Flying Saucer Attack: Classic or Dud?

That's a better joke than i expected it to be.

Youtube version, WOW: The Long Clown Joke

the archetypal shaggy dog story

cover of "outdoor miner" may be better than wire original. ain't easy to pull that off

-- kamerad, Friday, 6 June 2008 05:34 (1 month ago) Bookmark Link

Was just coming here to say this!

'strue.

One of those bands where the first thing you heard might always be your favorite. For me that is Distance. Great band all the way around though.

Anyone at that 1997 Terrastock? In its own small way, for a couple of different corners of the 90s indie landscape, that seems like an important event.

Surely not so small. Well, in my head. ;-) Elvis Telecom was there at least.

Further is just about the perfect record for that point where the night starts giving way to the dawn. I've listened to that album quite a few times at that time.

Further is my favorite as well.

further is so good. so feeling it right now.

I FEEL U

in the light of time

FSA = infinite classic. i was jammin further a lot the week before xmas.

it's the kind of album you surrender to and let it wash over you. i'm serious here.

http://reynoldsretro.blogspot.com/2007/09/flying-saucer-attack-further-melody.html

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.

bought the Telefunken collaboration from amazon.co.uk for very little money (both 25m+ tracks were 79p meaning it was 1.58 in total) - http://www.amazon.co.uk/Distant-Station/dp/B002EJTQ3M/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=dmusic&qid=1252069711&sr=8-3

BUT the middle of Part 1 is very crackly (only the middle, not the quieter starts and ends, and none of part 2). is this a problem with the cd or is it a feature of amazon's ripping and encoding?

http://theperfumedgarden.blogspot.com/2009/05/flying-saucer-attack-peel-session-5th.html

thought i'd post this as well. i don't think much of this ever made it onto records but i remember Resolution Island as being lovely.

It's been a LOONG time since I listened to DISTANT STATION. I don't remember it being "crackly" though. It is cold, alien, and distant as fuck, tho.
Thanks for the link! Never heard this stuff before, been a big FSA fan for years.

I don't remember the crackling, will try to listen to the CD when I get home though.

(I love Distant Station - kinda weird that a remix from a sometimes-frenetic IDM-rave dude would be 40 minutes of SOTL-esque ambience perfectly on the cusp between creepy and blissful, but there we go. Tele:funken posted on the John Peel quotes thread, meant to get his email off it before ILX went no-emails-on-posts and ask if he was still making music, but never did)

i've just had a look at the file in audacity and you can see it clipping left, right and centre. that whole chunk is just a solid mass of blue. 8(

tele:funken's discogs entry stops at 2004...

sounds crackly on mine, which is either a vinyl or cd rip

ok, thanks. it does look like a classic case of digital clipping based on the waveform and that's likely to be true with the physical cd too. a pity.

perfect for this weather in the northeast right now

hey, yeah. wait, NE USA or NE UK? i guess it doesn't matter. i finally got "chorus" a few weeks back and i'm stoked.

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

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)