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Instrumentals 2015

Flying Saucer Attack

Instrumentals 2015

First album in 15 years from the Bristol experimental shoegaze artist David Pearce

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7.5

Label
Domino / Drag City
UK Release date
17/07/2015
US Release date
17/07/2015
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  1. 10.0 |   The Guardian

    Repetitive melodies are built around drones that sound as though they’re from the English folk tradition, though there is no trace of acoustic instrumentation
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  2. 9.0 |   PopMatters

    Instrumentals balances simplicity and depth, abrasiveness and beauty, with rare skill, reminding anyone who does not already know that Flying Saucer Attack are masters of this type of music
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  3. 9.0 |   The Line Of Best Fit

    Pearce has re-established himself as an auteur to be reckoned with, delivering one of the very best albums of the year in the process
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  4. 8.0 |   Gig Soup

    Full of spiralling textures and low-fi minimalism, this is a truly stunning and powerful comeback
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  5. 8.0 |   Tiny Mix Tapes

    Even with the complete lack of song-oriented material, Instrumentals 2015 serves as an interesting career overview and a welcome return of someone who I had begun to believe had slipped entirely into the light of time
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  6. 8.0 |   All Music

    Feels like a successful reinvention after such a lengthy absence, but at the same time, it could've been beamed in at any point during FSA's existence
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  7. 8.0 |   Clash

    A gorgeous, triumphant return
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  8. 8.0 |   The Quietus

    An admirable piece of work from a man who seems to take direction from few others
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  9. 7.0 |   Under The Radar

    A satisfying gift
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  10. 7.0 |   NME

    Overlong at almost an hour but, largely, as pretty and organic as crystal
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  11. 7.0 |   The Music

    The dynamics will attract fans of post-rock while the immersive textures will satiate both ambient and noise fetishists
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  12. 6.8 |   Pitchfork

    The strangeness and slightness of Instrumentals 2015 is admittedly refreshing in our age of overdoing it
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  13. 6.0 |   Exclaim

    This is more of a collection of improvised pieces than a cohesive album, and some feel more like sketches than finished work. It makes for a record with some distinct highs and lows
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  14. 6.0 |   The Observer

    With no vocals to dictate affective themes, you are left to the painterly openness of Pearce’s work, which affords space to both mounting tension and meditative resolution
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  15. 6.0 |   Spectrum Culture

    It’s good to hear Pierce again, even without vocals, and this may lead new audiences back to his best work in the ‘90s
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