Single: Flying Machine - Star / Sleeping In Vapours

Label:  Dream Records

Release Date:  Out Now

You may have heard the name Flying Machine floating around here and there because they’ve toured with the likes of Goldrush, Electric Soft Parade and British Sea Power. However, unlike those bands, they’ve failed to make any strong impression on the music press. Unlike the bands they’ve toured with, they aren’t as particularly ‘rockin’. They take a quieter approach to their sound, which although remains tuneful and well crafted, the songs don’t really seem to go anywhere, they just drift. Perhaps the dreamy and drifting sound is what they were after, the song titles suggest they probably are, but it really doesn’t work as well as one would hope.

‘Star’ can be lazily described as a mix of Radiohead and The Flaming Lips. I’m feeling lazy, so it’s probably best I stick with that summary. I’ll also add it is rather good, but a tad dull. Following with ‘Sleeping In Vapours’, which is altogether a much darker sounding song. The female backing vocals work far better on this song than on the previous tune ‘Star’. Just try and resist clicking your fingers along to this…it’s not that hard to actually, but some finger clicks would have gone down a treat on this track.

I can’t really complain about Flying Machine, they must be praised for originality and the fact they are able to string together some words and sounds, but their sound just really isn’t very exciting. I’m sorry.

Richard Collings, 6/10