Flying Saucer Attack – Distance (Vinyl)
Not waiting long to do so, Flying Saucer Attack followed up its full-length debut with a singles collection - understandable, given how fond the band was from the start for releasing 7" vinyl as part of its modus operandi.
Described in the liner notes as "the second FSA album but not album number two," Distance hangs together quite as well as the debut album, exploring various sides of the band's noted "rural psychedelia" approach.
Two tracks, "Oceans 2" and "November Mist," were previously unreleased; otherwise, the remaining selections come from FSA's first three singles. Most of the tracks continue the established FSA approach, with Pearce's sometimes barely audible vocals coming across almost as wordless sighs through the thick but somehow never overbearing guitar crunches and riffs.
On "November Mist" and "Soaring High," the folk influence in FSA comes through the clearest, the latter living up to the title on a beautiful post-Byrds guitar chime then treated with FSA's own brand of avant-garde lo-fi production. AMG
Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Reissue
Tracklist:
A1 Oceans 5:16
A2 Standing Stone 3:48
A3 Crystal Shade 4:56
A4 Instrumental Wish 6:39
B1 Distance 4:52
B2 November Mist 4:58
B3 Soaring High 4:19
B4 Oceans 2 5:37
Not waiting long to do so, Flying Saucer Attack followed up its full-length debut with a singles collection - understandable, given how fond the band was from the start for releasing 7" vinyl as part of its modus operandi.
Described in the liner notes as "the second FSA album but not album number two," Distance hangs together quite as well as the debut album, exploring various sides of the band's noted "rural psychedelia" approach.
Two tracks, "Oceans 2" and "November Mist," were previously unreleased; otherwise, the remaining selections come from FSA's first three singles. Most of the tracks continue the established FSA approach, with Pearce's sometimes barely audible vocals coming across almost as wordless sighs through the thick but somehow never overbearing guitar crunches and riffs.
On "November Mist" and "Soaring High," the folk influence in FSA comes through the clearest, the latter living up to the title on a beautiful post-Byrds guitar chime then treated with FSA's own brand of avant-garde lo-fi production. AMG
Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Reissue
Tracklist:
A1 Oceans 5:16
A2 Standing Stone 3:48
A3 Crystal Shade 4:56
A4 Instrumental Wish 6:39
B1 Distance 4:52
B2 November Mist 4:58
B3 Soaring High 4:19
B4 Oceans 2 5:37
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