The Super Furry Animals are only in their first decade together, but much of the quintet's newest album, Phantom Power, sounds like it was lifted intact from 1970--except for the bits that bring back ...

But the new Super Furry Animals album, “Dark Days/Light Years ... There’s a song called “The Very Best Of Neil Diamond”, and one called “White Socks/Flip Flops”.

I ask because, for the past week or so, I've been playing the new Super Furry Animals album most days. It's lovely, without a doubt. But for some reason, it leaves me fractionally disappointed ...