Speaking of the intersection of ambient music and barely decipherable shoegaze, I realized recently that as often as they come up in conversations about shoegaze, drone, post rock, lo-fi, and other noisy scenes that tickle my brain in a nice way, I haven’t dug too deep into Flying Saucer Attack.
Of course, I’m familiar with them by reputation. I’ve even had a copy of Further for years. But my love for the project has not stretched out much beyond that one record. When I was reading about Belong for the last post though, there was an inordinate amount of comparisons to this, FSA’s self-titled record.
While Further is often lifted up as their most significant record, Flying Saucer Attack is much more song-based, implementing more substantial vocals and ubiquitous drum loops alongside the otherworldly ambient guitar experiments they’re remembered for.
Years ago, I purchased 
Last week, while recording an episode on experimental music for my new podcast (oh yeah, 
In the liner notes for We Can Create Our Own World, Deadhorse offers an inspiring, yet grave missive: we can create a new world, we can create new selves—but. We can only do that reconstruction after we have torn down the existing structures.