STILL FLYIN'

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LABEL: ERNEST JENNING RECORD CO. (US) / ANTENNA FARM (US) / LOST & LONESOME (AUSTRALIA)

MOSHI MOSHI (UK)

FREE MP3: Bull Riff

HOMETOWN: San Francisco, CA

DISCOGRAPHY:

2011 - NEU IDEAS CD

2010 - VICTORY WALKER 7"

2010 - A PARTY IN MOTION LP

2010 - RUNAWAY TRAIN II 7"

2009 - NEVER GONNA TOUCH THE GROUND CD/LP

2008 - GOOD THING IT'S A GHOST TOWN 7"

2007 - ZA CLOUD EP

2006 - TIME WRINKLE EP

BIO:

Having entered the world in 2004, the band soon became renowned for their rumbustious live show. With a line-up numbering well into double figures and a dubious-at-first infusion of 60s-era rocksteady, indiepop and heartfelt (read: endearingly goofy) party lyrics. In the years to follow, Still Flyin' managed to win over even the most skeptical of punters. They have since toured extensively and played festivals all over the world including SXSW, Laneway, and the Pavement-curated All Tomorrows Parties UK. The current touring line-up is a cozy but masterful 6 players, with different spiritual members joining them in certain cities as the core group travels across the U.S., Europe, and Australia.

Following their 2010 flurry of vinyl releases with the Ernest Jenning Record Co., the Neu Ideas CD neatly compiles Still Flyin's recent forays into krautrock and pulsating dance-pop. Neu Ideas displays a more refined studio veneer than their debut album Never Gonna Touch the Ground, but maintains the Still Flyin' "hammjamm" credo, guaranteeing fans a toothy grin and a shaky rump.

Working again with producer Haima Marriott (Architecture In Helsinki), and drawing heavily on the dark synth melodies of Kraftwerk and the repetitive rhythms of the title's namesakes, on Neu Ideas Still Flyin' lead us through fields of blossoming aural flora, flush with all kinds of colourful sounds from the synthetic and acoustic worlds. Lead singer/lyricist Sean Rawls again finds himself between the eso- and exoteric, veering between the trippy internal monologue of radio-fave 'Bull Riff' and the heart-on-sleeve "life jams" of 'Strength' and 'Higher Than Five'. 

REVIEWS:

Just as the band gathers members from all over the world, so too does it draw influences globally. Afropop guitars twist and coil throughout... shout-outs to Eddy Grant's "Electric Avenue" and Lipps Inc.'s "Funky Town" jostle elbows with nods to Swedish pop and show-tune punk, and it's all channeled through a North American indie sensibility, although one self-aware enough to counter knowingness with an exuberance bordering on silly.

-Pitchfork

Fun is the new not-fun, and Still Flyin' exemplifies that ethos.

-SF Weekly

The most fun I've had at a show in quite a while. It's just about the least pretentious music you could ever imagine...very fun to watch.

-Will Sheff of Okkervil River in an interview with Pitchfork

Irresistible... a party big enough on stage that the audience becomes an extesion of the band.

-DN (Swedish Newspaper)

Still Flyin’ are possibly the most entertaining, addictive and captivating band I have seen in years... All I can say is GO AND SEE STILL FLYIN. You will not regret it.

-Louder Faster (Melbourne, Australia)

More surprising than a bunch of indie-rockers coming together to form a (party) band is the fact that the product is actually really good.

-The Onion AV Club

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