Bristol outfit Flying Saucer Attack haven’t released anything in 15 years – but now here they are, back with a new record of instrumentals recorded at home by the group mainstay David Pearce. They may be lo-fi but there is a lot of depth to this music, conceived by Pearce as a structure whose emotional arc can only be appreciated by listening to the whole album in one go. Try it on a hazy morning and you will see just how effective this can be, the effect like being suspended in space as changing shapes pass by. The subtle, ever changing soundscapes move in and out of focus, distorted and yet rather profound. Something different for the pile marked ‘ambient’.
4 out of 5
Reviewed by Ben Hogwood
