Flash Fiktion
Flash Fiktion
Split Records
If you鈥檙e feeling the winter blues and need a musical pick-me-up, this sparkling debut from London-based trio Flash Fiktion will propel you towards spring with new gusto. An invigorating, original blend of indie, electro and infectious, Latin-inspired beats, it rings with positivity, and it鈥檚 impossible not to catch a little of it and carry it with you throughout the day.
In a world now saturated with angry bands and music lamenting the state of things, it鈥檚 strangely refreshing to encounter an album containing consistently up-tempo tracks, whose lyrics remind us that 鈥渋t鈥檚 a wonderful world鈥 (Nautikal Girl) and prescribe 鈥渇ree love for the geeks鈥 (Metamorphosise). You鈥檒l want to dance to it when no-one鈥檚 watching, and why not?
It鈥檚 difficult to extract highlights from such a coherent whole, but the award for catchiest intro goes to Nautikal Girl, and Science of Sleep is four minutes of pleasing Britpop with a Franz Ferdinand quality. It all ends on a high with the irresistible drive of Tomorrow鈥檚 People, which is surely what Flash Fiktion are 鈥 a band for the future. .
Grace Henderson