Gruff Rhys - American Interior (2025 Edition)
In 2012 Gruff Rhys embarked on a solo 'investigative concert tour' through the heart of America following the route taken by his distant relative John Evans. Every night he presented songs augmented by a power point presentation that detailed his relative's unbelievable history, along with any new piece of information that had come his way during the day.
He was ultimately looking for Evans's lost unmarked grave. Along with many major cities, the tour took him to play shows at the Mandan and Omaha tribe reservations, a Missouri vineyard, villages that no longer exist and lay at the bottom the Mississippi river and a New Orleans bordello.
What transpired from that ‘investigative concert tour’ was a 2014 album, American Interior, plus a book, film and exhaustive tour of the same name. With the aid of the dusted-off power point presentation, Gruff Rhys and a full band revisits the project in 2025 to perform the songs that formed both the album, and the soundtrack to the film.
Available as:
Indie exclusive deluxe apricot/purple/rosé coloured vinyl housed in a triple gatefold sleeve with bonus tracks.
Standard black 2xLP
CD
Tracklist:
2xLP
A1. American Exterior
A2. American Interior
A3. The Whether (Or Not)
A4. The Last Conquistador
A5. Lost Tribes
B1. Liberty (Is Where We'll Be)
B2. Allweddellau Allweddol
B3. Walk into the Wilderness
B4. Sugar Insides
C1. 100 Unread Messages
C2. That's Why
C3. The Swamp
C4. Media Quake
D1. Cylchdro Amser
D2. Iolo
D3. Y Gwenan Gorn
D4. Year of the Dog
D5. Tiger's Tale
Indie 3xLP
A1. American Exterior
A2. American Interior
A3. The Whether (Or Not)
A4. The Last Conquistador
A5. Lost Tribes
B1. Liberty (Is Where We'll Be)
B2. Allweddellau Allweddol
B3. Walk into the Wilderness
B4. Sugar Insides
C1. 100 Unread Messages
C2. That's Why
C3. The Swamp
C4. Media Quake
D1. Cylchdro Amser
D2. Iolo
D3. Y Gwenan Gorn
D4. Year of the Dog
D5. Tiger's Tale
E1. I Grombil Cyfandir Pell
E2. Ar Goll
E3. Y Madogwys Neu Angau
F1. Power Point Presentation
F2. American Exterior (Extended Version For Two Synthesizers)
CD
American Exterior 0:28
American Interior 3:16
100 Unread Messages 4:32
The Whether (Or Not) 3:36
The Last Conquistador 3:58
Lost Tribes 3:01
Liberty (Is Where We'll Be) 4:54
Allweddellau Allweddol 4:02
The Swamp 4:12
Iolo 3:49
Walk Into The Wilderness 3:49
Year Of The Dog 3:30
Tiger's Tale 3:11
In 2012 Gruff Rhys embarked on a solo 'investigative concert tour' through the heart of America following the route taken by his distant relative John Evans. Every night he presented songs augmented by a power point presentation that detailed his relative's unbelievable history, along with any new piece of information that had come his way during the day.
He was ultimately looking for Evans's lost unmarked grave. Along with many major cities, the tour took him to play shows at the Mandan and Omaha tribe reservations, a Missouri vineyard, villages that no longer exist and lay at the bottom the Mississippi river and a New Orleans bordello.
What transpired from that ‘investigative concert tour’ was a 2014 album, American Interior, plus a book, film and exhaustive tour of the same name. With the aid of the dusted-off power point presentation, Gruff Rhys and a full band revisits the project in 2025 to perform the songs that formed both the album, and the soundtrack to the film.
Available as:
Indie exclusive deluxe apricot/purple/rosé coloured vinyl housed in a triple gatefold sleeve with bonus tracks.
Standard black 2xLP
CD
Tracklist:
2xLP
A1. American Exterior
A2. American Interior
A3. The Whether (Or Not)
A4. The Last Conquistador
A5. Lost Tribes
B1. Liberty (Is Where We'll Be)
B2. Allweddellau Allweddol
B3. Walk into the Wilderness
B4. Sugar Insides
C1. 100 Unread Messages
C2. That's Why
C3. The Swamp
C4. Media Quake
D1. Cylchdro Amser
D2. Iolo
D3. Y Gwenan Gorn
D4. Year of the Dog
D5. Tiger's Tale
Indie 3xLP
A1. American Exterior
A2. American Interior
A3. The Whether (Or Not)
A4. The Last Conquistador
A5. Lost Tribes
B1. Liberty (Is Where We'll Be)
B2. Allweddellau Allweddol
B3. Walk into the Wilderness
B4. Sugar Insides
C1. 100 Unread Messages
C2. That's Why
C3. The Swamp
C4. Media Quake
D1. Cylchdro Amser
D2. Iolo
D3. Y Gwenan Gorn
D4. Year of the Dog
D5. Tiger's Tale
E1. I Grombil Cyfandir Pell
E2. Ar Goll
E3. Y Madogwys Neu Angau
F1. Power Point Presentation
F2. American Exterior (Extended Version For Two Synthesizers)
CD
American Exterior 0:28
American Interior 3:16
100 Unread Messages 4:32
The Whether (Or Not) 3:36
The Last Conquistador 3:58
Lost Tribes 3:01
Liberty (Is Where We'll Be) 4:54
Allweddellau Allweddol 4:02
The Swamp 4:12
Iolo 3:49
Walk Into The Wilderness 3:49
Year Of The Dog 3:30
Tiger's Tale 3:11
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