Flying Saucer Attack
In Search of Spaces

THE REVIEW

I just listened to this album, and defining it is not exactly easy.

It starts immediately with an obvious reprise from the previous self-titled album by Popol Vuh I, then gets lost in a sea of feedback and noise hallucinations.
You even lose track of time, as there are no tracks, but a single massive collage of 50-plus minutes. A cascade of sounds that, however, become unattractive and pointless. There's no pause (except in the last few minutes), and only a few distant hints of drums every now and then and a couple of musical ideas from the bass offer reference points in what would otherwise be a heavily boring album. And despite these interventions, the situation isn't much more pleasant.

An album devoid of ideas, and not very interesting. Closer to the Drone label than Post-rock, without being appealing to either category. But beyond what the categorizations are, there doesn't seem to be a purpose in this album. They seem rather like haphazard and colorless recordings; an idea reinforced by the fact that the album will be reissued just over twenty years later on double vinyl, completely overhauled in duration and composition.

Despite liking their first self-titled album and remaining curious about the rest of their discography, I have to agree with those who see this recording as a low point, a misstep, an unnecessary confusion.

The interstellar journey, however, continues...