Flash Fiktion - Leni

“I’ve been reading the papers / I’ve been dreaming of sailors / Won’t you send me some pictures / Pictures of your silver life?” – Leni

 

The Walworth Road, a grey strip of bookmakers, fast food restaurants and dilapidated boozers that links Camberwell to Elephant and Castle, does not at first glance look like the sort of place that shelters a raft of secrets. But then, you can never really tell, can you? Just step off the main road, dart beneath that railway bridge and you’ll find yourself stood on the doorstep of one of the most intriguing, dedicated, plain inspired young groups in Britain.

 

They’re called Flash Fiktion, and they sound like – well, like what exactly? Twinkling psychedelia, pounding tropical rhythms, deranged glampunk stomps and sunny electro-pop – songs like Capsules Of Sun and Me And Mr E are broiling, multi-headed studio chimera that melt together totally diverse sounds and influences. Think past pop fusioneers like Late Of The Pier or Yeasayer. But also think songs that hold together without losing their form – not freaks of nature destined to wither and die outside the studio, but genetically engineered hybrids that scurry down your ear canals and make play around your synapses.

TRACKLISTING:

A: Leni

AA: Science Of Sleep

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