access-date=21 May 2014|date=16 April 2010}}</ref> After playing drums for the band Emily, Rhys found fame in Wales as the front man of [[Ffa Coffi Pawb]]. Translated, the name means 'everyone's coffee beans', though if said quickly in Welsh, it can sound like 'fuck off everyone' in English and Welsh combined.

On signing to [[Ankst]]musik, Ffa Coffi Pawb became one of the leading bands on the Welsh music scene during the [[Cool Cymru]] movement, and released three albums – ''Clymhalio'', ''Dalec Peilon'' and ''Hei Vidal!''.<ref>{{cite book|last=Owens|first=David|title=Cerys, Catatonia and the Rise of Welsh Pop|date=2011|publisher=Random House|isbn=9781448116362}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Elfyn|first=Bethan|title=Pre-Cool Cymru: the pioneering bands|date=9 July 2013 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/wales/posts/Pre-Cool-Cymru-the-pioneering-bands|publisher=BBC Wales|access-date=16 May 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Buckley|first=Peter|title=The Rough Guide to Rock|date=2003|publisher=Rough Guide, Penguin|location=London|isbn=1843531054|pages=[https://archive.org/details/roughguidetorock0003unse/page/1034 1034–1035]|edition=3rd|url=https://archive.org/details/roughguidetorock0003unse/page/1034}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Hill|first=Sarah|title=Blerwytirhwng?: The Place of Welsh Pop Music|date=September 2007|publisher=Ashgate|location=Cardiff, Wales|isbn=978-0-7546-5898-6|page=200}}</ref>

Rhys plays the guitar in an unusual style. Although he is right-handed, he learned to play left-handed on his brother's left-handed guitar. Once his brother left home, Rhys only had access to a right-handed guitar. As he had already learned to play left-handed, and rather than invert the nut and re-string it, he taught himself to play the right-handed guitar upside down so the bass strings are on the bottom. Today, Rhys still plays left-handed on an upside down right-handed guitar.<ref>[http://www.planetmagazine.org.uk/documents/PunkRockinBethesda-MalcolmLewis.pdf ] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081202223925/http://www.planetmagazine.org.uk/documents/PunkRockinBethesda-MalcolmLewis.pdf |date=2 December 2008 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p018xtlj |title=BBC Radio 6 Music – Mary Anne Hobbs, Gruff Rhys returns, Gruff Rhys: Key of Life interview with Mary Anne Hobbs (Extended Cut) |publisher=Bbc.co.uk |date=12 May 2013 |access-date=13 August 2014}}</ref>

===Super Furry Animals===
{{main|Super Furry Animals}}
When Ffa Coffi Pawb disbanded in 1993, Rhys and drummer [[Dafydd Ieuan]], of Rhoscefnhir, [[Anglesey]], who had played for [[Catatonia (band)|Catatonia]], [[Yr Anhrefn|Anhrefn]], Hanner Pei and many other Welsh language bands, formed the basis of Super Furry Animals. They soon settled on a line-up consisting of Rhys on vocals and guitar, Ieuan on drums, his brother [[Cian Ciaran]] (formerly of WWZZ) on keyboards, [[Huw Bunford]] (formerly of U-Thant) on guitar and [[Guto Pryce]] on bass. This line-up has remained constant to the present day, although the role of each member has become more flexible, particularly in the studio.

In 1995, following a couple of largely Welsh-language EPs on the [[Ankst]] label, they signed to [[Creation Records]]. Apparently, when offering them the deal after a gig, [[Alan McGee]], head of Creation, asked that they sing more songs in English. Rhys pointed out that all the songs that night had been in English. Super Furry Animals went on to release their critically acclaimed first album, ''[[Fuzzy Logic (Super Furry Animals album)|Fuzzy Logic]]'', in 1996 – the first time Rhys had recorded in English. He later observed that his singing sounded like a random collection of accents – but it was nevertheless very successful.

Follow-up albums included ''[[Radiator (album)|Radiator]]'' in 1997, ''[[Guerrilla (album)|Guerrilla]]'' in 1999 and ''[[Mwng]]'' in 2000. They also became particularly famous for their 40-foot inflatable bears and a blue tank with 'SFA' written upon it which toured summer festivals playing techno music at high volume. Super Furry Animals made a further mark on history in July 2001, when they released their first album for the Sony label, ''[[Rings Around the World]]'', on CD and DVD simultaneously. They repeated this for 2003's ''[[Phantom Power (Super Furry Animals album)|Phantom Power]]''. Unfortunately 2005's ''[[Love Kraft]]'' performed poorly commercially and Super Furry Animals agreed to leave Sony. They are presently signed to [[Rough Trade Records|Rough Trade]] and released ''[[Hey Venus!]]'' in 2007 in the UK. In 2009 they released their latest record to date, entitled ''[[Dark Days/Light Years]]''.

===Solo===
[[File:Gruff Rhys @ EOTR 2024.jpg|thumb|Gruff Rhys performing at [[End of the Road Festival|End of the Road]], Dorset, England on 30th August 2024]]

On 24 January 2005, Rhys released his first solo album, ''[[Yr Atal Genhedlaeth]]'', on the Placid Casual label. It was a loose, sketchy, all-Welsh-language album, with most of the instruments played by Rhys. A tour of Wales and several festival appearances followed. After Super Furry Animals signed to Rough Trade, the new label agreed to take on his solo works as well, and on 8 January 2007 they released ''[[Candylion]]'', a batch of acoustic pop songs in English, Spanish and Welsh, which Rhys wrote whilst touring ''Love Kraft'' but which did not fit with the direction of the new Super Furry Animals album. A third solo album by Rhys, ''[[Hotel Shampoo]]'', was released on 14 February 2011. On 4 March 2011, it was announced that Rhys would be playing at [[Glastonbury Festival 2011|Glastonbury 2011]].

In May 2014, Rhys released his new work, ''American Interior'' (''I Grombil Cyfandir Pell''), a combined project of an album, a film, a hardback book and an [[mobile application software|app]] for mobile devices. The film was co-directed by Dylan Goch, who also worked with Rhys on his previous film, ''Separado!'' (2010).

From December 2015 to January 2016, Rhys fronted a co-production with [[National Theatre Wales]] titled "The Insatiable, Inflatable Candylion", featuring songs from ''Candylion'' and several new tracks. The music and lyrics were by Gruff Rhys and the play's text, which included audience participation, by Tim Price. The musicians appearing with Rhys were [[9 Bach|Lisa Jên Brown]] (who also sang on the original album), [[Sweet Baboo]], [[Islet (band)|Emma Daman Thomas]] and [[Kliph Scurlock]]. The show also included actors Remy Beasley, Matthew Bulgo, [[Dyfan Dwyfor]], Natasha Lewis and Dyfrig Morris.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nationaltheatrewales.org/insatiable-inflatable-candylion|title=The Insatiable, Inflatable Candylion |publisher=National Theatre Wales|access-date=15 January 2016}}</ref>

On 21 April 2016, Rhys released a new song entitled "I Love EU", a song praising the [[European Union]] ahead of the [[2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum|EU Referendum]] on 23 June 2016.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Rhys|first1=Gruff|title=Gruff Rhys: hear his song I Love EU – and find out why he wrote it|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2016/apr/21/gruff-rhys-hear-his-song-i-love-eu-and-find-out-why-he-wrote-it|website=The Guardian|date=21 April 2016 |access-date=22 April 2016}}</ref>

Rhys released his fifth album, entitled ''Babelsberg'', on 8 June 2018. A further album, "Pang!", was released on 13 September 2019, produced by South African DJ [[Muzi (musician)|Muzi]].

===Neon Neon===
In 2007 Rhys launched a new electro-pop collaborative project with [[Boom Bip]] under the collective moniker [[Neon Neon]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.krugermagazine.com/content/view/164/10826/ |title=Beck to the Future? Neon Neon hit 88MPH! |access-date=26 October 2007 |publisher=Kruger Magazine |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071112051829/http://www.krugermagazine.com/content/view/164/10826/ |archive-date=12 November 2007 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Their album, titled ''[[Stainless Style]]'', is a loose concept album based on the tumultuous life of [[DeLorean Motor Company]] founder [[John DeLorean]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.spin.com/features/news/2007/01/070105_neonneon/ |title=Super Furry Animals Frontman, Boom Bip Join Forces |access-date=26 October 2007 |publisher=spin.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071018122707/http://www.spin.com/features/news/2007/01/070105_neonneon/ |archive-date=18 October 2007 }}</ref> and was released on 18 March 2008 via [[Lex Records]]. The album includes a number of high-profile guest appearances from [[Fabrizio Moretti|Fab Moretti]] of [[The Strokes]], [[Har Mar Superstar]], [[Yo Majesty]], [[Spank Rock]], [[Cate Le Bon]] and [[The Magic Numbers]]. The first single, "Raquel", was released on 26 November 2007.<ref>{{cite web| url= http://web.nme.com/news/gruff-rhys/32073| title= Super Furry Animals man to release brand new album in February| access-date= 26 October 2007| work= NME| url-status= dead| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20071028024025/http://web.nme.com/news/gruff-rhys/32073| archive-date= 28 October 2007}}</ref> The follow-up single "I Lust U", featured fellow Welsh artist Cate Le Bon on vocals. The album was nominated for the 2008 Mercury Prize.

On 29 April 2013, Neon Neon released their second studio album, ''Praxis Makes Perfect'', followed by a limited run of live performances featuring actors from National Theatre Wales. The album and live show are based on the life of [[Giangiacomo Feltrinelli]].

===Collaborations with other artists===
Rhys has occasionally collaborated with other artists, providing vocals for the track "Dial: Revenge" on the [[Mogwai]] album ''[[Rock Action (album)|Rock Action]]'' as well as guesting on the songs "Fear of Guitars" (from the album ''[[Machine Says Yes]]'' by [[FC Kahuna]]) and "Do's and Don'ts" (by [[Boom Bip]]) as well as "Just War" from [[Danger Mouse (music producer)|Danger Mouse]] and [[Sparklehorse]]'s album ''[[Danger Mouse and Sparklehorse Present: Dark Night of the Soul|Dark Night of the Soul]]''. He has also featured on the Myspace remix track "I'm Not Lying" by [[Goldie Lookin' Chain]]. He features on the track "Cream Dream" from the 2009 [[Simian Mobile Disco]] album ''[[Temporary Pleasure]]''. He also eats carrots on the [[Misty's Big Adventure]] album ''[[Television's People]]'', continuing the vegetable relay started by [[Brian Wilson]] on ''[[Smile (The Beach Boys album)|Smile]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nme.com/news/mistys-big-adventure/40250 |title=NME News Super Furry Animals/Neon Neon's Gruff Rhys in new collaboration |work=NME|date=6 October 2008 |access-date=13 August 2014}}</ref> Miles Kane has also called for him to produce the next album by his band the Rascals. Rhys also collaborated with influential hip-hop group [[De La Soul]] on a [[Gorillaz]] track titled ''[[Superfast Jellyfish]]''. The track is on the third Gorillaz studio album, ''[[Plastic Beach]],'' and provided vocals on the song "We Won't be Broke Forever Baby" on [[Akira the Don]]'s LP ''The Life Equation.''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://akirathedon.bandcamp.com/album/the-life-equation |title=The Life Equation |publisher=Bandcamp.com |date=16 May 2011 |access-date=10 February 2017}}</ref>

In 2010 he released an album with Brazilian artist Tony da Gatorra on Turnstile Music. The album featured both compositions by Tony da Gatorra, who is relatively unknown in his native Brazil, and Gruff Rhys.<ref>{{cite web|last=Slater |first=Russ |url=http://soundsandcolours.com/articles/brazil/tony-da-gatorra-vs-gruff-rhys-the-terror-of-cosmic-loneliness-2010-3575/ |title=Tony da Gatorra vs Gruff Rhys – The Terror of Cosmic Loneliness &#124; Music Review &#124; Sounds and Colours |publisher=Soundsandcolours.com |date=12 December 2010 |access-date=13 August 2014}}</ref>

On 17 December 2011, Rhys joined [[Manic Street Preachers]] on stage during the band's 38 song ''A Night of National Treasures'' one-off live event at the [[The O2 Arena (London)|O2 Arena in London]] to provide the lead vocals for the song ''[[Let Robeson Sing]]''. Introducing Rhys to the stage, lead singer [[James Dean Bradfield]] explained that Rhys had been set to perform the song at the band's [[Louder Than War|2001 performance in Havana, Cuba]] but circumstances had prevented this from happening.

===Documentaries===
In 2010, Dylan Goch's film ''[[Separado!]]'' premiered. It is a documentary about Gruff Rhys's trip to [[Patagonia]] to try to locate members of his family whose ancestors had emigrated in Victorian times.

In 2014, the pair co-directed a film about the Welsh explorer [[John Evans (explorer)|John Evans]], ''American Interior''. It was released in cinemas in the UK on 9 May 2014.

===Computer game music===
In 2011 Rhys composed the music for the successful [[iOS]] and [[Android (operating system)|Android]] game ''[[Whale Trail]]''<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2011/sep/28/gruff-rhys-whale-trail|title=New music: Gruff Rhys – Whale Trail|date=28 September 2011|access-date=15 December 2011|location=London|work=The Guardian|first=Michael|last=Cragg}}</ref> which has been an iTunes game of the week.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/whale-trail/id450163154|title=Whale Trail on the iTunes App Store|website=[[iTunes]]|access-date=15 December 2011}}</ref>

===Political music===
In 2016 Rhys composed and sang "I Love EU"  to support the [[Britain Stronger in Europe|Remain]] campaign in the [[Campaigning in the United Kingdom European Union membership referendum, 2016|UK European Membership Referendum]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Official Brexit Campaign Songs|url=http://www.channel4.com/news/catch-up/display/playlistref/230416/clipid/230416_4ON_BREXITSONGSPAB|access-date=2 May 2016|publisher=Channel 4 News|date=23 April 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Find out why Gruff Rhys wrote his I Love EU song|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2016/apr/21/gruff-rhys-hear-his-song-i-love-eu-and-find-out-why-he-wrote-it|access-date=2 May 2016|issue=Music Section|newspaper=The Guardian|date=21 April 2016}}</ref>

==Film scores==
In 2014, Rhys composed the film score for ''[[Set Fire to the Stars]]'' about [[Dylan Thomas]] and starring Celyn Jones and [[Elijah Wood]]. The jazz group he formed to record the music features drummer Chris Walmsley, double-bassist Jim Barr ([[Portishead (band)|Portishead]]), Gavin Fitzjohn on trumpet and pianist Osian Gwynedd (formerly of [[Big Leaves]] and Sybridion) on piano, with strings arranged by Gruff Ab Arwel ([[Y Niwl]]). Additional string music was recorded by the Elysian Quartet.<ref>{{cite web|last=Owens |first=David |url=http://www.walesonline.co.uk/whats-on/music-nightlife-news/gruff-rhys-scores-jazz-soundtrack-7112820 |title=Gruff Rhys scores jazz soundtrack for new Dylan Thomas movie |publisher=Wales Online |date=13 May 2014 |access-date=13 August 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=IMDb: Set Fire to the Stars (2014) Full Cast & Crew|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3455740/fullcredits|publisher=IMDb/Amazon|access-date=21 May 2014|year=2014}}</ref> In September 2015, Rhys won the 2015 BAFTA Cymru award for Original Music for the score.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bafta.org/wales/awards/news/winners-announced-british-academy-cymru-awards-2015|title=Winners Announced - British Academy Cymru Awards 2015|date=27 September 2015|website=Bafta.org|access-date=16 October 2019}}</ref>

==Opera==
Rhys wrote the [[libretto]] for the 2017 [[opera]] ''2117/Hedd Wyn'', with music by the composer [[Stephen McNeff]]. The story is inspired by the life of the Welsh poet [[Hedd Wyn]]; set in the year 2117, it imagines a group of schoolchildren in a post-apocalyptic [[Trawsfynydd]] learning about the life and work of the poet. It was recorded by Ty Cerdd Records and released in 2022.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tycerdd.org/2117-hedd-wyn|title=2117 / Hedd Wyn &#124; Tŷ Cerdd Records|website=Tycerdd.org|access-date=31 July 2023}}</ref>

==Personal life==
He supports [[Bangor City F.C.]] of the [[League of Wales]].<ref name="BBCFAQ">{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/music/sites/super-furry-animals/pages/faq.shtml#ten|title=Super Furry Animals – Frequently Asked Questions|work=[[BBC]]|date=29 January 2009|access-date=24 February 2010}}</ref>

He formed ieie Productions<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://ieieproductions.com/|title=Home - ieie Productions|website=Ieieproductions.com|language=en-GB|access-date=2018-02-19}}</ref> with his partner Catryn Ramasut in 2006 to produce film and television projects.<ref>{{cite web|last=Owens|first=David|title=Watch our exclusive videos of Gruff Rhys – king of the wild frontier|url=http://www.walesonline.co.uk/whats-on/music-nightlife-news/super-furry-animals-gruff-rhys-7099195|publisher=Wales Online|access-date=24 May 2014|date=10 May 2014}}</ref>

In July 2015, Rhys received an Honorary Fellowship from [[Bangor University]]. Among those also receiving the honor that day was Rhys's cousin, DJ and music promoter [[Huw Stephens]]. Their mutual grandfather was president of the Students Union at the university.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.walesonline.co.uk/incoming/super-furry-animals-gruff-rhys-9665721 |title=Super Furry Animals' Gruff Rhys and Radio 1 DJ Huw Stephens among those receiving Honorary Fellowships at Bangor University |date=15 July 2015 |first=Heledd |last=Pritchard |publisher=WalesOnline |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150726110712/http://www.walesonline.co.uk/incoming/super-furry-animals-gruff-rhys-9665721 |archive-date=26 July 2015 }}</ref><ref>{{YouTube|G4fMPj5zl9Y|Prifysgol Bangor yn anrhydeddu Gruff Rhys a Huw Stephens}}</ref> Rhys is also the cousin of musician [[Tystion|MC Mabon]] (Gruff Meredith).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stylusmagazine.com/articles/weekly_article/bravecaptains-martin-carr-the-stylus-interview-series.htm|title=Bravecaptain's Martin Carr: The Stylus Magazine Interview Series|first=Scott|last=McKeating|website=Stylusmagazine.com|date=23 February 2004|access-date=15 January 2016}}</ref>

==Discography==
===Studio albums===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Year
! rowspan="2" style="width:200px;"|Details
!|Peak chart position
|- style="font-size:smaller; line-height:1.2"
!width="30"|[[UK Albums Chart|UK]]<br /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/2085/gruff-rhys/ |title=GRUFF RHYS &#124; Artist |publisher=Official Charts Company |access-date=16 June 2018}}</ref>
|-
|2005
|align="left"|''[[Yr Atal Genhedlaeth]]''
*Released: 25 January 2005
*Label: [[Placid Casual]]
|—
|-
|2007
|align="left"|''[[Candylion]]''
*Released: 8 January 2007
*Label: [[Rough Trade Records]]
|50
|-
|2011
|align="left"|''[[Hotel Shampoo]]''
*Released: 14 February 2011
*Label: Ovni
|42
|-
|2014
|align="left"|''[[American Interior]]''
*Released: 5 May 2014
*Label: Turnstile
|24
|-
|2018
|align="left"|''[[Babelsberg (album)|Babelsberg]]''
*Released: 8 June 2018
*Label: [[Rough Trade Records|Rough Trade]]
|23
|-
|2019
|align="left"|''[[Pang! (album)|Pang!]]''
*Released: 13 September 2019
*Label: Rough Trade
|81
|-
|2021
|align="left"|''[[Seeking New Gods]]''
*Released: 21 May 2021
*Label: Rough Trade
|10
|-
|2024
|align="left"|''[[Sadness Sets Me Free]]''
*Released: 26 January 2024
*Label: Rough Trade
|22
|-
|colspan="8"| <small> "—" denotes releases that did not chart.</small>
|}

===Soundtrack albums===
{| border=0 cellpadding=2 style="border-collapse:collapse;"
|- style="border-bottom:1px solid black;"
! align=left | Year
! align=left | Title
! align=left | Label
|-
| 2016
| ''Set Fire To The Stars''
| Finders Keepers
|-
| 2023
| ''The Almond & The Seahorse''
| Rough Trade Records
|}

===Singles and extended plays===
{| border=0 cellpadding=2 style="border-collapse:collapse;"
|- style="border-bottom:1px solid black;"
! align=left | Year
! align=left | Title
! align=left | Label
|-
| 2005
| "Gwn Mi Wn" / "Ni Yw Y Byd"
| Placid Casual
|-
| 2006
| "Candylion" b/w "Colossal Smile"
| Rough Trade Records
|-
| 2007
| "Gyrru Gyrru Gyrru" b/w "Y Creadur"
| Rough Trade Records
|-
| 2010
| "Shark Ridden Waters" b/w "I Totally Understand"
| Ovni Records
|-
| 2011
| "Sensations in the Dark" b/w "Follow the Sunflower Trail (Theme Tune for a National Strike)"
| Ovni Records
|-
| 2011
| "Honey All Over" b/w "Xenodocheionology"
| Ovni Records
|-
| 2011
| "Space Dust #2" b/w "Whale Trail"
| Ovni Records
|-
| 2011
| ''Atheist Xmas'' EP
| Ovni Records
|-
| 2016
| "I Love EU"
| Ovni Records/Turnstile Music
|-
|2018
|"Bae Bae Bae"
|Eisteddfod
|-
| 2021
| ''Loan Your Loneliness'' EP
| Rough Trade Records
|-
| 2022
| "People Are Pissed" b/w "Arogldarth"
| Rough Trade Records
|}

===Ffa Coffi Pawb===
{| border=0 cellpadding=2 style="border-collapse:collapse;"
|- style="border-bottom:1px solid black;"
! align=left | Year
! align=left | Title
! align=left | Label
|-
| 1988
| ''Dalec Peilon''
| [[Ankst]]
|-
| 1991
| ''Clymhalio''
| Ankst
|-
| 1992
| ''Hei Vidal!''
| Ankst
|-
| 2004
| ''[[Am Byth]]'' (Compilation)
| Placid Casual
|}

===Super Furry Animals===
{{further|Super Furry Animals discography}}
{| border=0 cellpadding=2 style="border-collapse:collapse;"
|- style="border-bottom:1px solid black;"
! align=left | Year
! align=left | Title
! align=left | Label
|-
| 1996
| ''[[Fuzzy Logic (Super Furry Animals album)|Fuzzy Logic]]''
| [[Creation Records]]
|-
| 1997
| ''[[Radiator (album)|Radiator]]''
| Creation Records
|-
| 1999
| ''[[Guerrilla (album)|Guerrilla]]''
| Creation Records
|-
| 2000
| ''[[Mwng]]''
| Placid Casual
|-
| 2001
| ''[[Rings Around the World]]''
| [[Epic Records]]
|-
| 2003
| ''[[Phantom Power (Super Furry Animals album)|Phantom Power]]''
| Epic Records
|-
| 2005
| ''[[Love Kraft]]''
| [[Sony BMG Music Entertainment|Sony BMG]]
|-
| 2007
| ''[[Hey Venus!]]''
| Rough Trade Records
|-
| 2009
| ''[[Dark Days/Light Years]]''
| Rough Trade Records
|}

===Neon Neon===
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|- style="border-bottom:1px solid black;"
! align=left | Year
! align=left | Title
! align=left | Label
|-
| 2008
| ''[[Stainless Style]]''
| [[Lex Records]]
|-
| 2013
| ''[[Praxis Makes Perfect]]''
| Lex Records
|}

===Tony da Gatorra vs Gruff Rhys===
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|- style="border-bottom:1px solid black;"
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| 2010
| ''[[The Terror of Cosmic Loneliness]]''
| Turnstile
|}

==Bibliography==
*Gruff Rhys (2014) ''American Interior: The Quixotic Journey of John Evans, His Search for a Lost Tribe and How, Fuelled by Fantasy and (Possibly) Booze, He Accidentally Annexed a Third of North America'' (Hamish Hamilton, Penguin Books Ltd.) {{ISBN|9780241146019}}

==Filmography==
* ''[[Beautiful Mistake (film)|Beautiful Mistake]]'' ([[Welsh language|Welsh]]: ''Camgymeriad Gwych'') (2000) - appearance with Super Furry Animals
* ''[[9 Songs]]'' (2004) – appearance with Super Furry Animals
* ''[[Separado!]]'' (2010)
* ''American Interior'' (''I Grombil Cyfandir Pell'') (2014)

==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}

==External links==
{{Commons category}}
* [http://ieieproductions.com ie ie Productions]
* [http://www.separado.co.uk/news.html ''Separado!'']
* [http://american-interior.com/ ''American Interior'']
* {{IMDb name|1797636}}
* [https://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/music/sites/gruff-rhys/ Gruff Rhys page on BBC Wales website]
* [http://www.superfurry.com Super Furry Animals official website]

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