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    Flotation Toy Warning "Bluffer's Guide to The Flight Deck" vinyl, 2LP; gatefold, printed inner sleeve, comes with a free download code.

    "Since its initial release in 2004, Bluffer’s Guide to the Flight Deck—the debut effort from Flotation Toy Warning—has become somewhat of a cult favorite among the avant-pop set; a genre-swapping classic comparable to Flaming Lips’ Soft Bulletin and the Avalanches’ Since I Left You. The UK band spin their longform suites tightly and delicately as spiderwebs, connecting exotica-inflected ambient to psychedelic rock, Britpop to plunderphonics, downtempo electronica to acoustic folk. These rotating accoutrements, and the dynamic articulations between them, set a surprisingly smooth pace for the marathon-length tracks (9-and-a-half minute highlight “Donald Pleasance,” the ethereal two-fer “Fire Engine On Fire”). Sure, the arrangements dawdle now and again—Flotation Toy Warning are content to spend most of “Popstar Reaching Oblivion” basking in blurred synths—but they never durdle. My advice to prospective listeners: as with everything else in life, just go with it." Bandcamp

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lyrics

It was sunny on the day the journey began
Seems i was a part of some lack of a plan
Was i early?
'Cause you weren't ready
Looking back now where it all seems bizarre
The boy in the photo on the seat of the car
That's me
At least it was me
Back then
Please leave all shiny objects behind
You won't need them where we're going
Relax, take a deep breath, and concentrate now
We really must be gone
There's a risk in everything we undertake
But now you must trust me more than anyone

'Cause i've seen things
That you could only dream about
I've been to places that you'll never find
And i've had dreams that you couldn't even fit inside your head now
All the places i wish i could find

'Cause i've seen things
That you could only dream about
I've been to places that you'll never find
And i've had dreams that you couldn't even fit inside your head now
All the places i wish i could find

Guess we can't really choose exactly where we land
But how fast you were bound is in your own hands
Are you ready?
Am i too early?
Looking back now where it all seems bizarre
The boy in the photo on the seat of the car
That's me
At least it was me
Back then
Relax, take a deep breath, and concentrate now
We really must be gone
There's a risk in everything we undertake
Now, you must trust me more than anyone

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from Bluffer's Guide to the Flight Deck, released August 17, 2004

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Flotation Toy Warning UK

Most of the band met whilst working in Nth London in a sprawling old grey brick building.They agreed to live together in an old warehouse with no windows in E. London, ideal for making as much noise as you wanted, whenever you wanted. Which they did, by plugging things into other things that shouldn’t rightly be plugged into anything, then singing through them until something interesting happened. ... more

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