STL - Flying Saucer Attack

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  • Post rock fans may be disappointed to learn that STL's latest isn't a tribute to Flying Saucer Attack, the distortion-addicted Bristol shoegazers of the '90s; given their shared affinity for lo-fi aesthetics, a remix of the latter by the former could have been a match made in heaven. "Your Turn" does feature the recurring sound of a guitar amplifier being kicked, its reverb coil zinging like a gunshot, but otherwise the EP is all about Stefan Laubner's well-established style of muddle-headed, slightly counterintuitive funk. "Your Turn" finds him in uncharacteristically full-on mode, with a gnarled bassline squelching its way around hard, clattery drum machine patterns. The mid-tempo "Inverted Reality" has a sour-tuned arpeggio twitching nervously against a backdrop of dissonant synths; the drum groove is a stroke of genius, with syncopated kicks flopping to and fro like a fish out of water. With "Where Have You Gone," Laubner drops the tempo yet again, sinking into a satisfying boom-bap cadence while Rhodes chords sketch a sad, meandering melody and quavering choral pads sing an ambivalent tribute to our new extraterrestrial overlords.
  • Tracklist
      A Your Turn B1 Inverted Reality B2 Where Have You Gone
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