Flying Saucer Attack: Classic or Dud?

chorus is so great.

all my flying saucer attack records are in new york. i will get to listen to them tomorrow.

Have been listening to the first album quite a lot recently. It might be wrong, but I fucking love the Suede cover.

i was listening to new lands just this minute and was gonna revive this thread!!! weird. must be in the air.

i love when that happens

I owned several FSA albums, and I think it was at that point that I stopped embracing everything my shoegaze guru suggested. To me, it was the musical equivalent of finger painting.

― derelict, Tuesday, December 30, 2008 2:12 PM

LOL is that nutrition nazi derelict?

new lands is awesome btw

further iirc.

its all good

new lands gets into skullflower territory almost

http://.imageshack.us/img367/6234/ustrees1972thechristtreefrontcoverxt6.jpg

i am gonna rock the fuck out of Further and Chorus today in honor of this revive.

chorus

+1

Man, how did I forget how great their s/t album is.

Weird, I was just listening to "Crystal Shade" this morning after having it pop into my head for no reason.

listening to the s/t album now. amazing how spacious these songs sound. they always seem to strike just the right balance of discordant and sublime.

revive:

Flying Saucer Attack - Heartbeat / Complete
Weltraumdiscs
03-LP - EUR 14.99

Compilation of rare songs of this
experimental, shoegazing, DIY, space rock band from Bristol. So far these
songs have been available on 7"s, compilations, etc. only. Compiled by Odd
Nosdam (Anticon) this selection also includes coverversions of "The Kursaal
Flyers" and "The Prisoners". limited edition of 500 copies, silkscreened
cover.

As long as there are no remixes by Anticon people I would buy this.

Also, no digital/CD release?

"cds destroy music"

Sweet, thanks for the heads up on this.

Out There: Flying Saucer Attack's Debut LP, 20 Years On

nice piece. i'm sure he made a list of his influences for some site that i remember reading ten or so years ago but haven't been able to find since, just remember he name checks alan stivell (who also did a great droney version of sally free & easy)

the one i remember from a peel session was Jeff Mills...

anyway, listening now.

> "unprecedentedly noisy debut"

er, jesus and mary chain anyone?

haha yeah as a Merzbow fan I would not describe the debut in those terms

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-LrzFl17OLkg/UCBLmIhASRI/AAAAAAAABWY/OwNd36RpAgU/s1600/fsa_new-lands.jpg

last week i happened to chance upon a 3cd set of AMP material in the archive.
dont believe i have ever given any of it a listen.
may have to revise that situation this weekend ..
however, there does seem to be a difference of opinion on this thread re that particular offshoot.

New Lands is a great record for winter!

when new lands and the second movietone album came out around the same time, i was conflicted. i thought domino/drag city was trying to break my heart

Heads up:

http://jessicabailiff.tumblr.com/post/116568842761/new-flying-saucer-attack-album

FSA always sounds best on vinyl, Dave’s intended method of delivery.

Ha, it's ironic then that it was a FSA record that first made me aware of vinyl mastering challenges:

Sally Free and Easy 12" EP, Drag City (DC109), late 1996.
``Previously issued in late 1996 only on CD, Sally Free and Easy
has now been brought to vinyl in the mono format, the only way
possible to keep the needle in the grooves. The stereo mix found on
the CD version is out of phase and could not be pressed into vinyl
without causing havoc on the turntable.'' Side one is ``Sally, Free
and Easy,'' rectified for vinyl by Jim O'Rourke, while side two's
``Three Seas'' is in stereo. Limited pressing.

Her tumblr post was deleted.

And the cat is fully out of the bag -- Instrumentals 2015, due July 17th

http://fsa.space/

ooooooh. very excited.

Love the new track. I haven't listened to FSA in a long time.

cool

Pastoral feedback is always welcome. Love this shit.

Hooray!

Given his stance on CDs I can't wait for his comments on digital downloads

pre-ordered on iTunes!

oh yeah, here it is in the latest Drag City News (prose relatively muted, maybe in awe?)

FRESH SIGHTING! THE RETURN OF FLYING SAUCER ATTACK

Open youself to the idea of abduction! Flying Saucer Attack return to release Instrumentals 2015, their first album in 15 years on Friday the 17th of July 2015. Comprised of 15 fresh David Pearce solo guitar performances recorded in characteristically lo-fi manner at home, on tape and CD-R, Instrumentals 2015 is an album that will appeal both to FSA diehards and those wholly unfamiliar with the outfit's recorded output.

The 15 tracks on Instrumentals 2015 present an impressionistic narrative which transports the listener through the excoriating dronescapes and rueful introspection of the album's early pieces to the more redemptive cadences of its closing half. Given its sense of momentum, maintained through Pearce's thoughtful sequencing, this is an album that should be experienced in its entirety, the better to appreciate its deliberate emotional arc.

In celebration, director Peter Strickland has shot his first ever music video for "Instrumental 7," after meeting Dave and using the FSA song 'Seven Seas' in his recently released film, The Duke Of Burgundy.

WATCH THE VIDEO FOR "INSTRUMENTAL 7" (gotta go to xpost http://fsa.space/ for that, at the moment, anyway)

"My first ever music video for a band that I'm very glad to see the return of. Within the Great Plains of Hungary, one can almost hear this music resonating far away in the endless expanse. Three of us in the flatfield for three days with Flying Saucer Attack on our headphones and trying to remember how to use light meters whilst observing a world that mankind is gradually departing from. " - Peter Strickland

Instrumentals 2015 features an etching by erstwhile Flying Saucer Attack member Rachel Coe (of Movietone). With cover artwork by David's sisters Erin and Tamsin, Instrumentals 2015 arrives July 17th

Another of the new tracks:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sFE-Re1ZVwI

I'd prefer some new Movietone.

Annnnd a stream is live

http://www.npr.org/2015/07/08/420824395/first-listen-flying-saucer-attack-instrumentals-2015

Yes!

tbh i have never heard flying saucer attack to my knowledge
after reading this, i feel like i should
i 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.

Big article in the new Wire as well (on the whole Bristol scene, not just FSA).

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?

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'

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