Flying Saucer Attack
The Bristol band of David Pearce, makers of what he called rural psychedelia, whose debut single was "Soaring High".
Rural psychedelia
Flying Saucer Attack is the project of the songwriter and guitarist David Pearce, formed in Bristol in 1992; Pearce's own term for the music is rural psychedelia, and Wikipedia lists post-rock, space rock, shoegaze and dream pop. Rachel Brook, later Rachel Coe of Movietone, was in an early incarnation and left in 1995 to concentrate on that band.
The debut single, "Soaring High" with "Standing Stone" on the B-side, came out in January 1993 on FSA (Heartbeat Productions). Flying Saucer Attack (1993) followed, then Further (1995, Domino and Drag City), New Lands (1997) and Mirror (2000, FSA and Drag City), and Instrumentals 2015 (2015), recorded mostly on a Yamaha cassette eight-track with material spanning about fifteen years. The 2016 reissue of Chorus won Pitchfork's 8.0, with Mark Richardson calling it a richly rewarding 40-minute listen, and AllMusic gave 4 of 5.
Albums
Songs
- Soaring High 1993
The debut single, issued in January 1993 on FSA.
Sources
- Flying Saucer Attack, Wikipedia
- Flying Saucer Attack: a guide, Fact (2015-08-18)
- Flying Saucer Attack, BOMB
- Flying Saucer Attack on Drag City, Drag City