2006, Soft Abuse
Like The Eagles on Robitussin, Flying Canyon present dark, distinct odes to California's grand landscape in song. Existing in the sunbaked tradition of burnt-out Cosmic Californians like Sky Sunlight Saxon, Skip Spence, Phil Perlman, The Rockets and David Crosby, Flying Canyon perform minimalist folk/country/rock slowed to a funeral crawl. Helmed by Cayce Lindner (himself the sonic heir to Kristofferson's throne), the songs of FC are wrapped in distant canyon reverb with booming fuzz bass & heavy percussion underneath. Lindner, with a trilling delivery of the Neil Young/Jerry Garcia axis, weaves mournful tales of eternal love and despair. Flying Canyon's self-titled debut is the sound of a warped CSN&Y cassette playing on a boombox deep in a ravine somewhere (in California).
Tracklisting
Disc 1
| 1 | In the Reflection |
| 2 | Down to Summer |
| 3 | Crossing by Your Star |
| 4 | Bull Who Knew the Ring |
| 5 | Dawn Curtain |
| 6 | Relover |
| 7 | Gibralter May Fall |
| 8 | This Can't Be My Home |
| 9 | At Night When the World Goes Quiet |
| 10 | Black April |
Customer Reviews




Murph in the EveningThis is a heavy album like Piper at the Gates of Dawn was a heavy album. Flying Canyon takes over the space between your ears like your first mushroom trip took you farther than you wanted to go. Don't let the minimalist sound style fool you, there are layers here.






