Gruff Rhys

Gruff Rhys is a touring songwriter and recording artist based in Cardiff who has consistently sought a variety of outlets for a wide spectrum of creative ideas that include 26 studio albums to date.

Renowned for their blissful melodies, Gruff’s solo albums have explored untapped areas musically and lyrically. 2021’s Top Ten charting Seeking New Gods climbed fresh lyrical and musical terrain, a conceptual record about his own mountain, and became his most critically and commercially successful solo album yet. 2024 saw the release of its follow-up, the widescreen, baroque pop Sadness Sets Me Free. Recorded on the outskirts of Paris with his band, it garnered further rave reviews and was widely acclaimed to be amongst his finest work. 2025 brought the release of his latest Welsh language album Dim Probs.

Gruff has been releasing records since 1988, becoming well known as the frontman of Super Furry Animals, a band that has achieved that rarest of mixes - artistic adventure with popular devotion - blending fuzz-filled rock, pure harmonies and cutting-edge electronics.