DDLY is not classic SFA perhaps, but it is still better than 95% of other band's best. Crazy Naked Girls sounds more than a little self indulgent (but live it is electrifying!), and Mt & Inconvenience are somewhat humdrum, but after that so-so start DDLY really starts to fly. Trams is great, Cardiff In the Sun is bliss, White Socks is just a great, great song, and Pric ends things with a monster groove. Nice one lads.… Expand

Maybe their worst record yet.

Well I don't know - maybe it's just me, but I can't get on with this album. Some good songs for sure but a lot of dross too. What a way to open the album with 'Crazy naked girls' It's dire! Tuneless, repetitive nonsense. Sad really because SFA are an amazing and quirky outfit, but sometimes their quality control leaves a little bit to be desired. Shame.

Dan's right, it's not the most inspired sounding record despite the critics' praise. The opening clunker: Crazy Naked Girls augers a lukewarm expedition at best. There's really not much here to my ears that stands out as vital or relevant.

I wanted to grade this lower, but it's not completely without merit. I agree with Miro M, however, in that this is the worst thing they've ever done. I hope they are someday able to once again scale the heights of Rings and Phantom Power, but I'm no longer holding my breath.

They never fails to deliver. Amazing album!

At first I wasn't so sure about this album. Of course every SFA fan has been very excited about a new release by them, and so I have been. It's always great to hear some new stuff from one of the best indie/rock bands of the last 2 decades. Now back to the album. Like I said before, it took me a few listens to really get into the songs on DD/LY, because their style has changed a bit. On the other hand I think only SFA could have produced an album like this one. pop elements mixed with grunchy guitar riffs, electronic beats and instruments and disco-esque rythyms mixed into a whole. Those experiments made it that it took me two or three listens before I could really appreciate the album. Thankfully I could eventually. Dig this album people, it has been really worth the wait!… Expand

This is a Super Fun album. I literally broke out into a smile during certain tracks... which isn't easy. These are some creative guys, with catchy hooks. I've never purchased a full SFA's CD before this one, but i'm glad i did. I completely recommend to people who have an open mind for some interesting and quirky music.

Nine albums into their crazy, neo-psychadelic, rock ‘n’ roll mission of instilling a sense of irreverent playfulness into the post-alternative lexicon, this Welsh quintet gets downright joyous as they perform a lobotomy for common lackadaisical fanny disorders, and methodical summertime blues. This is a band whose influences include the power pop/rock of The Beatles and David Bowie, the progressive rock of Pink Floyd, and the punk rock of The Sex Pistols, so if you can start to imagine what that might sound like then it’s time to download tracks #1 - #7, fashion yourself a tasty beverage, get into the headphone mode, and PLEASE try to keep it real.… Expand

Infinitely replayable and becoming my favorite SFA album ever. These guys have been on the longest winning streak of any band I know. Peerless.

Best record since Rings....Just amazing!They keep doing what they know and for sure will be one of the best albuns this year.

Ok, so anything these guys do will at least be good. But this is not as revelatory as the critics and users saying. Definitely better than Love Kraft, but not an improvement over Hey Venus! (which was criminally underrated) like everyone is saying. Still, none of those hold a torch to Rings and Phantom.

The album from beginning to end piques interest at too much of an infrequent interim. The record is deliberately obtuse and puerile. Hey Venus was whimsical enough and naturally so. This is a very cynical, insulting record made by a band taken to mocking those who were silly enought to pick the thing up. Dark Days Light Years serves to mock those who afford it praise. The Emporers New Clothes anyone?… Expand