STYLE: Rock RATING OUR PRODUCT CODE: 9988-CAS4 LABEL: Independent FORMAT: Cassette Album
Reviewed by Dancin' Dave Derbyshire
As I began to play this short demo tape, I was confronted with Kevin Herbert having some fun with his keyboard and Paul Mathias tunelessly repeating "Someone's got to pay", in an attempt to explain that Jesus has paid for our sins. Unfortunately, it sounds to me like he's just bought the device and hasn't yet worked out how to use it properly. I began to wonder what we earthlings had done to deserve this alien invasion. Is this God's judgement on us for all that denominational infighting? An unexplained phenomenon this may be, but it is a long way from angelic choirs or the music of the spheres. This is obviously a private recording done on a tiny budget, producing a muffled sound quality. I can imagine these two guys in their bedroom studio searching for a nice effect on the keyboard. For each song they experiment with a different button. Perhaps it is because of some of the strange effects they find that Paul and Kevin call themselves the Flying Saucers. But then as I remember it, the aliens in Close Encounters could at least muster up a tuneful melody. Paul's painful voice and Kevin's out of tune instrument mean that it is not always easy to tell that they are singing and playing the same song. And sometimes the songs end abruptly, like they suddenly ran out of ideas. Even with a better recording budget, I can't really see these songs having much appeal. So while Paul and Kevin continue to search for inspiration, I would suggest that there are better ways to spend your pound than on this tape.
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