Album: New Lands

Song Title

Time

Past

Present

Up in Her Eyes

Respect

Night Falls

Whole Day Song

Sea, The

Forever

Album: New Lands

Song Title

Time

Past

Present

Up in Her Eyes

Respect

Night Falls

Whole Day Song

Sea, The

Forever

Performer Notes

Recording information: 1996-1997.
Unknown Contributor Role: Nigel Mazlyn Jones.
The British outfit's ongoing electronic experiments assemble a psychedelic cocktail of noise, drones, and whispered vocals on this intriguing set, which recalls the more experimental edge of krautrock artists such as Can and Popol Vuh. Dave Pearce intones over the rhythmically pulsing static, his vocals underpinned by simple bass riffs and interspersed throughout a multi-layered collage of sonic effects.

Professional Reviews

Magnet (p.76) - "[U]nmistakably FSA, from pulsing waves of treated/feedback guitar to massive, cresting dynamics to Pearce's hushed vocals."

Magnet (3-4/98, p.65) - "...Pearce taps into a mood that is at once mystical and effusive, murmuring sweet nothings over elongated, shimmering riffs that send molten jets of harmonics and undertones in all directions..."

Option (3-4/98, p.87) - "...The center of FSA's charm, the Rosetta Stone to their Percoset-folk, is its DIY center, the district notion that this vast noise universe was the distinct creation of a man, an eight track and a basement. Pierce can work quiet wonders within these confines..."