Flying Saucer Attack, Further (side A)

Further (1995) is basically everything I'd expect a Flying Saucer Attack album to be. Lots of guitars have effects on them (especially reverb and delay), with occasional vocals or percussion peaking out. The melodies and tonality fall straight out of rock music, that makes the crazy sonic palette easy to follow. Occasionally, a huge wash of distorted noise emerges, but it somehow still manages to sound more ambient than harsh or industrial. The gatefold packaging is beautiful, but the quiet and unimpressive mastering job fails to flatter the already lo-fi recordings—there is no bass, but clarity and brightness could easily be added, and the volume could be brought up.