Flying Saucer Attack - FurtherStyle: Shoegaze, Ambient, Psych-Folk
Label: Drag City
Combining the drugged out, mind-fucking, gleefully feedback-drenched madness of bands like the Jesus and Mary Chain and My Bloody Valentine with a gentle, pastoral folk sensibility, Flying Saucer Attack holds a truly special place in the canon of modern psychedelic music. Layering towering sheets of dissonance and feedback over chiming guitars and blissed-out, almost chanted vocals, their self-titled debut album still stands as one of the more interesting freak accidents of the post-shoegaze era. "Further," released in 1995, takes a less confrontational but ultimately more rewarding approach to sonic stargazing, eschewing the ocasionally tiresome noise-worshipping tendencies of its predecessor in favor of pure melodic beauty. If listening to FSA's debut was like staring into the sun at mid-day, hearing this album in the proper setting (preferrably sprawled out comfortably in a dark room) is like floating in reverie amidst the stars. All music critic bullshit aside, let me just say that this is one of the most beautiful albums I have ever heard. If you're in a receptive mood, it will take you places you've never imagined possible.
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