I'd prefer some new Movietone.
― djh, Thursday, 25 June 2015 22:32 (eight years ago) link
Annnnd a stream is live
http://www.npr.org/2015/07/08/420824395/first-listen-flying-saucer-attack-instrumentals-2015
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 9 July 2015 14:25 (eight years ago) link
Yes!
― grandavis, Thursday, 9 July 2015 14:39 (eight years ago) link
tbh i have never heard flying saucer attack to my knowledgeafter reading this, i feel like i shouldi read the review because of my popol vuh google alert and now i'm curious.
http://thequietus.com/articles/18318-flying-saucer-attack-instrumentals-2015-review
like is this the band i have been looking for? i had no idea. guess i'll have to find out.
― La Lechera, Wednesday, 15 July 2015 14:15 (eight years ago) link
Big article in the new Wire as well (on the whole Bristol scene, not just FSA).
― anthony braxton diamond geezer (anagram), Wednesday, 15 July 2015 14:20 (eight years ago) link
you just never know which popol vuh people are referring to, that's the main problem i guess
result : instrumental 4 developed in an interesting way but not as fun to listen to as i had hoped, more pillowy/snoozy is most of their/his stuff suuper slow like that?
― La Lechera, Wednesday, 15 July 2015 14:22 (eight years ago) link
their other stuff has a bit more of a pulse LL. i think the main reason people bring up popol vuh is cos they had tracks called 'popol vuh 1' and 'popol vuh 2'
― feargal czukay (NickB), Wednesday, 15 July 2015 14:29 (eight years ago) link
enjoyed that bristol piece in the wire btw. sent me back to movietone and crescent and i liked both of them a lot more this time around
― feargal czukay (NickB), Wednesday, 15 July 2015 14:31 (eight years ago) link
xp - ok thx! are those tracks recommended? sometimes it's easier to just ask than to look it upthat's what ilm is good for :)
― La Lechera, Wednesday, 15 July 2015 14:41 (eight years ago) link
they're quite ramshackle iirc, both on their debut album. next two albums were better imo - 'further' and 'new lands'
― feargal czukay (NickB), Wednesday, 15 July 2015 14:49 (eight years ago) link
Movietone is way, way, way underrated, even by people who generally dig this sorta thing. Those records feel like they're waiting to be rediscovered by anyone wishing there was a shoegaze band somehow more influenced by Bill Evans than Spacemen 3.
Further is my longtime favorite FSA, La Lechera. It seems to touch on everything they do well (though their truly 'pop' side isn't very well represented--maybe pair with the excellent "Outdoor Miner" single). If you like Further, I'd investigate, err, further. Generally speaking, I agree with the pfork review about "phase one" (aka the "Rachel era") being the band's peak, but alm0st everything to emerge from this scene is at least worth hearing. Follow yr bliss!
― Wimmels, Wednesday, 15 July 2015 15:19 (eight years ago) link
the 3 FSA "Popol Vuh" tracks are all on youtube if you do a quick search, two from the first lp, one from Distance.
― koogs, Wednesday, 15 July 2015 15:56 (eight years ago) link
the only FSA albums i didn't really listen to much were Mirror and the Tele:Funken collab. Further and New Lands are probably my faves.
i was late to the Clear Horizon album. i like that a lot. didn't even know it existed until a year or two ago:
http://www.discogs.com/artist/147841-Clear-Horizon
― scott seward, Wednesday, 15 July 2015 15:56 (eight years ago) link
thanks, ppl!
― La Lechera, Wednesday, 15 July 2015 15:57 (eight years ago) link
the Chorus comp too. I love that.
― scott seward, Wednesday, 15 July 2015 15:59 (eight years ago) link
(which edition of the Wire are you talking about? what's on the cover?)
oh, http://www.thewire.co.uk/issues/ #378
y'know i went to whsmiths on monday night and looked then to see if the new one was out. nothing...
― koogs, Wednesday, 15 July 2015 16:00 (eight years ago) link
i would totally pay real american money for a good CD box. i have a lot of stuff on vinyl, but i would love a handy box-set with albums and singles/unreleased/comp tracks. even that heartbeat/complete comp was just vinyl only, i think. and i never saw it anywhere.
just a singles/comp tracks/EP box would be cool.
― scott seward, Wednesday, 15 July 2015 16:02 (eight years ago) link
i think it's safe to say that if you listen to an FSA album and like it you'll probably like most of the other stuff too.
― scott seward, Wednesday, 15 July 2015 16:07 (eight years ago) link
― La Lechera, Wednesday, July 15, 2015 10:22 AM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Another musical Popol Vuh to def hear sometime is the crazy orchestral piece by that title by Alberto Ginastera. It sounds nothing whatsoever like danny and florian but it's a ton of fun
sorry for boring classical derail
― demonic mnevice (Jon Lewis), Wednesday, 15 July 2015 16:11 (eight years ago) link
(new issue of The Wire is out today according to the woman in whsmiths this morning. unfortunately it was in a box that she hadn't unpacked yet so i'll have to go back (for the 4th time))
― koogs, Thursday, 16 July 2015 09:07 (eight years ago) link
I never quite forgave FSA for beating me to covering Sally Free and Easy. My dad used to play it on his guitar all the time when I was a kid, and I wanted to cover it. So I downloaded lots of versions from Limewire or Oink or whatever it was then, and found their version sounded exactly like what I wanted to do with it. That was my intro, actually, and I do love them.
― Rouge Trooper (dowd), Thursday, 16 July 2015 10:54 (eight years ago) link
Really enjoyed that Wire piece though I'm sure reading it in the garden with a bottle of red and some Quorn Chorizo helped.
Strangely, I was bemused to find that I don't seem to own any Flying Saucer Attack albums (lost them? sold them?)
Happy to be prompted to play Movietone.
― djh, Sunday, 19 July 2015 17:09 (eight years ago) link
Remarkable how many people I've mentioned the Wire piece to have gone "Aren't Movietone fucking incredible? They're sounding better with time" or similar.
― djh, Monday, 20 July 2015 21:27 (eight years ago) link
I don't know why I didn't pay more attention to them the first time round tbh, they fit nicely alongside hood and dean roberts and all the other post-talk talk stuff I was listening to back then. saw them play once but it was at a festival thing where the whole intimacy of their sound was lost on a fairly large and noisy crowd
― feargal czukay (NickB), Monday, 20 July 2015 21:43 (eight years ago) link
Movietone that is
― feargal czukay (NickB), Monday, 20 July 2015 21:44 (eight years ago) link
I could see why they would have been missed at the time. I definitely like them more *now* than *then*.
― djh, Tuesday, 21 July 2015 18:27 (eight years ago) link
I was going to move this conversation over to a Movietone thread ... but there isn't one.
― djh, Wednesday, 22 July 2015 21:09 (eight years ago) link
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b066325j
(partial) repeat of the '96 peel session
Heartbeat (Radio 1 Session, 1 Mar 1996)Guitar Blues (Radio 1 Session, 1 Mar 1996)Resolution Island (Radio 1 Session, 1 Mar 1996)
(missing Jeff Mills Blues and I Can Take You To The Sun)
― koogs, Monday, 17 August 2015 10:31 (eight years ago) link
Dave's new FACT mix is an extremely pleasant listen but lol at the tracklisting http://www.factmag.com/2015/08/17/fact-mix-509-flying-saucer-attack/
― Hector Ringtone (DJ Mencap), Monday, 17 August 2015 11:45 (eight years ago) link
haha, five disc CD changer on random style
― feargal czukay (NickB), Monday, 17 August 2015 12:12 (eight years ago) link
haven't listened to amc for 25 years, might give it a whirl
― feargal czukay (NickB), Monday, 17 August 2015 12:13 (eight years ago) link
Holy heck, an actual interview!
http://thequietus.com/articles/18662-dave-pearce-flying-saucer-attack-interview
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 2 September 2015 16:59 (eight years ago) link
Cool!
Having a hard time getting into the new one despite my best efforts. It sounds cool and all, but I guess I'm waiting for it to reveal itself beyond that.
― Wimmels, Thursday, 3 September 2015 00:48 (eight years ago) link
good interview
― Nilmar Honorato da Silva, Monday, 7 September 2015 23:51 (eight years ago) link
Hey, I like it -- expanded reissue of In Search of Spaces on vinyl...
https://www.vhfrecords.com/catalog/flying-saucer-attack-in-search-of-spaces-2xlp
But also streaming for free on Soundcloud
https://soundcloud.com/vhfrecords/sets/flying-saucer-attack-in-search-of-spaces-vhf145-2xlp
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 14 November 2017 17:44 (six years ago) link
Also available on Bandcamp if you don't want the dead dinosaur versionhttps://flyingsaucerattack.bandcamp.com/album/in-search-of-spaces
― Elvis Telecom, Wednesday, 15 November 2017 04:23 (six years ago) link
Movietone 'Peel Sessions' (x3) release coming in the spring, according to their FB page.
― Maresn3st, Saturday, 28 November 2020 17:13 (three years ago) link
Nice!
― Tsar Bombadil (James Morrison), Sunday, 29 November 2020 11:18 (three years ago) link
"apology: unfortunately due to the 'blurred' stereo sound on these tracks, it's proved impossible to cut them successfully onto vinyl"
― I painted my teeth (sleeve), Saturday, 18 May 2024 22:48 (one week ago) link
(they did eventually release a 12" with a mono version)
which FSA was that?
― encino morricone (majorairbro), Monday, 20 May 2024 02:15 (five days ago) link
the Sally Free And Easy 12"/CD
― I painted my teeth (sleeve), Monday, 20 May 2024 03:32 (five days ago) link