<html><head><base href="x-msg://80/"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><blockquote type="cite"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: 'Century Gothic'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1; "><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times, serif; text-align: center; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><div style="text-align: auto;"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br></span></font></div></font><img width="175" height="176" align="right" hspace="12" alt="space dust cover-1" v:shapes="Picture_x0020_3" id="c7565458-b2a1-4513-a13e-561beca5ba4a" apple-width="yes" apple-height="yes" src="cid:image002.jpg@01CC88CD.5B20EF20"><b><span style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: Georgia, serif; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">Gruff Rhys presents...</font></span></b><b><span style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: Georgia, serif; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><o:p></o:p></font></span></b></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times, serif; text-align: center; "><b><span style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: Georgia, serif; "><o:p><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> </font></o:p></span></b></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times, serif; text-align: center; "><b><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">Space Dust #2</font><span class="Apple-converted-space"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> </font></span></span></i></b><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">/</font><i><span class="Apple-converted-space"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> </font></span><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">Whale Trail</font></i><span class="Apple-converted-space"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> </font></span><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">SINGLE<o:p></o:p></font></span></b></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times, serif; text-align: center; "><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; "><o:p><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> </font></o:p></span></b></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times, serif; text-align: center; "><b><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">Whale Trail</font><span class="Apple-converted-space"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> </font></span></span></i></b><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">VIDEO<o:p></o:p></font></span></b></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times, serif; text-align: center; "><b><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; "><o:p><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> </font></o:p></span></i></b></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times, serif; text-align: center; "><b><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">Whale Trail</font></span></i></b><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; "><span class="Apple-converted-space"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> </font></span><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">iPhone/Pad GAME<o:p></o:p></font></span></b></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 2in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times, serif; text-align: center; text-indent: 0.5in; "><b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><o:p><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> </font></o:p></span></b></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times, serif; "><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Georgia, serif; "><o:p><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> </font></o:p></span></b></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times, serif; "><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Georgia, serif; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">Gruff Rhys</font></span></b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Georgia, serif; "><span class="Apple-converted-space"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> </font></span><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">proudly presents a new double a-side single, video and accompanying game! The single is comprised of</font><span class="Apple-converted-space"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> </font></span><b><i><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">Space Dust #2</font></i></b><i><span class="Apple-converted-space"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> </font></span></i><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">and</font><i><span class="Apple-converted-space"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> </font></span><b><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">Whale Trail</font></b><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">.</font></i><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> </font><span class="Apple-converted-space"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> </font></span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Georgia, serif; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">One of the many highlights of Gruff’s</font><span class="Apple-converted-space"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> </font></span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Georgia, serif; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">current</font><span class="Apple-converted-space"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> </font></span><b><i><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">Hotel Shampoo</font></i></b><span class="Apple-converted-space"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> </font></span><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">album,</font><span class="Apple-converted-space"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> </font></span><b><i><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">Space Dust #2</font></i></b><i><span class="Apple-converted-space"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> </font></span></i><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">is a</font><i><span class="Apple-converted-space"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> </font></span></i></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Georgia, serif; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">tale of short-lived, seminar-sparked romance in the form of a duet with</font><span class="Apple-converted-space"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> </font></span><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">El Perro Del Mar. The</font></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Georgia, serif; "><span class="Apple-converted-space"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> </font></span><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">playful</font><span class="Apple-converted-space"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> </font></span><b><i><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">Whale Trail</font></i></b><span class="Apple-converted-space"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> </font></span><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">sees Gruff singing “this is a motivational song, let’s all get along” and has been inspired by the accompanying iPhone game of the same name. Both the single and the game are out on</font><span class="Apple-converted-space"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> </font></span><b><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">October 20</font><sup><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">th</font></sup></b><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">.<o:p></o:p></font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times, serif; "><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Georgia, serif; "><o:p><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> </font></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times, serif; "><img width="291" height="154" align="left" hspace="12" alt="WhaleTrail2" v:shapes="Picture_x0020_2" id="553172ba-277f-4e70-8dc2-26d7024d4ffa" apple-width="yes" apple-height="yes" src="cid:image004.jpg@01CC88CD.5B20EF20"><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: Georgia, serif; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">Just like the song, the</font><span class="Apple-converted-space"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> </font></span><b><i><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">Whale Trail</font></i></b><span class="Apple-converted-space"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> </font></span><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">game is a highly addictive affair. Players pilot Willow The Whale as he flies through the skies collecting colors and points. Gruff has provided the soundtrack to Willow The Whale’s adventures, as well as the voiceover, in Welsh. The</font><span class="Apple-converted-space"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> </font></span><i><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">Whale Trail</font></i><span class="Apple-converted-space"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> </font></span><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">app has been designed by</font><span class="Apple-converted-space"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> </font></span><b><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">Neil McFarland</font></b><span class="Apple-converted-space"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> </font></span><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">of award winning digital design studio ustwo - Neil’s previous collaborations with Gruff include artwork for Super Furry Animals’</font><i><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">Juxtaposed With You</font></i><span class="Apple-converted-space"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> </font></span><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">single and animations for the band’s innovative</font><span class="Apple-converted-space"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> </font></span><i><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">Rings Around The World</font></i><span class="Apple-converted-space"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> </font></span><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">and</font><span class="Apple-converted-space"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> </font></span><i><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">Phantom Power</font></i><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">DVD albums. Neil McFarland also directed the accompanying music video for</font><span class="Apple-converted-space"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> </font></span><b><i><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">Whale Trail</font></i></b><span class="Apple-converted-space"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> </font></span><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">which premiered today on Pitchfork {LINK}.<o:p></o:p></font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times, serif; "><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; "><o:p><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> </font></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times, serif; "><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">Gruff Rhys’s</font></span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; "><span class="Apple-converted-space"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> </font></span><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">heroically adventurous outlook has, in the past few months alone, seen him release an experimental, collaborative album with a Brazilian TV repairman; feature alongside De La Soul and Gorillaz on a song about a fictional fast food breakfast product; exhibit his own art installation created from hoarded hotel paraphernalia from across the globe; collaborate with visual artist Phil Collins; release his widely acclaimed third solo album,</font><span class="Apple-converted-space"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> </font></span><b><i><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">Hotel Shampoo</font></i></b><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">; and, most recently, headline stages at several summer festivals including Glastonbury, Field Day, Green Man and End Of The Road. Gruff’s other, earlier activities include two solo LPs -</font><span class="Apple-converted-space"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> </font></span><i><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">Yr Atal Genhedlaeth</font></i><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">, sung entirely in Welsh, and 2007’s understatedly epic</font><span class="Apple-converted-space"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> </font></span><i><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">Candylion</font></i><span class="Apple-converted-space"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> </font></span><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">- the Mercury nominated</font><span class="Apple-converted-space"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> </font></span><i><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">Neon Neon</font></i><span class="Apple-converted-space"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> </font></span><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">synth-pop concept album, providing the only British contribution to Danger Mouse & Sparklehorse’s</font><span class="Apple-converted-space"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> </font></span><i><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">Dark Night Of The</font></i><span class="Apple-converted-space"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> </font></span><i><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">Soul</font></i><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">, and, of course, his ongoing tenure as chief songwriter, singer, guitarist and frontman of Super Furry Animals. <o:p></o:p></font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times, serif; "><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; "><o:p><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> </font></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times, serif; text-align: center; "><i><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Georgia, serif; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">For more information on</font><span class="Apple-converted-space"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> </font></span><b><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">Gruff Rhys</font></b><span class="Apple-converted-space"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> </font></span><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">contact: Chloe or Perri at Press Here – 212 246 2640. Chloe(at)</font><a href="http://PressHerePublicity.com" style="text-decoration: underline; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">PressHerePublicity.com</font></a><span class="Apple-converted-space"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> </font></span><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">Perri(at)</font><a href="http://PressHerePublicity.com" style="text-decoration: underline; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">PressHerePublicity.com</font></a><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><o:p></o:p></font></span></i></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times, serif; text-align: center; "><i><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Georgia, serif; "><o:p><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> </font></o:p></span></i></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times, serif; text-align: center; "><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; "><o:p><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> </font></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times, serif; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><o:p><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> </font></o:p></span></div></div></span></blockquote></div><br></body></html>