Flight Plan

If you mix the musical innocence of 'The Boy Least Likely To’ and the sweeping melodies of 'The Weepies’, you get 'Flight Path’,,,sometimes.

This album is extremely difficult to categorize because it’s plainly obvious the band is not looking to be pigeon holed. This makes it as interesting as it is puzzling. Opener 'Daytime TV’ is a brooding, beautiful acoustic ballad that one would expect to set the tone for the album, but this is far from the case.

The polar opposite can be heard right after on the track 'Player of Games’. An almost 'Blade Runner’ type influence can be heard through this, while tracks like 'Fleas’ would not have felt out of place on the soundtrack to 'Moon’. This is the pattern throughout the album, as every other song is almost purely instrumental, the highlight of which is the haunting 'The Magician’. The rest however seem as if they are merely interludes that could have easily been tagged onto the end of other songs.

It’s for this reason that difficulty arises with trying to view this as an entire album. It’s strange to say that this could have been a mind blowing EP, but as an album it just doesn’t quite work. Clare Szembek's vocals are spellbinding and truly the biggest plus for the record. It’s unfortunate that they only appear on a handful of tracks.

The albums theme of life in Britain helps the understanding of the album and why it is arranged as it is, but understanding a problem doesn’t always mean you get the answers you were looking for. It’s a challenging piece and one defiantly worth a listen, but let’s hope 'Flight Path’ find their identity on their next try.