Biography
Light Aircraft on Fire's kaleidoscopic tales of bicycle races, martyred kings and moody teenagers throwing themselves under the wheels of steam-engines draw on the combined influence of late 60's psyche-fok pioneers like Syd Barrett, Donovan, The Incredible String Band and the early works of Marc Bolan; with the lo-fi alt-folk aesthetic of acts like Daniel Johnston, Neutral Milk Hotel, The Olivia Tremor Control and The Microphones picked up along the way.
Fuzzy guitar-strums melt with a variety of unconventional instrumental creations, from bowed electric guitar noise and rattled wardrobes, to tuneless bursts of clarinet and weird sounds sampled from a variety of bizarre sources; while lyrics about "bushels of apricot spies" hanging on "blistered finger trees" and "matchstick men mongrels bursting into flames" stand out amidst the colourful sounds and bounding melodies.
