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Jul 16, 2015Instrumentals 2015 is Flying Saucer Attack’s first album in 15 years, and it can only enhance their mystique.
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Jul 30, 2015In excelling at hoping to convey music--or in this case, a suite--with a deliberate emotional arc, 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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Jul 14, 2015Instrumentals 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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Aug 3, 2015Ultimately, Instrumentals 2015 is minor in everything but the quality of the music--and that seems a very FSA-like play indeed.
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Jul 29, 2015Even 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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The WireJul 27, 2015It feels like a resumption of a music that has been going on uninterrupted, in private, like it was music playing itself forever. [Jul 2015, p.48]
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Jul 16, 2015Instrumentals 2015 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, as its elemental, bare-basics construction isn't beholden to any trends, and therefore it feels timeless.
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Jul 14, 2015All in all, Instrumentals 2015 is an admirable piece of work from a man who seems to take direction from few others.
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Jul 13, 2015A gorgeous, triumphant return.
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UncutJul 7, 2015There's rich melodies buried in many of these tracks. [Aug 2015, p.73]
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Jul 15, 2015A satisfying gift.
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Jul 7, 2015Overlong at almost an hour but, largely, as pretty and organic as crystal.
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Jul 15, 2015The strangeness and slightness of Instrumentals 2015 is admittedly refreshing in our age of overdoing it, and it does fit with the whisper that is Pearce's overall career arc, but when placed next to Flying Saucer Attack's best music, it still comes off like a faint echo.
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Sep 1, 2015At over an hour, Instrumentals may try the patience of anyone not already acclimated to Pearce’s mood-driven vision. But fans who can’t get enough of his distinctive approach to composition and performance may find this record to be the purest expression of FSAness yet.
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Jul 20, 2015With 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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Jul 15, 2015It makes for a record with some distinct highs and lows; when it works, it is a lovely shimmering thing that amply demonstrates just how precious Flying Saucer Attack were and still are.
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MojoJul 7, 2015Instrumentals pretty much picks up where FSA left off. [Aug 2015, p.95]
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Jul 7, 2015What it has is a mood, a continuing tone; and it’s a shimmering thing with pastoral chimes that fervently calls the faithful.
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Q MagazineJul 7, 2015There's little to grasp here, the chiming guitar of 11 and blustery feedback of 6 excepted. [Aug 2015, p.106]