Furtips | ms

Furtips are a shanbling, whimsical indie pop group from Arnhem, The Netherlands. They were founded by Herman Bunskoeke, who reputedly hoped they would be a hardcore band along the lines of Canada's No Means No. This didn't work out and Bunskoeke left after a year to concentrate on his other band Bettie Serveert and was replaced by lead vocalist/bass guitarist Royal Penguin Saver.
Along with the rest of the band, guitarist Camille Courbois, vocalist/multi-instrumentalist Jane Pol, and percussionist Thom Vanderdoef, Royal Penguin Saver released the bands first album, Stand Back, Speak Normally, on Ajax records in 1995, to critical appreciation but little commercial success.
After gigging around for 3 years, the band signed with Animal World and released a second album Le Louping, which is characterised by eccentric instrumentation , cheap keyboard lines, fuzzy guitars and roller coaster rhythms.
Their 2002 album, When My Baby Smiles at Me, I Go to Rio, ups the production quality but maintains the eccentricity, energy and sense of fun.
The band are currently enjoying an indefinate hiatus. .