Bluffer's Guide To The Flight Deck

Flotation Toy Warning have been stealing hearts with their space-rock-chamber-pop independent sound since the beginning of last decade. Their debut Bluffers Guide to the Flight Deck (released worldwide in 2004) is now reissued on Talitres. The quirkiness of The Flaming Lips with a bit of Granddaddy Americana and the production values of Mercury Rev circa 'Deserter's Songs', left to stew in its own dolor just long enough to turn gently maudlin and you have some idea what flying machine test pilots and quirky inventors get up to when they aren't flying or inventing things. A good record, but definitely not one to listen to before you head out to the pub. Soundsxp.com swirls of guitar, looped samples and beautifully bereft vocals to beguiling lo-fi effect, recalling both DIY Flaming Lips and the glitchyside of Sparklehorse......

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