The term garage rock seems to have got too caught up in the punky, rock and roll story, but to me, “Fly Paper” sounds like, or at least channels the same spirit, as those alternative, 60’s pop-rock pioneers and US-based British Invasion imitators who were first assigned the name in deference to their underground and willfully under-polished sound.
And of course, such a sound was also the source matererial and inspiration for everything from early-punk to The Paisely Underground revivalist scene of the early eighties, golden age indie (and if you like Inspiral Carpets you’ll love this) and even fed into the nineties Brit-pop sound, at least to some degree, which is why “Fly Paper” sounds so fresh whilst also reminiscent and familiar. The best of all worlds, I guess.
It’s a great song, full of creative pop-chops and seductive Farfisa organ swells, an energetic groove and walls of guitar, a seriously pounding beat, and neat vocals. The sound of the past’s finest moments remade for today’s audience.
Blindness & Light is an interesting band, well, collective really, with members scattered between Angelesy and Argentina, ironically, therefore the polar opposite of a band all huddled together in the garage making music. But that doesn’t matter; that’s the modern world for you. What matters is the music that they make, and “Fly Paper” is, quite simply, mother-flippingly brilliant.
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