fly pan am
N'Ecoutez Pas CD / LP
release date (europe): out now! | N'Ecoutez Pas contains the band's most intense sounds yet; while each side of the record is anchored by a long, non-linear piece juxtaposing the band against tape and electronic treatments, a number of other tracks are the closest the group has come to traditional rock/pop structures, with 'chorus' breaks, melodic 'hooks' and vocals. Of course, being Fly Pan Am, all of this is duly bracketed - there is nothing traditional about the results and the various elements are pushed forward or pulled back in anything but conventional ways. These are careening, carnivalesque tunes that somehow wed the browns and pinks of FSA-style guitar washes with Yé-Yé pop, Boredoms noise-incantations and hardcore punk.
